Download or read book Self reported Effects of Multiple Placements on Emancipated Foster Youth s Ability to Trust and Attach written by Elizabeth L. Munoz and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perceptions of Social Workers on Attachment of Foster Children and Youth Experiencing Multiple Placements written by Leticia Perez and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore social workers' perceptions of the effects the foster care system and multiple placements have on the ability of children and youth to create healthy attachments. Face-to-face interviews with 15 social workers employed with the Department of Children and Family Services, Los Angeles County, were conducted to explore their perceptions of attachment in foster children and youth. This study revealed ambiguity from the majority of social workers as to whether the foster care system could promote healthy attachments in foster children and youth. A higher percentage of participants believed the biggest barriers to be an overloaded foster care system, too many people involved in the decision-making process, and a long turn-around time for services. Additionally, social workers perceived that multiple placements had a significant negative effect on foster children and youth that often led to lost peer relationships, a decrease in a child or youth's educational progress, and a lack of motivation to adapt to new environments and therefore limiting any possible attachment to future caregivers. Additional research is needed to further explore the system's effect on attachment outcomes for children and youth in foster care who experience multiple placements.
Download or read book Foster Youth Emancipation Implications of Resiliency Independence and Responsibility written by Deborah Harris-Sims and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study incorporated descriptive research methods and correlational research methods to explore possible relationships between independence-responsibility and resiliency. The researcher administered the Resiliency Scales for Adolescents (RSA) to foster
Download or read book The Influence of Multiple Placements on the Ability of Youths in Foster Care to Achieve a High School Diploma written by Edna M. Menjivar and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring the Impact of Multiple Foster Care Placements Among Foster Youth and the Interventions that Address Multiple Placements A Systematic Literature Review written by Maria Carmela Hernandez and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The foster care system is important to placing children in safe homes until their homes of origin improve and become a stable environment for children who have experienced a myriad of negative experiences. These experiences can greatly impact the development among youth, one thing in particular is a solid foundation to grow. Yet, there are even issues within the foster care system that continue to negatively impact youth that are placed into care. This literature review provides an overview of multiple foster care placements and the impact it has on foster youth. Throughout each chapter will be a summarization of the foster care system and each theme to be found as a crucial factor to how youth experiencing multiple placements can negatively impact their development and growth. In concluding the specific factors that harm foster youth and interventions to solve the problem, discussion regarding implications for the social work field, directions for future research, advocacy recommendation, as well as a conclusion will be addressed.
Download or read book A Short term Longitudinal Study of the Adjustment of Foster Youth Across the Aging Out Transition and the Benefit of Life Skills Training written by Melissa Nicole Smith and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Annually, 30,000 youth in the U.S. emancipate out of foster care (age out) as adults. For many foster youth, the aging out process is a move to complete independence, with no additional support from the government or parental caregivers. Currently, there is little research examining the course of adjustment of youth aging out of care. Given the lack of supports, there is a genuine question of whether many foster youth can make a successful transition to adulthood. Objective: The current research examined the short-term psychological and societal outcomes of emancipated foster youth. In addition, life skills training (LST) and life skills knowledge (LSK) were assessed to determine whether they predicted better outcomes after emancipation. Method: 23 foster youth participated at Time 1 (3 months prior to emancipation) and 13 participated at T2 (3 months after emancipation), utilizing a prospective longitudinal design. All completed multiple self-report questions and an interview of informal life skills training. Results: Social support significantly decreased from T1 to T2, but other psychological measures did not show evidence of negative changes across the transition. Formal 1st predicted a reduction in trauma symptoms regarding relationships with others. Informal 1st predicted better adjustment on a number of societal variables, including having a bank account, driver's license, or a cell phone. LSK predicted a number of psychological and societal variables, including decreased PTSD and associated trauma symptoms, and having a driver's license or car. However, LSK at time 1 was not a mediator between 1st at T1 and psychological or societal variables at time 2. Conclusions: Results provide initial data on the immediate transitional process of emancipating foster youth. The conclusions are limited by low statistical power to detect significant effects. The findings indicate that the aging out transition is marked by reductions in social support, but may not be associated with other psychological problems, at least over the initial months. LSK appeared to aid in making a successful transition for foster care alumni, indicating that it may be an important target of prevention programs. However, fewer findings were obtained for LST. More work is needed to determine whether particular components of 1st programs are more or less beneficial for foster youth. Future research should develop a "gold standard" by which other 1st programs can be evaluated against. Further, prospective longitudinal research is needed with larger samples in order to identify the factors that contribute to risk and resilience across the aging out process.
