Foster Care Independence Act

Dally doesn’t care about his parents and they don’t care about him. “‘ Shoot, my old man don't give a hang whether I'm in jail or dead or in a car crash or dunk in a gutter. That don't bother me none.’” This proves that friendships can be stronger that family because even though Dally…

Not all people were lucky enough to grow up in a loving family with both their mother and father, some people were put in bad living situations or sold of as child workers. In Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train, the idea of giving children a new home was a good one, unfortunately the trains and how this situation played out was an awful idea. The trains put the children in terrible situations when they easily could have stayed at the orphanage and waited until a family actually wanted them.…

Chelouati Hiba Sociolgy Dr, McDaniel 19 feb, 2017 1) How have I been alienated? I have been alienated in many ways. One can say that we are alienated the most during our childhood because we abandon ourselves to answer people and society expectations. If I take Marx’s side of alienation and apply it on me, I can definitely say that I am alienated from the process because I am studying at the university to produce something for an abstract market. I don’t know what will be my work in the future,…

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 and residential homes, after his last transition to a…

I selected an online book which was called Foster Care and Handbook: Behaviors Actions Speak Louder than Words. It is by Norma Brody Geste. The book is free and an online book. It is basically about a senior citizen couple who preferred to be foster parents to teenagers. The author went to school to learn out different diseases about metal health behavior. She also taught in Ventura County Juvenile Hall and was also a Special Education Teacher with the county and the city. She also wrote a…

Living in poverty takes a huge toll on the parents of the children. The parents are faced with problems on how to take care of not just themselves but their children as well. With this in mind, poverty affects mentally the well being of parents, this contributes to depression and other forms of stress that can negatively damage the interaction with their children. With…

I. Client Demographics John* is a 18 year-old, Anglo/Brazilian male. John is currently living in a foster home by himself, John and his stepfather were homeless before being referred to a shelter. John reports he was 17 years old when he was placed in foster care. John reported having good communication with his mother who lives in Brazil. Youth communicates with her via Facebook every day. John ’ biological father is currently incarcerated and his stepfather lives in…

asked her brother and his wife to watch him for a few days. Misty’s brother and his wife Joni had two children of their own and one on the way. The Chris was a soldier, just likes Jack’s dad. Thomas felt it would be much better for family members to care for his infant son than…

Voshel, 2016, pp. 134-135). To increase the frequency of Miss Green telling her foster parents she needs alone time, she will practice saying the code word “control” twice per day when she is feeling overwhelmed until her next visit on September 22, 2016. This word will signal to Miss Green’s foster parents that she needs private time to calm herself down. During our last session, Miss Green noted she would like her foster parents to join her for her session on September 22 to gain their support…

The foster Care system provides housing for children who are not able to live with their biological parents. When parents are unable to take care of their child they give up their child to another family who can give them what their biological parents could not give them. Once the child is in the foster care system their social workers work on finding each child a stable, loving, caring family who can provide them a great life and a good environment to live in. In the united states, there is…