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Hemmings, Laura Toni. "Adolescents in foster care : exploring their involvement in foster placement success." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1743/.
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Young people in foster care are at an increased risk of placement breakdown (Selwyn & Quinton, 2004; Ward & Skuse, 2001), which can have a significant effect on their psychological well-being (Oosterman, Schuengel, Wim Slot, Bullens, & Doreleijers, 2007). Research within this area has focused upon what causes placement breakdown to the detriment of identifying factors that may contribute to promoting placement success. This study uses a positive psychology approach to explore the variables that predict placement success for young people aged 12 to 18 growing up in foster care. Fifty-one young people consented to take part. The research focused specifically on their attachment relationship with foster carers and peers, their level of resilience, self-esteem and pro-social behaviours. Placement success was measured by achievement of health and well-being targets set out by the Every Child Matters outcome framework. A correlation analysis found that a significant positive relationship between a young person’s self-esteem and placement success. Relationships between other variables were observed and reported. Limitations of the study are discussed, together with recommendations for future research and clinical practice within the Looked After Child field.
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Mosimege, Keolebogile Betty. "The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60397.
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Unfavourable socio-economic and psychosocial changes, globally and locally, have forced communities to place an increasing number of adolescents in foster care, or take the necessary steps to accommodate them in orphanages. The drastic interventions had many unsettling consequences. South African orphanages were inundated with orphaned and removed children, and foster care was a constructive alternative. Research results have shown that, for children to develop normally, they have to be cared for in cordial and constructive family structures (Republic of South Africa, Department of Social Development, 2009).
The present study was exploratory and aimed to explore the challenges faced by foster mothers who were fostering the adolescents at the time of interviewing, as well as coping strategies employed by foster mothers in their task of fostering. The target areas were Mamelodi and Atteridgeville Townships in the Tshwane/Pretoria Region. Twenty foster mothers were selected from a list of foster mothers received from social workers and semi-structured interviews were conducted with these 20 respondents. Respondents? narratives were translated from Setswana and North Sotho to English. Data was transcribed and analysed by means of Thematic Network Analysis. Four core themes were extracted, namely Crisis, Structure, Relationships, and Resilience and Spirituality. These themes were discussed and linked to the tenets of Positive Psychology and literature sources, and communicated to social workers, foster mothers and legislators.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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Scott, Wendy. "An exploratory descriptive study of foster care and non-foster care adolescents' perceptions on self-esteem." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2002. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2044.
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This study examines perceptions on self-esteem of adolescents in foster care and non-foster care adolescents. The study was based on the premise that there is a statistical significant relationship between the perceptions on self-esteem of adolescents in foster care and non-foster care adolescents.
A case study analysis approach was used to analyze the data gathered using the SPSS program. Descriptive analysis and frequencies are presented as percentages, frequency distribution, the Mean, the Standard Deviation, Chi-square test, and the T-test was used with a p-value of .05 to determine significant relationships between variables.
The researcher found that the hypothesis was accepted and that there is a statistical significant relationship between the perceptions on self-esteem of adolescents in foster care and non-foster care adolescents.
The conclusions drawn from the findings suggest that there is a need for more research that will contribute to elevate the awareness for services needed among this population.
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Lewis, Samantha J. "Attachment and perceived social support in adolescents in foster care." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302197.
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Lyman, Susan Bell. "A closer look at self-image in male foster care adolescents." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40110.
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Using the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire this study attempted to determine what differences exist between 58 male adolescents in foster care and their peers in the normal population and to establish if there are specific characteristics of the adolescent's background or foster care experience that are related to specific domains of self-image. Characteristics from foster care history included number of placements and length of time at the current placement. The individual background characteristics included were race, educational achievement and age. Foster care youth had lower family self-image and emotional health and higher social self-image when compared to the normative popUlation. When compared separately to the normative population, white youth had higher than normal moral self-image and sexual attitudes and lower scores on family relations and emotional health. Black youth had higher social self-image scores. Lower scores on several domains of self-image were associated with being younger, being white, having lower academic achievement, having more placements, and staying at the current placement for a longer period of time. The implications of these findings for foster care placement decisions are discussed.Ph. D.
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Glazer, Courtney Anne, and Adrianne Marie Vance. "Process evaluation of treatment with adolescents in residential treatment foster care." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3067.
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As the number of children in foster care without a familial placement continues to grow, the child welfare system is turning towards a new placement approach called Residential Treatment Foster Care. This study performed a process evaluation of 30 Residential Treatment Foster Care facilities in Los Angeles County that explored the four characteristics of case plan design, team decision-making, therapeutic intervention, staff training, and overall treatment effectiveness with regards to the number of Absences Without Leave (AWOL) and completion of treatment plan.
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Scott, Ella M. "LIVED MENTAL HEALTH EXPERIENCES OF ADOLESCENTS OF COLOR IN FOSTER CARE." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1196365483.
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Zanders, Michael L. "The Musical and Personal Biographies of Adolescents with Foster Care experience." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/122665.
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This qualitative study examines the personal and musical lives of adolescents with foster care experience. Based on the researcher's experience, it seemed that foster care adolescents had a different life experience with music than adolescents who were never in foster care. A structured interview, developed by the researcher, was used with a sample of 10 participants (6 males, 4 females) enrolled in out-patient therapy. Participants were chosen based on three criteria: 1) between the ages of 13-18 years, 2) present or past experience in foster care placements, and 3) willing and able to discuss their lives and musical backgrounds. Biographical inquiry was the specific method used to gather data on the musical lives of adolescents in foster care and to discern how the musical and personal biographies may have been related to one another. In this context, a musical biography was defined as the sum total of music experiences a person has had and the various meanings given to them, both in the past and present. It was assumed that one's musical life is part of one's personal biography, which also includes non musical events, experiences, and meanings. The study was organized according to two basic questions: 1) What music experiences had these adolescents in foster care had throughout their life span, and what meanings had they attached to those experiences, and 2) What relationships could be found between the musical and personal biographies? Results of the study showed that these adolescents with foster care experience used music consciously and actively in their everyday lives, similar to ways that adolescents with no foster care experience do. For example, adolescents with and without foster care experience share the same listening habits, music preferences, and how they use music. The results also showed that the music experiences of these adolescents did affect their life in foster care, and that their life in foster care did affect their overall relationship to music. In regards to foster care's influence on an adolescent's relationship to music, the results showed that when an adolescent had a relationship to music that was shared with a biological family member before foster care, this music relationship ceased when the participant entered foster care. Also, adolescents generally had a positive relationship with their foster family when involvement with music was encouraged. Conversely, music influenced the foster care experience of these adolescents. First, listening to music by oneself tended to increase in frequency and importance when the adolescent did not have a positive relationship or healthy attachment with the foster parent. Second, formal and active involvement in music (e.g., participating in school or group music, or taking lessons) seemed to be associated with a positive or healthy relationship with the foster family. Third, adolescents tended to listen to music for personal, psychological reasons, often to cope with the trauma, grief, and loss they continued to encounter throughout their lives. Implications for music therapy research, theory, and practice were drawn based on the conclusions.
