Fosters

Oklahoma’s foster care system. Children enter foster care because they have been abused, neglected, or abandoned by their guardians. These children require the same love and care as other children who are not in foster care, and it is assumed that the government can do a better job of taking of these children than their parents. However, not all of them have access to necessities or have their special needs met. With first-hand knowledge of the unaddressed needs of children in foster care, a…

which are foster care and adoption agencies. I have always had a passion for working with children ever since I was a young girl. Before I found out about becoming a social work, I was going to school for elementary education. Once I completed 2 years I knew that elementary education was not the path I wanted to take when working with children. One day while researching careers I came across social work and from that point on I knew social work was the career I was destined to be in. “Foster…

Foster care are like toy stores, every foster child symbolizes a toy who has put on the shelf and has been labeled used, damaged, and/or out of date. Still they have the same dreams and aspirations as the new models, to go home with someone who will love, and cherish them with all their overflowing stuffing, missing button eyes, matted fur, and uneasy temperament because too often have they been thrown about and trampled on. Too long for any child or toy to sit and hope for something better to…

People should be more concerned about the dangers of the foster care system because of the commonality of child abuse. Imagine a world where children are born without a home. Imagine a world where kids are scared of coming home to intoxicated guardians. Imagine a world where a minor becomes a servant in their own home. Imagine a world where children are separated from the only family they have left. Imagine a world where children are punished with extensive beatings.This is the known world…

Ashley Gonzalez, Ms. Bayron’s daughter, stated that the Li children were more like family than foster children. Ashley that she interacted with the children all the time, especially Lisa, because she wanted her to become more verbal. Ashley conveyed that she assisted Amy and Wendy with the completion of their homework. Ashley explained that she had frequent conversation with the children regarding their parents. Ashley voiced that she encouraged all the children to have a good relationship with…

TA’s name: Lenny Throughout the years more and more youth are being separated from their families and are being sent to foster homes. As more children and youth enter foster homes they are also staying longer periods of time, meaning that something is not working as efficiently as it should be in the foster care system. These children and youth are being sent to foster homes because the types of relationships that they encounter at home with their families are no longer healthy relationships…

for over 40 000 children Australia wide. This is how children in the foster care system live. The struggle of constant moving and change, unfortunately, has shown to affect the learning abilities of these children. 92 per cent of children in care score below average in literacy and numeracy skills and 75 percent do not complete high school. Through the help of The Pyjama Foundation, an organisation that works with children in foster-care to better their educational futures, these odds can…

actions. We all hear the good parts of foster care, when people get adopted finding their forever homes, the truth is that it’s actually an extremely flawed system…

Problems in the Foster Care System “Foster care is a state-managed child welfare system that provides out-of-home placement for children who have been removed from their original home due to neglect, abuse, delinquency or abandonment.” What this quote from DAMAR Foster Care Services fails to mention is that though in 2014, 415,129 children were removed from dangerous situations and placed into a more acceptable situation, these children and young adults are still not safe. Foster care is…

Foster parent, Dawn O’Neil, stated that the reason she requested this review is because she prefers foster children Ciary Dueno, Libasse Dueno, and Nicholas Dueno returned to her care. Ms. O’Neil expressed that she has been a foster parent for Leake and Watts Services for approximately six years. Ms. O’Neil voiced that she never had an incident or accident involving a foster child requiring immediate medical assistance. Ms. O’Neil uttered that she loved all the foster children she cared for and…