SALP: Domestic Abuse Program Evaluation Christopher M. Nima San Jose State University Social workers have long confronted the multiple issues that coexist within a household filled with domestic violence. The problems that can fester in a household filled with domestic violence range from child endangerment to alcohol abuse. Unfortunately, services for the victims of these types of family violence have been splintered, forcing single women or families to go to multiple agencies for support. This issue can become ever more complicated when the victims come from immigrant households who are less familiar with American culture, laws, and services available to them. The focus of the program evaluation is to propose human…
In Jessica Pishko’s essay, “Serving Life for Surviving Abuse,” she writes about the unfortunate event that happened to Kelly Savage. Pishko focuses on why Kelly got the outcome that she did and what it means for other women. Even though this essay is written in just five short pages, it really serves as an example to show what happens to those who were victims of abuse and how the court systems handle it. Pishko thoroughly explains Kelly’s story, includes eye opening facts about women in prison, and has changed many people’s perspectives towards domestic violence. Hopefully, those who were psychically, emotionally, and sexually abused in the past will be able to seek help whether they ended up in prison or not.…
If vehement trauma from horrid, horrendous experiences from Residential Schools is common amongst it's alumni, then why not give them free psychological treatment instead of more handouts? Stop making them dwell on their own past. Why must taxpayers grant extra amounts of cash for a so-called benefit that scarcely even gets taken advantage of?…
There are four key steps to follow to help you to identify and respond appropriately to possible abuse and/or neglect. It may not always be appropriate to go through all four stages sequentially. If a child is in immediate danger or is at risk of harm, you should refer to children’s social care and/or the police. Before doing so, you should try to establish the basic facts. However, it will be the role of social workers and the police to investigate cases and make a judgement on whether there should be a statutory intervention and/or a criminal investigation.…
Permanency planning are meetings to determine the placement of the child's in care. The meetings held at the foster care agency and the individuals that is involved are the supervisor, case planner, foster parent(s), biological parent(s), and children if appropriate age (10 or older). Permanency hearing is the Family Court proceeding of gaining or determining placement of the child/children in care. The individuals involved are Judge, lawyer for the child and a lawyer for the foster care agency. Also case planner, foster parent(s), biological parent(s), and children if appropriate age (10 or older).…
Substance abuse is at epidemic levels all over the nation, and the state of Maryland is not immune to the issue. The prevalence of substance abuse, even in a state like Maryland with abundant coastline and waterways is problematic. Read below to learn more about the substance abuse and mental illness issues facing Maryland: Mental Illness is Maryland: Maryland has 5.6 million residents. Within that population, 175,000 adult residents currently live with serious mental illness on a daily basis. Another 62,000 children also live with mental conditions.…
Many practitioners still believe that a patient must reach sobriety prior to addressing trauma issues, however, when looking at the reality of the circular correlations between PTSD symptoms and substance abuse one might ask "Who would choose to give up something that eases chronic emotional and physical pain, and then engage in therapy that stimulates that pain, without recourse to relief via self-medication?" (Miller, 2002, p. 158). Therefore, Miller (2002) believes it to be ineffectual and a disservice to the patient to focus on substance abuse without addressing the impact of trauma symptoms (Weis, 2010). Unfortunately, there are still differing theoretical approaches in place, many of which still address substance use as the primary disorder…
Did you know a child who enters a foster care home is getting abuse from the system? You will think the foster care home is safe and protect children from being neglected and abused. Children live in foster care homes for a few days or few years before getting adopting by a family. Every child who enters the foster care system does not have a mental disorder. Every foster child has his or her issues, but does not mean they have problems.…
Residential schools were created by the Canadian Federal Government to integrate the Aboriginal population with the mainstream population. Attendance was made mandatory for Aboriginal children in the 1940s, and instructors were cruel and treated the students poorly. The maltreatment and abuse in residential schools caused students to develop psychological disorders with lasting effects and forced the Canadian Government to deal with the problems they caused. Aboriginal children often suffered horrible treatment in residential schools.…
The Foster Care System The foster care system is a temporary arrangement where adults provide care for children whose parents can no longer care for them (National Adoption Center, 2016). There are two issues with the foster care system. One issue is that children are being placed into foster homes that are unsuitable. This causes many problems amongst the children’s well-being.…
Foster care are like toy stores, every foster child symbolizes a toy who has put on the shelf and has been labeled used, damaged, and/or out of date. Still they have the same dreams and aspirations as the new models, to go home with someone who will love, and cherish them with all their overflowing stuffing, missing button eyes, matted fur, and uneasy temperament because too often have they been thrown about and trampled on. Too long for any child or toy to sit and hope for something better to come along and save them. We can’t keep failing this children; their cries have become too loud for us to ignore. We have to come up with a plan to stop failing this foster bears stop before we damage them further, we need to open our homes, and lastly…
Sexual Abuse. Antwone’s babysitter Willenda repeated sexual abuse and molestation on him. When in her care, Willenda would make Antwone come downstairs. She would take his clothes off, smack him around, and make him give oral sex to her.…
“He abuses me at home, that’s why I never want to go home Kaira and that’s why I don’t like staying at home.” He caught me way off guard. I would have never have thought that he was getting abused at home, I thought it would be about him not wanting to do chores or because he was bored at home. I would have never thought he was getting abused at home, my own best friend was getting abused at home and I never knew about it until now.…
My Social Issue: My social issue is about child abuse in Indian River County Florida. Child abuse is the maltreatment of a child under the age of 18 by a parent, guardian, someone living in their home or someone who works with children. Abuse of a child is anything that causes harm or puts the child in danger of physical injury. Child abuse can be physical, sexual, or emotional.…
The horror of a child being taken away from their parent is something that no parent ever wants. Protecting the children is the most important thing we can do as they are our future. When a child is taken away from their family and placed in a foster care home, broken away from their family. While there have been success stories of foster homes and adoptions. There are plenty stories of abuse of all kind (emotional, physical, and sexual).…