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Zuill, Zina Denise. "The Relationship Between Resilience and Academic Success Among Bermuda Foster Care Adolescents." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2184.
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The primary goal of this study was to explore whether individual resiliency factors measured by the Resilience Scale (RS) influence academic success for Bermudian foster care adolescents, a population previously unstudied in the literature. Academic vulnerability is a concern for foster care adolescents, and more empirical studies need to be conducted to increase understanding of the variables that affect academic success for this population. Resiliency is a conceptual framework based on a positive developmental focus. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the relationship between resilience and academic success among 51 Bermudian foster care adolescents who attended Bermuda public schools. Achievement scores and grade point average (GPA) were used to ascertain participants' levels of academic success. This study employed a nonexperimental correlational design using a multiple regression to analyze the relationships. Results revealed a statistically significant positive relationship between resiliency and reading achievement but no relationship between resiliency and GPA and resiliency and math achievement. The finding of the positive relationship between resiliency and reading could influence policymakers to reexamine current education policies to stress the importance of ensuring that all at-risk adolescents identified in Bermuda Public Schools acquire adequate reading skills.
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Van, Steenwyk Trina Jane. "A satisfaction survey of foster care adolescents participating in the independent living program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1082.
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Downes, C. E. "The reparative potential of foster family interaction : Difficult adolescents in time limited placements." Thesis, University of York, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372775.
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Drew, Helen Margaret. "Understanding the mental health and well-being of early adolescents in foster care." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2018. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/74247/.
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Children in foster care are at high risk of experiencing mental health problems and tackling this issue is a key priority. Previous research suggests that the transition from primary to secondary school can be particularly challenging, as well-being declines and mental health problems increase in early adolescence. However, there is insufficient understanding of variations in the well-being and mental health of this group of children, and particularly the role played by their social interactions, relationships, and psychological attributes. This thesis includes three papers reporting on a programme of empirical research conducted to address this gap in knowledge and better understand the risk and protective factors, particularly in the peer context, for changes in mental health and well-being. The first paper focuses on current provision and reports the findings from a national survey of Virtual Schools that support the education of children in care. The second paper presents the findings of a longitudinal study with children not in care (aged 10-13 years), to test our conceptual model in the general population. This demonstrated that peer factors predict changes in mental health problems and well-being over and above parental and other adult support. The third paper presents findings from a longitudinal study of children in foster care (aged 10-14 years), to test these key pathways in our focus population. This revealed a pattern of differentiated links from peer and adult support to mental health and well-being, and identified self-efficacy as a key longitudinal predictor of change, especially when moderated by peer relationship quality. The thesis demonstrates the importance of supportive relationships with both adults and peers for the mental health and well-being of children in care. This has important implications for future work where social activities and relationship quality with peers should be considered as potential protective factors, especially in school settings.
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Ngundue, Jerome Essono. "Disparities in Arkansas Mandated Immunization Coverage Among Natural Home and Foster-Care Adolescents." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2940.
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Anecdotal evidence indicated vaccine coverage disparities among foster-care (FCA) and natural-home adolescents (NHA). Arkansas laws require 5 vaccines for school entry (FVSE) to prevent 9 common childhood diseases. The study problem was that Pulaski County, Arkansas adolescent birth cohort (PCABC) immunization rates were low compared to U.S. adolescents for these FVSE. This study examined the extent to which (1) PCABC immunization rates were significantly different from those estimated for U.S. adolescents in 2006–2008, (2) NHA and FCA immunization rates were different in 2003– 2008; (3) sociodemographic variables mediate associations between home of residence (HOR), NHA or FCA, and up to date (UTD) status for FVSE; and (4) vaccination game theory (VGT) estimated deaths differ between individual-equilibrium and group-optimum behaviors. The methodologies applied were direct standardization, χ2, multiple logistic regressions, and VGT to analyze PCABC retrospective secondary data from the Arkansas immunization registry. The results revealed that U.S. adjusted UTD coverage rates for Hepatitis B, measles-mumps-rubella, and varicella were greater than those for PCABC. Race-adjusted FCA immunization rates were 120% higher than for NHA. Race mediated the association between HOR and UTD FVSE status, and African Americans had 80% greater odds of being UTD with FVSE compared to Caucasians. Group-optimum behavior was associated with fewer estimated deaths than individual equilibrium; thus, it is protective against disease outbreaks. Positive social change may occur among the PCABC when healthcare providers include these results in communications with parents at FCA and NHA community health clinics. Parental vaccine acceptance for their children may increase vaccinations and improve PCABC health and wellness.
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Bruno, Nicole Carol. "Cooking Self-Efficacy, Knowledge, and Skills Among Foster Adolescents Participating in a Nutrition Cooking Class." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1573218146438714.
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Čepukienė, Viktorija. "The changes of psychosocial functioning during Solution-Focused Brief Therapy among foster care adolescents." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20080422_114215-74573.
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Most of studies have revealed that children entering foster care have various mental health problems and need help of mental health care professionals. Unfortunately, many authors notice that psychological help rendered for foster children lack organization, for mental health care professionals giving services for foster children are forced to use methods, which empirically are tested among adults or among children having specific mental health disorders or to use methods without empirical proof. Thus issue concerning effective psychotherapeutic methods for foster children remains especially relevant. The aim of the study is to assess the potential of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) improving psychosocial functioning of adolescents in foster care and factors related to better outcome of the SFBT. Research group consisted of 228 adolescents living in foster care homes (12-18 years old). 47 adolescents participated in SFBT group, 47 adolescents from the rest of the group were selected for control group. Research methods: 1) three methods for evaluation of psychosocial functioning; 2) five methods for evaluation of intervention outcomes. Research consisted of three stages: 1) evaluation of the psychosocial functioning of adolescents living in foster care; 2) intervention for treatment group; 3) evaluation of the changes in psychosocial functioning after the period of 6 weeks since first evaluation. Research results demonstrated that SFBT is an effective method for... [to full text]Tyrimai rodo, kad į valstybės globą patenka psichikos sveikatos sunkumų turintys vaikai, kuriems būtina įvairių psichikos sveikatos priežiūros specialistų pagalba. Vis tik pastebima, kad psichologinė pagalba globojamiems vaikams ne tik Lietuvoje, bet ir užsienyje dažniausia teikiama nesistemingai, taikant metodus, kurių efektyvumas patvirtintas kitose amžiaus, socialinio statuso ar problemų grupėse, tad specifinių psichologinės pagalbos metodų, efektyviai veikiančių būtent globojamų vaikų grupėje, klausimas išlieka itin aktualus. Pagrindinis šio tyrimo tikslas – nustatyti Į sprendimus sutelkto trumpalaikio konsultavimo (SSTK) galimybes, skatinant geresnį globojamų paauglių psichologinį-socialinį funkcionavimą ir problemų sprendimą, bei veiksnius, susijusius su geresniais konsultavimo rezultatais. Tyrime dalyvavo 228 paaugliai (12-18 m.), gyvenantys vaikų globos namuose. 47 iš jų buvo konsultuoti, taikant SSTK modelį, 47 – sudarė kontrolinę grupę. Tyrime taikyti metodai: 1) trys psichologinio-socialinio funkcionavimo vertinimo metodai, 2) penki poveikio efektyvumo vertinimo metodai. Tyrimo planą sudarė trys etapai: 1) vaikų globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių psichologinio-socialinio funkcionavimo tyrimas; 2) poveikio vykdymas; 3) vaikų globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių psichologinio-socialinio funkcionavimo pokyčių, praėjus šešioms savaitėms po pirmojo įvertinimo, tyrimas. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad SSTK yra efektyvus vaikų globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių problemoms... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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Jimenez, Adella. "SOCIAL WORKERS PERSPECTIVES ON THE CAUSES OF PLACEMENT INSTABILITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/907.