Download or read book The Effects of Negative Experiences in Foster Care on Children s Abilities to Form and Maintain Secure Attachments written by Melissa S. Ward and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implications of Multiple Foster Care Placements on Children s Self esteem written by Emma McManus and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Consequences of Multiple Foster Care Placements on the Abused Child s Self esteem and Level of Psychosocial Functioning written by Peggy E. Keller and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Factors Related to Multiple Foster Care Placements written by Sherry Hoang Smith and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this country there are approximately 510,000 children in the child welfare system. Of those, it is estimated 38% to 57% experience some type of disruption in their placement within 12 to 18 months of placement (Palmer 1996; Staff & Fein, 1995). Although the primary goal for foster care is to provide a stable home while children awaits reunification, nearly half experience at least one change of placement (COP) within an average length of stay of 28.3 months. In other words a child may experience a change from home to home, or from home to group home, or some other institution. A chart review was conducted on archival data of 3600 children who entered into a community mental health clinic for assessment during 2005-2008. Analysis shows COP children accounted for 20% of the total population of children receiving risk assessments. Children were assessed each time they change placement, which led to an influx in repeat assessment. COP assessments generated 40% of the total assessments. These individuals illustrated a population in which many experienced severe physical/sexual abuse or neglect, displayed disruptive behaviors, have been hospitalized for suicidal behaviors and has reported using drugs. Repeated movements may impair a child's ability to form secure attachments with caregivers as well as possible delinquent behaviors in the future. Demographic statistics, disruptive, risk and self-harm behaviors are analyzed between children with single placements and COP children. These findings were contextualized within and supplemented by a discussion section focused on clinical recommendations intended to aid COP children. The findings of this dissertation can aid in adding to our understanding of the needs of COP children and recognizing what multi-systemic solutions may be beneficial.
Download or read book Children in Foster Care written by Darlene R. Naylor and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book They Keep Moving Me written by Meleah M. Chamberlain and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Will I Ever See You Again Attachment Challenges for Foster Children written by Elizabeth I. Jacobs, Ph.D. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-23 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An understanding of attachment theory is especially important for everyone who works with foster children because these children come into care with scars from abuse and neglect that affect their ability to trust and form emotional attachments to subsequent caregivers. Additionally, what happens to foster children after they are in the child welfare system further reduces the child's chance of having a meaningful relationship in the future. As case workers, judges, psychologists, therapists, foster parents, foster siblings, teachers, adoptive parents, and others move in and out of the foster child's life, "never become too attached to anyone and never take someone's home for granted" (Pelzer, 1997) becomes the child's rule of thumb. Additionally, psychologists believe that attachment problems like those commonly found in foster children can lead to severe psychological, neurological, and adjustment disorders. This book is enriched by Dr. Jacobs' experiences as a foster child, as a member of Arizona's Foster Care Review Board, and as a researcher investigating the unique experiences and challenges faced by this very specific population of children. "Will I Ever See You Again" reviews theories of attachment as they apply specifically to foster children, identifies factors (occurring both before and after they entered state care) which contribute to attachment problems in foster children, and offers suggestions for changes to improve these children's chances to develop meaningful, future relationships.
Download or read book The Effects of Early Maltreatment and Foster Care History on Adopted Foster Youths Psychosocial Adjustment written by Cassandra Anne Simmel and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of Multiple Removals from Home on the Link Between Placement Disruptions and Emotional Disturbance Among Children in Foster Care written by Heather Finster and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the Impact of Restrictiveness and Placement Type on Transition Related Outcomes for Youth With and Without Disabilities Aging Out of Foster Care written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is a secondary analysis of transition preparation engagement data collected at baseline for 294 transition-aged youth in foster care who participated in an evaluation of an intervention to promote self-determination and enhance young adult outcomes, called My Life. Transition preparation engagement in this study was represented by eight domains: youth perceptions of preparedness for adult life, post-secondary education preparation engagement, career preparation engagement, employment, daily life preparation engagement, Independent Living Program (ILP) participation, transition planning engagement, and self-determination. Transition preparation engagement domains were examined using hierarchical multiple regression analysis to explore differences by disability status, placement setting, and youth self-report of perceptions of restrictiveness. In alignment with the literature, 58.8% of youth in this sample experienced a disability. Additional key demographics, including age, gender, and race, and foster care experiences, including length of time in care and placement instability, were entered into the regression models as covariates. Results indicated significantly less transition preparation engagement for 1) youth with disabilities compared to youth without disabilities, 2) youth residing in restrictive placements compared to youth in non-relative foster care and kinship care, and 3) youth who reported higher levels of perceived restrictiveness compared to youth who reported lower levels of perceived restrictiveness. Program, policy, and research recommendations are discussed that highlight the need to promote transition preparation engagement for this particularly vulnerable group of young people in foster care who experience disabilities, are residing in restrictive placement settings and who report high levels of perceived restrictiveness.
Download or read book An Analysis of Temporary multiple Foster Care Placements Due to Parental Substance Abuse written by Lauren Erickson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
