Adoption and Safe Families Act

1.The Eggleston Family Services mission is to improve the quality of life for our foster youth through a variety of services including support, guidance and comprehensive residential, foster family and adoption, family preservation, mental health, and substance abuse services. 2. The population Eggleston provides services for is foster youth referred by the Department of Children and Family Services ages 0-21. Eggleston Family Services provides services to all races and ethnicity. However, the…

character can change through the eyes of a child. The story explores themes about forgiveness, family, and healing. The goal is clear and the stakes are personal. The story is driven also by the inner emotional needs of the protagonist, Izzy, just as much as her external goal. There’s a clear inciting event with the death of Izzy’s parents. The story is driven by her goal to find her uncle and become a real family. Izzy is proactive and overcomes the obstacles in her way. There’s also a very…

Utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Taylor assists to identify and replace maladaptive behaviors and thoughts. This is especially helpful for Taylor who exhibits symptoms of ADHD, anxiety, aggression, and complicated grief. With this second placement, Taylor continues to show improvement with the use of CBT and support. In addition to CBT, other skills used to help Taylor include deep breathing techniques, identifying health alternatives and activities, social skills development,…

Children in foster care wait too long in custody before being placed into a home with a family setting. According to Section: D Foster Care Policy, the policy and program goals were a positive outcome for the client (p.18). The adoption act of 2008, states that the increasing opportunities for adoption and relative guardianship are for the wellbeing of the child. The act is thought to increase the adoption that is taken place but instead it could decrease (p.18). Looking at the strength based…

the dumpsters and being evicted from their apartment to move in with a pastors family and when that didn’t work, moving into a motel, it is way to much for a child so young. He was not allowed to go to school because her voices were telling her they would take him from her. He should not have grown up the way he did. At such a young age, he is supposed to be learning the most and socializing with kids his own age in a safe and protective environment. Andy never got that. The way he turned out,…

transform into a helpful, caring, and loving girl who respects her foster family in her own unique way. After Gilly’s foster mother Mrs. Trotter refuses to give up on Gilly when she plotted to run away to her birth mother Courtney, Gilly began to accept her new family and change for the better when she realized how much they cared about her. The…

“Some foster parents are poorly screened or background checked to ensure they’re safe to be around children. Caseworkers are ill-trained or under-prepared to manage their caseloads. Supervisors are too overwhelmed to manage their subordinates.” (Talenfeld Law). Not taking in mind the criminal background of a newly coming foster parent…

The client Buddy, a sixteen-year-old white male, he is slim, fair and he is very discreet. He has been in residential and foster homes for the past five years of his life. Originally, Buddy was detached from the family home for arson and other delinquent behaviors. Buddy is being released to the physical custody of his mother upon his release from the residential home. The client was referred for services from the county Department of Social Services. Buddy has been in several different foster…

Summer of 2014, my life was changing quite a bit. As I come back from my first year at school in U.S. and more than prepared to live away from home, I pack my bags and go to São Paulo. Although it is very close to my hometown, Santos, it was still a great change: new swim club, new city, new friends. São Paulo it is much known to be a complete chaos: anywhere with 12 million habitants has to be at least somehow different. With too many people comes too many problems: air and river pollution,…

Psychology is the study of behavior and minds, embracing all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought. It is a social science, where the main goal is to understand individuals and groups. A major in psychology gives students the resources to obtain many different types of jobs, from research work to clinical work. A clinical psychologist diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Clinical psychologists work in many different types of facilities,…