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Various levels of research over the past three decades have concluded that children are harmed by constant changes to where they reside when they are removed from the care of their parents. Regardless of that, minimal research has been conducted to investigate this problem from the perspective of the social worker. This study explores the problem of placement instability among adolescent populations from the perspective of foster family agency social workers in Riverside County, California. Interviews with foster family agency social workers were conducted using a digital voice-recording device. The audio files were transcribed to text and thematically analyzed for relevant commonalities among participants. The data provided more detailed information regarding what the social workers believed to be the factors involved in placement instability. Four main categories were observed and explored in detail; trauma, inter-agency communication, mental health access and foster parent education were consistent themes of the data set. This research provides the groundwork for further research from people who work in a central role that is pivotal to lessening the instances of placement instability.
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Montezi, Aline Vilarinho. "O futuro do adolescente abrigado no imaginário coletivo de psicólogos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47133/tde-10112016-154432/.
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A presente investigação tem como objetivo estudar sobre o futuro do adolescente abrigado no imaginário coletivo de psicólogos. Justifica-se na medida em que, abordando um grupo profissional atento à importância da adolescência, no percurso da vida pessoal, pode contribuir para um debate sobre a condução de vítimas de sofrimentos sociais a abrigos. Articula-se, do ponto de vista metodológico, por meio da realização de entrevistas individuais, estruturadas a partir do uso do Procedimento Desenhos-Estórias com Tema, com oito psicólogos. Tais encontros foram registrados sob forma de narrativas transferenciais que, conjuntamente com os desenhos e as histórias, foram consideradas à luz do método psicanalítico. Por esta via, foi possível chegar à produção interpretativa de três campos de sentido afetivo-emocional ou inconscientes relativos: Fadado ao fracasso, Salvo por mágica e Com ajuda e boa vontade. O quadro geral revela uma tendência dos participantes a considerar que o adolescente abrigado dificilmente escapará a um futuro infeliz. Assim, fica claro que se posicionam de modo crítico à realidade dos abrigos, concebendo-os como instituições que não chegam a dar conta satisfatoriamente de sua função socialThis research intends to study the future of adolescents in foster care within the collective imaginary of psychologists.The study can contribute to the debate over the conduction of the victims of social suffering to foster care shelters by addressing a professional group aware of the importance of adolescence during the personal life. This approach consists, from the methodological point of view, in structured interviews conducted with eight psychologists using the story-drawing procedure with a theme. Such meetings were registered under the form of transferential narratives, which, along with the drawings and the stories, were considered through the psychoanalytical method. This way, it was possible to reach the interpretative production of three affective-emotional meaning fields or relative unconsciousness: Bound to fail, Saved by Magic and With help and will. The general framework reveals a trend of the participants to consider that the sheltered adolescent will hardly come off from a miserable future. Thus, it is clear that these professionals position themselves critically to the foster care shelter reality, conceiving them as institutions that are not able to fulfill their social function satisfactorily
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Amoroso, Marissa D. "Level of adaptive behaviour according to the occupational status of foster adolescents in independent living." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq21873.pdf.
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Kaye, Sarah. "Internalizing and externalizing behaviors of adolescents in kinship and foster care findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/6755.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.Thesis research directed by: Family Studies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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McCohnell, Joan D. "The experience of African American grandmothers in fostering relative adolescents." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 2000. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/mccohnell_2000.pdf.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 2000.A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-254)
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Ensele, Paula. "The Self-Concept of Foster Youth in Transition to Independent Living: A Descriptive Study." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2003. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?miami1051906448.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Miami University, Dept. of Family and Child Studies, 2003.Title from first page of PDF document. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 53 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-41).
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Simard, Marie-Claude. "La réunification familiale des adolescents placés en ressource de réadaptation : étude des facteurs prédictifs." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102845.
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L'identification des facteurs predictifs de la reunification familiale des adolescents places represente un prealable a une pratique plus efficace. Cette etude exploratoire consiste en une analyse des dossiers de 102 adolescents places dans une ressource de readaptation du CJM-IU. L'echantillon est compose de deux groupes: un groupe d'adolescents reunifies (n=51) et un groupe d'adolescents non reunifies (n=51). Elle poursuit trois objectifs: definir le portrait des adolescents; explorer et identifier les facteurs associes a la reunification familiale; elaborer un modele de facteurs qui predit la reunification familiale d'un adolescent. En concordance avec la litterature et le cadre ecosystemique de l'etude, cinq categories de facteurs sont analysees: les facteurs lies a l'adolescent, aux parents, a la famille et a l'environnement, a l'intervention et a l'histoire et aux conditions de placement.Les resultats demontrent que c'est davantage au plan des facteurs lies a l'intervention, a l'histoire et aux conditions de placement que des differences entre les adolescents reunifies et les adolescents non reunifies s'observent. Les analyses de regression logistique ont conduit a l'elaboration de deux modeles de prediction de la reunification familiale. Le premier modele revele une combinaison de cinq facteurs: la duree du placement, la possibilite de sortie dans le milieu familial, le nombre d'episodes de placement, l'origine ethnoculturelle et la presence d'un suivi concurrent ou consecutif en LPJ et LJC. Ce modele comporte une limite puisqu'il considere seulement les facteurs sans donnee manquante. Le second modele, elabore a partir de tous les facteurs, revele une configuration de trois facteurs: l'implication parentale, l'origine ethnoculturelle et l'ambivalence de la mere. Au plan de la recherche, ces resultats demontrent la necessite de poursuivre les travaux, en conduisant des etudes longitudinales, employant l'analyse de survie; en interrogeant directement les acteurs impliques; et en explorant la relation d'association entre l'origine ethnoculturelle et la reunification familiale. Au plan de l'intervention, ces resultats soutiennent la necessite de systematiser la pratique de la reunification familiale; consolider le reseau familial du jeune; developper des programmes de reunification familiale; revoir les modalites d'organisation des ressources d'hebergement; et diversifier l'offre de services.
