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Madison McLendon Mrs. Pigford English 2 17 February, 2017 Annotated Bibliography: Adoption Child Welfare Information Getaway. "History of Adoption Practices in the United States." History of Adoption Practices in the United States - Child Welfare Information Gateway. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 Feb. 2017. Adoption has been around for thousands of years, but adoption in the US can be traced back to the 1850s. The first adoption law in the US was in Massachusetts and was considered modern.…

The City of Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department requests letters of interest from organizations and individuals to lease the former preschool building at Bloedel Donovan Park, located at 2214 Electric Avenue, Bellingham, WA. Constructed in the 1950's and remodeled as a preschool in 1980, this historic structure has served the community as a preschool from 1980 to August 2015, at which time, this preschool service was removed from the city budget due to competing program priorities.…

that has information about the adoption process but also the duties of a caseworker. The articles are very informational and are made by different adoption agencies, practicing caseworkers or professional organizations dedicated to adoptions and/or foster care. In each article I will explain the main points of the article and what it helped me learn about the adoption process or what a social worker would do and some challenges they might be presented with. I will also discuss how this…

As a child could you imagine what it would be like not to know your parents, or to know them but not be allowed to see them? There are many people today that are in an adoptive or foster situation, many who wonder who they are and who their parents are, sometimes this can cause problems. Other problems apply to both the child and the birth parents. Many times parents will put their kids up for adoption as a result of a current situation, financial or other. Parents of these children should be…

The next film that we watched in sociology was called China’s Lost Girls. This film was about how China prefers that women have boys. Symbolic interactionism is a theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another. People think n china that girls are inferior to guys because they do not carry on the family name. If women have girls they are either aborted, abandoned…

stop him. Sternberg says creative intelligence is generating useful solutions to problems in our everyday life(Berk). Oher’s creative intelligence was a little out of the norm. He was constantly brainstorming new solutions to get out of his current foster home of how to survive. I believe practical intelligence was Oher’s strong suit. Being able to adapt to his environment and surrounds was a skill Michael had to learn at a young…

difficulty connecting with others and be unable to trust others (Quick). The novels Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons and Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock both follow the stories of girls who have parents who do not show them genuine love and affection. The former is about Ellen who experiences abuse from her father and moves between unsafe homes until she takes it upon herself find a new mother. The…

Juvenile delinquencies are not foreign in a disadvantaged residence area of a city (the hood). Area’s where juveniles participate in gangs, violence, and substance abuse. These areas are vulnerable to lack of policing. From the increasing numbers of crimes and deaths in these areas, you would think a greater number of law enforcement would be present. In the film, Boyz N The Hood, violence and death occurred due to the lack of police enforcement. The lack of social control on these juveniles…

An important nurse in my community is my instructors, Jayne Beebe. Jayne started her own unique nursing business in 2005. Jayne has over twenty horses that she uses therapeutically to assist individuals with psychological and mental health issues. This organization is called Spirit of Hope, and is located at Jayne’s ranch in Selah, WA. Jayne invites her clients into her home to help them in their healing process. Jayne is a strong, independent, caring nurse, and has a background as a psychiatric…

Should we have to pay to adopt a child? In my opinion, no, we should not. Many women are not able to have their own children;therefore, they consider the option of adopting. Often times they quickly put the idea out of their minds because they merely cannot afford it. Even couples who can have their own children want to adopt, solely because they want to give an orphan a real family. These people just want to change children’s lives and their own, but money prohibits them. Although many do not…