Closed adoption

Policy Implication Over the last century the United States and other countries have developed many acts and policies regarding the protection of children. The policies that have been established in the past, has been reformed in order to ensure the safety of the children in this nation. Throughout the years there has been many positives of the child welfare reform, however there has been many negatives from it as well; in many cases the positives have impacted the U.S. but it’s the negatives…

The current state of housing in the foster care system is not an effective or reliable way to help troubled children nationally. The existing system causes confusion for children, places children in potentially dangerous or neglecting foster homes, and leaves many alone with no one to rely on at the age of eighteen. There are not enough families to provide for the children; much less “good” families. This results in bleak conditions, such as overcrowding children into group homes or abusive…

from Ireland the names that her adoption parents give her are the leading identities that she receives. This is not because she chose to have this new identity but because she has to be in most of the situations that she is placed in. The situations that she is put into after the train arrives in Minnesota and she is adopted for the first time. The realizations that she comes to with her own identity are discussed all throughout the book. With her first adoption family she is named Dorothy and…

Donna Wagnaar works as an ESL teacher at Kishwaukee College. When you see her, probably won’t notice how special she is. When you meet her, you will never imagine the great work she is doing. Donna’s passion goes beyond her necessities. She sacrifices himself for the good of others. Donna has more than twenty years of experience in the foster care system, and for many years she was involved in different groups. She worked with kids with disabilities, teens with dysfunctional families, and even…

A Critique of Epicurus’s Argument about Death Kejia Jiang Word count: 1419 As the founder of Epicureanism, Greek philosopher Epicurus presented the view that it is irrational to fear or hate death and death is not a misfortune for one who dies. The main idea he used to defend his argument was that no one will feel painful while dead, therefore death is not a bad thing for people and there is no need to fear it. At the first glance, the argument may seem to be plausible. However,…

Registered Practical Reflection: Children’s Aid Society and the Meyer Family These past six weeks of placement have widened my eyes and perspective to many things, including the complexity of foster family’s. While in the midst of my placement at the London-Middlesex Children’s Aid Society (CAS), I was able to choose a family in which my partner and I would attend their home at four various point in time in order to conduct a family assessment and work through any health-related issues they may…

discussing in this paper is one of the many policies of adoption. With that being said, I first want to talk about the overall policy of adoption. According to the Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes, the policy explains that the adoption must be in the best interest of the child or the person being adopted. Not only that, but it also states that we must meet the needs of the diverse population of Minnesota and those who are affected by the adoption (Minnesota Office of the Revisor of…

International Adoption Several years ago in a small town in Cambodia, a young woman by the name of Beatriz falls to her knees as the tears begin to pour down onto the dirt-covered floor of her home. She is only a girl and knows that she will not be able to take care of another human being especially in this unsafe town. Beatriz and many of the other residents in her village are simply deprived of the necessities that one would use to raise a child; clean water, plenty of food and medicine.…

My Life Story In the United States, 3 out of 100 births result in an adoption. Today, adoption is a big topic and there has been a lot of different views on the topic. I personally believe that adoption is the right choice because it gives the child a chance to grow in a positive environment. At about two months old, I was adopted from Seoul, South Korea. For the past 18 years I have lived my life here in Sioux Falls. Throughout my life I forget that I’m adopted because of everyday things like…

I was about a year and a half when social services came to take me away from my family. It was right after my little brother was born, when the hospital notice that my parents where drug addicts. Therefore making my birth parents unfit to raise me and my brother. It was then social services found a home for my brother and I. Since I was so young I did not remember that I was adopted until I would get a call from my birth mother. It was just any other Saturday watching cartoons when unexpectedly…