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Owens, Nikia Maria. "The Influence of Instability of Placement, Emotional Disturbances, and At-Risk Behaviors on the Academic Performance of Male Adolescents in Foster Care." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2006. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2917.
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This study gives attention to the effects of instability of placement, emotional disturbances, and at-risk behaviors on the academic performance of adolescents in foster care, specifically males. The purpose of this study was to examine the academic success of male adolescents in foster care and environmental influences that prevent many children from excelling. Data were extracted and analyzed (Chi-Square) from 50 of200 case files (active and discharged). The sample represented male residents (12 to 18 years of age) of a privately run, state licensed residential group home in Georgia.
Academic performance was measured by grade point average. Twenty-eight percent did not function on grade level while 72% functioned on grade level. There was no statistical significance between academic achievement and instability of placement (X2= .577, p = .448), emotional disturbances(X2= .759, p = -.348), aggressive/violent behavior (X2= .020, p = .887), and sexual activity (X2=.732, p = .392). However, there was statistical significance found between academic achievement and substance use (X2= 4.095, p = .043). An additional key finding in this study was 74% of the adolescents had a mental health diagnosis but had only been in foster care less than one year. Therefore, additional research should be conducted to determine the preexisting conditions adolescents experience before entering foster care. The findings from this study can perhaps encourage the child welfare community to investigate other variables that may impact the academic achievement of adolescents in foster care.
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Gamlin, Sandra J. "A descriptive study of the adoption experience of adolescents and their families." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25396.
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A descriptive study was conducted to investigate the adoption experience within the family. Adoptive families who participated in this study were assumed to be a relatively heterogeneous sample of the target population - families with at least one adopted child who had been adopted early in life, and who was presently 14-18 years of age. Thirteen adoptive families participated in the study. Qualitative data regarding each individual's perception of the adoption experience was obtained through semi-structured interviews. Each participant also completed the Family Environment Scale (Moos, 1974), which was used as a descriptive measure only. Data from the interviews underwent a qualitative data analysis to arrive at the themes and patterns that described the adoptee's and the adoptive parents' experiences. Parent-child perceptual discrepancies were also analysed to assess the similarities and the differences in family perceptions regarding the adoption experience.
Conclusions that can be drawn based on the results of the qualitative analysis is that adoptive families appear to be vulnerable to problems during the adolescent stage of the family life cycle because of the adoptee's emerging curiosity and the problems of openly communicating these concerns within the family. Results from this study also point to the need for adopting couples to receive education regarding the role of adoptive parenthood, and counsellors who work with adoptive families should be aware of when the factors of adoption can contribute to family difficulties and dysfunctionEducation, Faculty of
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Elmund, Anna Mi Ra. "Overrepresentation of Internationally Adopted Adolescents in Swedish §12-institutions." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7423.
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In order to study internationally adopted delinquents, internationally adopted controls, delinquent controls and an additional group of healthy non-adopted, non-delinquent controls, the following tests were used: WISC/WAIS, TOL, WCST, a questionnaire, I think I am, ISSI, an attachment test, KSP, and SCL-90. In the register study, data were obtained from the registers of The National Board of Health and Welfare and Statistics Sweden and multivariate analyses were performed using logistic regression models. Odds ratios (OR) for different forms of out-of-home care placements were calculated.
It was found that the adopted delinquents had a significantly lower full scale IQ (WISC/WAIS) and significantly lower results on several measurements in the WISC /WAIS compared to the adopted controls. In addition, both groups of adoptees scored low in the WISC/WAIS subscale arithmetics when compared to the population mean. The adopted delinquents clearly had disruptive and infectious relations to their parents which was demonstrated in I think I am, ISSI, the attachment test and the questionnaire. The adopted controls demonstrated good relations to adoptive parents. When personality and self-perception were measured and analyzed in a two-way ANOVA, the results clearly pointed to ”delinquency” as the explaining factor to the variance of the results as opposed to ”adoption”.
Finally, the regression analyses of the register data demonstrated an OR of 3.0 (after adjustments for age and sex) for placements of intercountry adoptees in residental care from age 10 and an OR of 5.1 in model 2 (after adjustments for socio-demographic background variables). More over, higher child age at adoption, origin from Latin America, single parent adoption and maternal age above 35 at birth of the child were identified as significant predictors of out-of-home care from age 10.
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Mitchell, Dove Lakindra Michelle. "Got Hair that Flows in the Wind: The Complexity of Hair and Identity among African American Female Adolescents in Foster Care." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2321.
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African American children are disproportionately over-represented in the child welfare system. Many of these children linger in the system and experience disconnection from their biological families, communities, cultural beliefs, values, and practices. Familial socialization and cultural exposure are essential to developing a positive ethnic identity and self-concept. For African American female adolescents, hair and hair care are critical areas for such socialization and support. This qualitative study explored the hair and hair care perceptions and experiences of African American female adolescents in foster care. The goal was to examine hair and hair's connection to, and influence on, sense of self and self-esteem for African American female adolescents in foster care.
Eleven African American female adolescents participated in individual interviews, and grounded theory was used to analyze the data. Four major themes emerged: hair care, perception of hair and identity as an African American female, societal influences on self-awareness, and influence of the foster care system. Results from the study indicated African American female adolescents in foster care identify hair as important. Participants noted hair is connected to appearance and shapes who they are and how they view themselves as African American females. Participants addressed the complexity of hair and politics associated with hair. The findings further emphasized the role of racial socialization and the importance of a supportive hair care environment. Participants also discussed their awareness of societal influences on their perception of African American women. They offered recommendations for improving the hair care experiences of African American children in foster care, for supporting positive development of identity and self-esteem, and for implementing standards of practice that will ensure these youths' cultural needs are addressed in the child welfare system.
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Stevens, Sarah B. "An examination of mental health factors related to risk-taking behaviors in children and adolescents." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5839.
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Woodman, Kimberly K. Creasey Gary L. "An examination of the nature of attachment, identity, and adjustment in adolescents adopted from the child welfare system." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1221659101&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1177270146&clientId=43838.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2005.Title from title page screen, viewed on April 22, 2007. Dissertation Committee: Gary L. Creasey (chair), Jeanne A. Howard, Susan L. Smith, Adena B. Meyers, Alvin E. House. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-154) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Koehler, Shannon. "Social Skills Training for Adolescent Youth: Measurement of Skill Acquisition." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4103.
