Fosterage

A helpless baby girl was born premature, a repercussion of the long term use of drugs her mother had struggled with all her life. Her mom was exhausted, without a home, and in no way prepared to take on the responsibility of a baby. As soon as the baby was old enough to live without her mother, Foster Care stepped in, and settled her into a temporary home. She remained there for two prolonged years where she was starved by her foster parents, who were under the impression she was overweight.…

FOSTER CARE AND THE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN Foster care is care provided for children whose families are temporarily unable to care for them (Merck Manuals, 2007). This definition to me seems to simple cause of the fact that a lot of children that go into the foster care system are there longer than they should be. Knowing a few people who have been in the foster care system, they seem to make it really difficult for the biological parents to get the children back even after fulfilling the…

Scene One Characters: Russell - very careless, funny, normally energetic, is mean to most people except his close friends Markus - Boastful, and sometimes speaks very monotone to be funny/ or sarcastic Darnell- Group friend leader, always funny, great athlete, not smart, give good advice to Russell Setting: Location: During lunch, it’s a short day, this is near the outside table benches, At Rise: At rise Russell is sitting at the school bench, thinking about how he’s going to be…

The process of Resilience is to accomplish a challenge that was bringing you down and to learn from it. Some people believe that those who struggle in life will never be successful. Life challenges can literally affect your way of viewing things. It will make you believe that nothing is worth the shot for. That life is just terrible as hell, however, what you don’t realize is that you are on process for success. When you overcome that challenge you are experiencing, you are going to gain…

Ms. Peters indicated that she spoke with Ms. Gustard’s other biological daughter, Marla, who reported that she had a good relationship with the foster children; Ms. Gustard took her phone away, limited her finances, or restricted her outside activities as punishment. Marla uttered that this is the first time a satiation like this occurred with the foster children. Marla expressed that she is not allowed to spend nights at someone else’s home. Marla voiced that the foster children were usually in…

Child Protective Specialist, Irene Anderson, stated that a report was received on October 9th, 2015 with the allegations of inadequate guardianship and excessive corporal punishment regarding Azzore Spruill and his siblings, Tymani Spruill, against Shanikqua Glenn. The narrative of the report states, “Yesterday (10/8/15), foster parent Shanikqua hit 7 year old Tymani on the hands and arms with a belt as punishment. Tymani did not sustain any visible injuries but her arms still hurt. Shanikqua…

The Best Time to Learn and Succeed The easiest and cheapest time for one to learn is at the early stage of life, when one is still in the prime to be able catch and release any information as needed by any environment one may be in at the time. Learning new things are the simplest ways the brain of a person develops from infant to child, to a teenager, and to adult, through the use of new information, processing of the information created or gathered, and maturing to use all the information…

Priyanka Rajani Dr. Maddex 380:27 Class #16 Prevent Doctors from Drugging Foster Kids Introduction I. Attention getter: Tisha Ortiz was abused as a foster kid throughout her childhood. With the neglect she faced in her group home, it was only natural that she ended up having behavioral issues. In her statement, given to the ABC 10 website on October 20, 2016, Ortiz explains that as a foster child she was over-prescribed with drugs and had no say over what was being given to her. Ortiz is…

There are many relevant values and principles that underpin the chosen transition, one of these is using a child centred practice, for example, all practitioners must ensure the child is the priority and every decision that is made is in the child’s best interest. Practitioners must ensure that the child’s needs are put first, for example, if a child has any additional needs such as autism then all practitioners need to take this into account and ensure the correct planning and preparation is…

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…