Ellen Foster

heartbreak, and something they do not share. We all have a “paper cover” over the hardback front of our story. One day I hope I will be able to take off my paper cover and be proud of my story. I know two adults who were foster kids and are now millionaires and leading a change for the foster care system. I want to be that type of inspiration too. I want to be proud of how I took my past and shaped myself to be a person that can positively change others lives too in the…

The last option Sam had was to give up and have visitation rights. Thankfully, he did have to result to that conclusion. At the end of the film we see the foster care parents, Rita, Willy, and Sam all at Lucy’s soccer game. This final scene displays how everyone came around to support Sam and his decision to raise Lucy. It demonstrations the idea that a disability does not inhabit an individual from having…

Foster care and the educational system are complex organizations. Both organizations address and serve children who experience abuse and neglect. Addressing the educational needs of children in foster care presents a unique challenge to schools, social agencies, and foster parents. It is estimated that in 2013 there were approximately 589,000 children and youth in foster care across the United States (Children’s Bureau, 2014). In 2013, 58,699 children in California were living in foster care. Of…

I experienced some negative feelings towards Paul as well when he talked about how he spent all his saving on his toys, instead of saving anything. He said that now he wished that he would have bought his wife a real house instead of a trailer home. He said that he’s recently realized that he should have bought her some of the things he always said he would, like a house, but never did. My initial feelings were more negative towards Paul about what he described in the second encounter as he…

The foster care system is based on providing care for those who are neglected, abandoned, and orphans. Each year many children are suffering due to many complications in their lives. About 4,000 children are put into the foster care system in Riverside County alone. Additionally, about 1,500 foster kids live in the Coachella Valley. Approximately 65 children are removed their homes each month as a result of abused. Also in most cases, children who are homosexuals in the foster care system suffer…

professionals employed, the medics who are working within the foster care system are not receiving adequate training on how to deal with children who suffer from trauma. Due to the lack of funding in the foster care system, they are struggling to get enough health professionals to make the system a more reliable source for the children (Szilagyi, Rosen, Rubin, Zlotnik). This is also a very repetitive cycle within the medical side of the foster care system. Without the proper funding medics…

Allnith Keoneth Kent Stratford, LMT CFS 38 Tuesday and Thursday 11:00-12:15 9 December 2017 Good Will Hunting As a child Will’s childhood was full with abandonment and abuse. He was an orphaned and had to go through many foster homes. During his time in those foster home he was abuse. According to the film Will explains that he was stabbed and cigarette bud burned. With all the abuses that Will when through as a child made him have trust issues. The reason why is because the person the…

Creative Brief Statement The purpose of Safe Families for Children and Safe Families of Lane County is to rely on host families to love, support, and help children in need. These families open their hearts, arms, and homes to keep children safe and families together. Our Goal Safe Families for Children and Safe Families of Lane County’s duty is to provide a variety of care for children and families. Thoughts and Beliefs Our community, along with others, sees this organization as a positive…

Throughout life everyone goes through obstacles. Some overcome them others live with them and of course some just don’t. But no matter the circumstance a obstacle will always stand in our way. So we have to keep on pushing it out or stay stuck in time. In this essay the obstacles will be shown and how people overpowered them. This essay will show how obstacles are never impossible defeat. In “the orphan train” by kim hill a young boy faced an obstacle that many people feared. Lee was an…

The mountains on the back represented a far journey that you will never know until you see. Don’t you ever look at mountains and become curious to see what’s behind it? That’s like Bud in his life in a foster home, the house represents the mountains and he wants to see what is outside of the house to make him feel he is important to this world. I tried to make strong connections that made the story how it is, without Bud’s curiosity he would never have…