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This study evaluated the effectiveness of a classroom based training in teaching social skills to four adolescent females between the ages of 13–17 years old and residing in foster care. The training took place over a three week period, one night a week, for three hours at a time and utilized a Behavioral Skills Training format. The assessments were conducted via role play scenarios; pre- and posttraining. The results show each participant demonstrated an overall increase in skills from pretraining to posttraining indicating that youth in foster care were capable of learning the skills taught.
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Hall, Kelcey L., Jill D. Stinson, and Michele R. Moser. "Impact of Childhood Adversity and Out-of-Home Placement for Male Adolescents Who Have Engaged in Sexually Abusive Behavior." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4966.
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Child maltreatment and household dysfunction have long been linked to delinquency, adult criminality, and sexual offending. However, the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), factors related to out-of-home placement, and the onset of maladaptive behaviors has not thoroughly been explored in adolescents who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior. In the present study, we examined archival records of 120 male youths who have received treatment for sexually abusive behavior. As expected, the male adolescents in this sample have experienced higher rates of ACEs than samples of adult males in the community, adult males who committed sexual offenses, and juvenile justice–involved males as reported in the literature. Discrete-time survival analyses yielded increased risks of onset of aggression and sexually abusive behavior during early childhood and mid-to-late childhood, with significant associations between higher ACE scores and a greater number of out-of-home placements. Implications and future directions are discussed.
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Laakso, Sara, and Monica Gullin. ""Eftervård - vad menar du med det?" : En kvalitativ studie där eftervård för ungdomar som varit placerade i familjehem belyses utifrån familjehemsföräldrars perspektiv." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65188.
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Uppsatsens syfte är att genom familjehemsföräldrars berättelser få en ökad kunskap och fördjupad förståelse för hur eftervården tillämpas i praktiken gällande ungdomar i åldern 18 - 23 år som varit placerade i familjehem. För att uppnå studiens syfte har en kvalitativ forskningsansats använts och det empiriska materialet har framtagits genom kvalitativa intervjuer. Inom studien genomfördes sex semistrukturerade intervjuer med totalt åtta familjehemsföräldrar. Under intervjuerna var temaområden vägledande: familjehemsföräldrars bild av dagens "stöd och hjälp efter avslutad placering”/ eftervård, familjehemsföräldrars upplevelse av ungdomarnas behov av eftervård, samt familjehemsföräldrars syn på sin funktion i eftervården. Utifrån Meads symboliska interaktionism samt Bowlbys anknytingsteori analyserades det empiriska materialet. Resultatet visar att familjehemsföräldrarna ser behovet av ett långvarigt stöd för denna målgrupp, men anser att det som idag finns inte kan kallas eftervård. Vår slutsats är att det finns stora brister i eftervården för ungdomar som har varit placerade i familjehem, samt att insatser som finns inte är funktionellt utformade för denna målgrupp. För att detta ska kunna förändras krävs att ungdomarnas och familjehemsföräldrarnas behov i eftervården blir synliga. Familjehemsföräldrars uppdrag i eftervården behöver även utvecklas och förstärkas.The purpose of the essay is to gain an increased knowledge and in-depth understanding of the use of aftercare in the practice of adolescents aged 18 - 23, who have been placed in a family home, through foster parents stories. To achieve the aim of the study, a qualitative research approach has been used and the empirical material has been developed through qualitative interviews. The study was conducted by six semistructured interviews of eight foster parents in total. During the interviews, thematic areas were indicative: foster parents view of “support and help after leaving care” a.k.a. aftercare, foster parents perception of adolescent need for aftercare and the foster parents view of their function in the aftercare. The empirin was analyzed based on concepts within Mead´s symbolic interactionism and Bowly´s theory of attachment. The result shows that foster parents see the need for a long term support for this target group, but believes that the existing support after leaving care cannot be called aftercare. Our conclusion is that there are major shortcomings in the aftercare of adolescents who have been placed in foster families, and that efforts that are available are not functionally designed for this target group. In order for this to change, it is necessary that the adolescents and foster parents needs of the aftercare are highlighted. The foster parents assignments in the aftercare need also to be developed and strengthened.
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Čepukienė, Viktorija. "Vaikų globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių psichologinio-socialinio funkcionavimo pokyčiai, taikant Į sprendimus sutelktą trumpalaikį konsultavimą." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20080422_114201-29861.
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Tyrimai rodo, kad į valstybės globą patenka psichikos sveikatos sunkumų turintys vaikai, kuriems būtina įvairių psichikos sveikatos priežiūros specialistų pagalba. Vis tik pastebima, kad psichologinė pagalba globojamiems vaikams ne tik Lietuvoje, bet ir užsienyje dažniausia teikiama nesistemingai, taikant metodus, kurių efektyvumas patvirtintas kitose amžiaus, socialinio statuso ar problemų grupėse, tad specifinių psichologinės pagalbos metodų, efektyviai veikiančių būtent globojamų vaikų grupėje, klausimas išlieka itin aktualus. Pagrindinis šio tyrimo tikslas – nustatyti Į sprendimus sutelkto trumpalaikio konsultavimo (SSTK) galimybes, skatinant geresnį globojamų paauglių psichologinį-socialinį funkcionavimą ir problemų sprendimą, bei veiksnius, susijusius su geresniais konsultavimo rezultatais. Tyrime dalyvavo 228 paaugliai (12-18 m.), gyvenantys vaikų globos namuose. 47 iš jų buvo konsultuoti, taikant SSTK modelį, 47 – sudarė kontrolinę grupę. Tyrime taikyti metodai: 1) trys psichologinio-socialinio funkcionavimo vertinimo metodai, 2) penki poveikio efektyvumo vertinimo metodai. Tyrimo planą sudarė trys etapai: 1) vaikų globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių psichologinio-socialinio funkcionavimo tyrimas; 2) poveikio vykdymas; 3) vaikų globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių psichologinio-socialinio funkcionavimo pokyčių, praėjus šešioms savaitėms po pirmojo įvertinimo, tyrimas. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad SSTK yra efektyvus vaikų globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių problemoms... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Most of studies have revealed that children entering foster care have various mental health problems and need help of mental health care professionals. Unfortunately, many authors notice that psychological help rendered for foster children lack organization, for mental health care professionals giving services for foster children are forced to use methods, which empirically are tested among adults or among children having specific mental health disorders or to use methods without empirical proof. Thus issue concerning effective psychotherapeutic methods for foster children remains especially relevant. The aim of the study is to assess the potential of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) improving psychosocial functioning of adolescents in foster care and factors related to better outcome of the SFBT. Research group consisted of 228 adolescents living in foster care homes (12-18 years old). 47 adolescents participated in SFBT group, 47 adolescents from the rest of the group were selected for control group. Research methods: 1) three methods for evaluation of psychosocial functioning; 2) five methods for evaluation of intervention outcomes. Research consisted of three stages: 1) evaluation of the psychosocial functioning of adolescents living in foster care; 2) intervention for treatment group; 3) evaluation of the changes in psychosocial functioning after the period of 6 weeks since first evaluation. Research results demonstrated that SFBT is an effective method for... [to full text]
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Valente, Janete Aparecida Giorgetti. "As relações de cuidado e de proteção no serviço de Acolhimento em Família Acolhedora." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2013. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/17632.
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This thesis examines the network for Care and Protection detected in the context of the SAPECA a Foster Family service in the City of Campinas, from the narrative of children and adolescents forstered and fostering, families of origin, foster families and of the professional team of the foster service. The study starts with an analysis of the movements in the 80s of the the 20th century aiming the institution of a democratic state of rights, particularly the rights of children and adolescents under protective measures and their families. In the context of this movement, with the approval of the National Social Assistance Policy (PNAS/2004), the Foster Family Service has been instituted as a public policy, which is reaffirmed with the changes in the Statute of Children and Adolescents by Law 12.010/2009. The stories collected and the approaches with the theoretical reflections found the existence of a network of Care and Protection in the operationalization of the work. It was noticed that next to the technical nature of the actions taken in Sapeca there is a way of working which includes sensitivity, lovingness and concern for doing a job efficiently and effectively. This service is presented as an action of the State that has intentions and guidelines that are developed from goals, methodology consistent with the the situtuation and measured by indicators. The findings of this study confirm the centrality of the categories Care and Protection to ensure the full development of children and adolescents under protective measure, focusing on the shared responsibility by the state, the family and society
Esta Tese analisa a trama de Cuidado e de Proteção detectada no contexto do Serviço de Acolhimento em Família Acolhedora da Prefeitura Municipal de Campinas, o SAPECA, a partir da narrativa de crianças e adolescentes acolhidos e acolhedores, das famílias de origem, das famílias acolhedoras e de sua equipe profissional. Inicia sua apresentação com a análise do movimento que se institui no país a partir da década de 80 do século XX, no sentido da construção de um Estado Democrático de Direitos, particularmente, dos direitos de crianças e adolescentes sob medida protetiva e de suas famílias. No contexto desse movimento, com a aprovação da Política Nacional de Assistência Social (PNAS/2004), o Serviço de Acolhimento em Família Acolhedora passa a ser executado como política pública, o que é reafirmado com a mudança provocada no Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente, pela lei 12.010/09. As histórias coletadas e as suas aproximações com as reflexões teóricas constataram a existência de uma trama de cuidado e de proteção na operacionalização desse trabalho. Percebeu-se que junto ao caráter técnico das ações realizadas no SAPECA existe um modo de trabalhar que inclui a sensibilidade, a amorosidade e a preocupação por realizar um trabalho com eficiência e com eficácia. Este Serviço apresenta-se como uma ação do Estado que tem intencionalidades e diretrizes que se desenvolvem a partir de metas, com metodologia condizente às ações suscitadas em uma proteção especial e com resultados medidos a partir de indicadores. As conclusões deste trabalho confirmam a centralidade das categorias Cuidado e Proteção para a efetivação do desenvolvimento integral das crianças e adolescentes sob medida protetiva, enfocando a responsabilidade compartilhada pelo Estado, pela família e pela sociedade
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Delaville, Emeline. "Régulation émotionnelle des enfants et adolescents placés : de la maltraitance au parcours de placement : une approche au prisme des stratégies de coping et du tempérament." Thesis, Tours, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019TOUR2002.
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Cette thèse porte sur la régulation émotionnelle d’enfants et d’adolescents placés à l’Aide Sociale à l’Enfance. Sa thématique s’inscrit dans l’approche de la psychopathologie développementale et s’appuie de manière connexe sur la théorie de l’attachement. Analysant les stratégies de coping et le tempérament comme des régulateurs émotionnels, l’enjeu est d’étudier les effets de la maltraitance et du parcours de placement afin de mettre en relief les ressources et les vulnérabilités de ces jeunes. Cette thèse développe une approche quantitative basée sur deux séries de questionnaires auprès de jeunes maltraités et d’un échantillon témoin. Les résultats apportent des éclairages sur les facteurs de risque et de protection générés par de tels contextes de vie et mettent en évidence les besoins spécifiques de ces jeunes. Les préconisations formulées invitent les institutions de protection de l’enfance à proposer d’autres modes d’accompagnement dans le but de favoriser des prises en charge taillées sur mesure et adaptées aux caractéristiques des jeunes confiésThis thesis deals with the emotional regulation of foster children and adolescents placed to the “Aide Sociale à l’Enfance”. We approach the subject through the prism of developmental psychopathology, related to the theory of attachment. The coping strategies and temperament are studied as emotional regulators. The issue is to study the effects of maltreatment and of the placement trajectory in order to highlight the resources and vulnerabilities of these young people. This thesis develops a quantitative approach based on two series of questionnaires carried out on maltreated youth and from a control sample. The results shed light on the risk and protective factors generated by such life and highlight the specific needs of these young people. A number of recommendations are made to invite child protection institutions to propose other means of support, with the goal of promoting tailor-made care, adapted to the characteristics of the foster children and adolescents
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Bossett, Sherisee. "FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM AND ADOLESCENT SUCCESS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/363.
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The research topic discussed will explore Independent Living Program (ILP) services within the parameters of the foster care system. The research conducted followed guidelines within the positivist paradigm along with quantitative data collecting to gather information regarding experiences of youth while in the program and independence after the program through the utilization of surveys from those who have emancipated from the foster care system. Participants were eighteen years or older. The study included 28 participants who ranged in age and gender. Surveys were collected and analyzed using Qualtrics and SPSS software. The data collected and analyzed in this research revealed that youth who participate in the ILP services provided by their county have a better success rate of achieving overall success in independence in housing, education, financial support, and emotional/social support. It appears that the participants living situation was stable with majority not living alone. This begs the question that they still depend on others for support with housing needs.
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Bay, Maile M. "An Analysis of the Current United States and State of Washington’s Mental Health Policies Serving Children and Families." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1264802972.
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Richardson, J. "Living with foster siblings : the adjustment of adolescent sons and daughters in families who foster." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2007. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445074/.
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This paper aims to review how fostering affects the adjustment of adolescent sons and daughters in families who foster. The research is presented within a developmental psychopathology framework, addressing individual, parent-child and sibling factors that affect adolescents' adjustment. These factors are initially discussed in the context of 'normative' families and stepfamilies, as a prelude for understanding the adjustment of adolescents in reconstituted foster families. Secondly, fifteen studies were reviewed on birth children in families who foster. The literature specifically on adolescents in families who foster is scarce and most of the studies reviewed sampled birth children of all ages. Findings suggest that fostering affects the adjustment of birth children both positively and negatively. Birth children are more caring and mature as a result of fostering, but the relationship with their parents seems to change, resulting in less quality time. Finally, suggestions are made for future research, and clinical implications arising from the literature are discussed.
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Mazza, Mainpin Aurore. "Le travail dans l’accueil familial : quels enjeux pour l’enfant accueillant ?" Thesis, Besançon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014BESA1028.
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Si les enjeux du placement familial à titre permanent dans le cadre de l’Aide Sociale à l’Enfance concernent évidemment en tout premier lieu les enfants déplacés d’une famille à l’autre, l’accueil constitue néanmoins un événement particulier au regard du système familial et plus encore des enfants accueillants. Notre travail de recherche vise à mieux saisir la singularité des expériences fraternelles susceptibles de se tisser entre enfants (« accueillants » et « accueillis »), au-delà des configurations relationnelles traditionnellement issues de la filiation. Plus précisément, dans la mesure où le cadre du placement s’institue à la croisée des sphères familiales et professionnelles, nous cherchons à comprendre comment ces expériences fraternelles sont « habitées » par les dimensions du travail et de là, comment l’enfant accueillant, devenu adolescent, vit ce dispositif d’accueil familial. Divers types de données (quantitatives et qualitatives) ont été recueillies auprès de 45 adolescents accueillants âgés de 11 à 18 ans. Dans une perspective de triangulation, nous avons articulé un traitement statistique des questionnaires, une analyse lexico-métrique de l’intégralité de notre corpus et enfin une analyse qualitative de contenu de quatre entretiens. Même si les enfants accueillants manifestent des scores moyens d’anxiété et de dépression inférieurs à ceux de la population du même âge, nos résultats montrent qu’accueillir chez soi un enfant en placement constitue une expérience de vie complexe, notamment de par les remaniements relationnels, familiaux et personnels qu’elle requiert. La manière dont les enfants accueillants parlent leur expérience montre clairement l’existence d’une dynamique singulière de socialisation professionnelle, mais aussi un certain enlisement dans l’éprouvé brut d’une relation marquée par des difficultés, ainsi qu’une mise en tension des appartenances familiales. Finalement, nous mettons en évidence deux postures et conceptions de l’accueil opposées, selon que les enfants pensent et vivent le rapport à l’enfant accueilli dans une perspective de care ou de prestation de servicesIf the foster care concerns at first foster children displaced from a family to another, it constitutes a singular event for the entire family but mainly for children of foster parents. Our research aims to understand the particularity of these potential fraternal experiences between children (fostered and fostering), beyond the traditional relational configurations derived from filiation. Specifically, to the extent that the foster care is instituted at the intersection of work and family spheres, we seek to understand how these fraternal experiences are invested by the dimensions of work and then how child of foster parents, as a teenager, lives the foster care system. Various types of data (quantitative and qualitative) were collected from 45 teenagers aged from 11 to 18 years. From the perspective of triangulation, we have articulated a statistical analysis of questionnaires, a lexical metric analysis of our entire corpus and finally a qualitative content analysis of four interviews. Even if children of foster parents present anxiety and depression scores lower than the population of the same age, our results show that receiving a child in foster care at home is a complex life experience, changing relational, family and personal balances. How fostering children speak their experience clearly shows the existence of a singular dynamic professional socialization, but also a certain risk of feeling overwhelmed with relationship problems and contrasting family memberships. Finally, we highlight two postures and opposing conceptions of foster care, as children think and live the relationship with the foster child from a perspective of care or service delivery
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Dorner-Zupancic, Lisa. "Art Therapy for a Child of Trauma in County Custody." Ursuline College / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=urs1210356616.
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Grenier, Jennifer. "Child and adolescent functional assessment scale : predicting foster care placement outcomes." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100740.
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This study explored whether the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) scores of children in the care of Family and Children's Services of Renfrew County might predict foster placement outcomes. A file review was completed for 268 children, all of whom had at least one set of CAFAS scores completed, to obtain data regarding the number and types of placements they experienced. Placement categories were ranked -- in order from best alternate care option to least-desired -- by 11 agency employees. These rankings were used to calculate total weighted placements for each child as a measure of the child's foster placement experience. In regression analyses, including age, gender, and reasons for placement, CAFAS scores were found to be the most significant predictor of the number and nature of placements experienced by a child. This relationship suggests that there might be value in using CAFAS as a placement matching tool in a child welfare setting.
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Sotshononda, Thozama. "An exploration of experiences of youth exiting foster care system." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8086.
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Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)Foster care is a major area of interest within the field of social work studies. The South African welfare system has not done enough to assist the youth exiting the system. This study aimed to explore and describe the experiences and support systems for youth exiting the foster care system. A qualitative exploratory-descriptive research approach was utilized with of focus group discussions, which were thematically analysed. The Humanities Social Science Research Ethics Committee ethically approved this study. Four themes were identified: insight into foster care system, challenges experienced by the youth exiting care, support needed by youth exiting care and challenges experienced by the social workers to manage foster care placements.
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Lampkins, Ta?Quonna. "Parent training for adolescent mothers transitioning out of foster care| A curriculum." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10239766.
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Foster youth in the United States who transition out of care have a difficult time transitioning into the world independently. In addition to emerging into adulthood the youth who are parenting during their transition are faced with even more significant barriers. As an attempt to guide those adolescent mothers transitioning out of care this curriculum is a tool to enhance their parenting skills, coping skills, and to increase their ability to overcome barriers as they transpire into the world of adulthood as parents. This curriculum will offer psychoeducation covering topics such as; stress management, coping, and parenting styles to assist in fulfilling adolescent mothers transitioning out of care to reach their full potential as individuals and as an adolescent mother. This curriculum will also include personal assessments, role-playing scenarios and other exercises for the participants to use to practice the concepts learned.
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Kitson, Mary Elizabeth. "Relational Adjustment of Former Foster Care Youth into Emerging Adulthood." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1430346201.
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Harwick, Robin. "Transition to Adulthood for Young Adults with Disabilities that Experienced Foster Care." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18531.
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The transition to adulthood can be especially challenging for youth that experience the foster care system. These challenges are magnified for youth that also experience disability, accounting for at least 40-47% of all children in foster care. Youth with and without disabilities that experience the foster care system encounter barriers during the transition to adulthood that often lead to poor outcomes; including high rates of mobility, mental health concerns, or a lack of a consistent positive relationship with an adult. A national study determined that 2.5 to 4 years after a youth has aged out of the child welfare system only 54% had graduated from high school and only 17% were economically self sufficient. In order to move from a deficit-based to a strength-based approach it is important to gain a greater understanding of what helped young adults with disabilities that experienced foster care overcome barriers to graduation and aided their transition to adulthood.
The findings from this dissertation study suggest and confirm prior research that improved systems and interagency collaboration, more training for professionals and caregivers, and self-determination and self-advocacy training for youth are needed to improve post school outcomes for youth with disabilities who experience foster care. The services and supports that were perceived as the most helpful in overcoming barriers were (a) access to mental health and disability services, (b) stable and positive relationships, (c) systems that provide a "safety net" during transition, and (d) post secondary support programs for alumni of foster care. On an individual level, resilience, self-determination, and self-advocacy seemed to contribute to participants' successful transition to adulthood. This dissertation study also demonstrates the variability of the social and relational contexts for youth in foster care, therefore a personalized, youth centered approach to case management is required during their transition to adulthood.
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Mthiyane, N. P. "Setting the silences to speak : "Towards a critical consciousness of adolescent orphans"." Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 10, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/611.
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Published ArticleThis paper explores comparatively the voices of the orphaned adolescents living in an orphanage and foster homes. Currently the emphasis is on children's rights; it is believed that children have rights to have their opinions heard, to refuse a demand, to voice their dissatisfaction and, in the case of orphans, to question the reasons for their status. This study is qualitative in nature and utilises the discourse analysis approach (analogue and dialogical method). A sample of ten orphaned adolescents (OAs) was randomly selected in an informal settlement in Inanda. Semi-structured interviews and diaries were used to collect data. Critical consciousness is explored in addressing silences using the adolescents' lenses as a platform for meaning-making. Through in-depth interpretation of their problems, self-awareness of the OAs was also attained, which is best for a person to develop and thrive (or not) despite challenges.
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Peixoto, Jéssica de Moura [UNESP]. "Casa-Lar: desafios e possibilidades no trabalho do educador/cuidador residente com crianças e adolescentes." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/151356.
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A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a modalidade de acolhimento Casa-Lar, tendo como referência o trabalho desenvolvido pelo educador/cuidador residente, com base no que é preconizado pelo Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente. Tal formato de acolhimento se propõe a oferecer espaço de desenvolvimento de relações que muito se aproxima do ambiente familiar, por meio de um atendimento individualizado, do fortalecimento da autonomia e estímulo à interação social e comunitária, priorizando-se a reintegração familiar das crianças e dos adolescentes que residem na Casa-Lar, sob os princípios da provisoriedade e excepcionalidade desta medida de proteção. Para tanto, parte-se do pressuposto que o educador/cuidador residente, profissional que permanece durante o período integral na instituição, é um profissional fundamental para o desenvolvimento dos objetivos do serviço de acolhimento na modalidade Casa-Lar. Portanto, deve estar preparado emocional e profissionalmente para relacionar-se e oferecer educação, cuidado e afeto dos quais necessitam as crianças e os adolescentes acolhidos. Porém, acredita-se que as exigências para o exercício deste trabalho, baseadas em normativas legais, não sejam suficientes para que o profissional esteja apto a enfrentar os desafios inerentes a esta função. Assim, o percurso metodológico possibilitou a realização da pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e a pesquisa de campo com roteiros de entrevistas semiestruturadas, tendo como sujeitos os adolescentes acolhidos, educadores/cuidadores residentes e a equipe técnica do serviço de acolhimento. Partindo-se de uma discussão teórica sobre a história dos serviços de acolhimento no país e a cultura da institucionalização, buscou-se apontar os desafios e as conquistas legais advindas com o Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente, enfatizando o Reordenamento e o documento das Orientações Técnicas: Serviços de Acolhimento de Crianças e Adolescentes, construindo conhecimento com as falas dos sujeitos da pesquisa. Os resultados apontaram a necessidade da qualificação técnica dos profissionais como pré-requisito, além da formação continuada para o trabalho de educadores/cuidadores residentes. Mostrou, ainda, que a Casa-Lar tem muitos desafios para se tornar um espaço de efetivação de direitos baseado na doutrina da proteção integral. Para tanto, a pesquisa aponta a importância do investimento em políticas públicas acessíveis e capazes de atender às necessidades das famílias dessas crianças e desses adolescentes, contribuindo para a excepcionalidade e provisoriedade da medida de acolhimento, bem como para a ampliação dos espaços de discussão, reflexão crítica e luta para que os direitos conquistados com o Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente sejam efetivados.
This work aims to analyse the type of support called Foster home, prioritizing the work developed by the educator/resident caregiver, based on what is proposed by the Child and Adolescent Statute. Such type of support aims to offer a place to develop relationships that themselves really approach to family environment through an individualized service, not only strengthening the autonomy and stimulation of social and community interaction, but also prioritizing family reintegration of children and adolescents who live in Foster home, under the principles of temporariness and exceptionality of this protection measure. For this purpose, it is assumed that the educator/resident caregiver, who remains full-time at the institution, it is a fundamental worker to the development of objectives of the support service called Foster home. Therefore, he/she should be prepared emotionally and professionally to relate himself/herself and provide necessary education, care and affection to children and adolescents who are taken in. However, it is believed that requirements for achievement of this work, based on legal norms, are not sufficient for the worker is able to meet the inherent challenges in this function. Thus, the methodological course made possible the bibliographical, documentary and field research with scripts of semi-structured interviews, having welcomed adolescents, educator/resident caregivers, and technical team of the support service as subjects. Assuming a theoretical discussion about the history of support services in Brazil and the culture of institutionalization, it was intended to emphasize challenges and legal achievements coming by the Child and Adolescent Statute, emphasizing reordering and document of technical guidelines: support services for children and adolescents, building knowledge based on speeches of the subjects of our research. The results showed the need for technical qualification of workers as a prerequisite, in addition to continuing education for educator/resident caregiver; besides de fact that Foster home still has many challenges to become itself a place for implementation of rights based on the doctrine of comprehensive protection. Finally, our research points to the importance of accessible public policies that are able to meet the needs of families of these children and adolescents. For this way, they contribute to exceptionality and temporariness of support measure, as well as to expansion of places for discussion, critical reflection, and fight in order to acquired rights by the Child and Adolescent Statute are achieved.
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Teufel, Lee A. "Clinical supervision of child and adolescent counselors in residential foster care : a collective case study." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002192.
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Sterling, Deborah Maria. "An outcomes based study of the adolescent specialized unit." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2943.
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This research project examined the efficacy of the pilot project of the Adolescent Specialized Unit in the San Bernardino County Department of Children's Services. Among the outcomes explored in this project were the permanent plans for the foster children, the number of times they changed placements in the course of the study, the type of placement they were in, and the number of significant adults they have contact with.
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Roberts, Jennifer H. "Winnicott’s “Capacity to Be Alone” in Normative and Non-Normative Adolescent Development." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1319053358.
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Sails, Kimberli D. "A study of the effects of social skills training on self-esteem in an adolescent foster child." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1998. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2323.
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Of social skills training en self-esteem in adolescent foster youth utilizing the 10-item Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The subject for this research was a 17 years old African American male in foster care.
This study hypothesized that social skills training, framed in cognitive restructuring, would increase the subject's level of competence, (efficacy) and would result in a heightened sense of self-esteem.
The findings of this study concluded that social skills training was effective in increasing overall self-efficacy and self-esteem. The length of time, for cc baseline and intervention might have yielded different results.