Foster Care Scheme Is for Young Adults
The main goal of non-institutional forms of care is to enable the individual that is in social protection need to remain in their social environment, where she/he will get all necessary care depending on their specifi c needs. One of the possibilities of non-institutional care for adults, el...
Children growing up in adoptive families or foster care often have complicated feelings about the loss of their birth parents - feelings which become all the more complex as they gain independence and become young adults, and which can endure throughout their lives. Common life events such as ...
Although not written specifically for foster care situations, it is designed to help children (and the adults in their lives) to find words for the complexity of emotions life can bring, and to learn to accept feelings for what they are: just feelings, and okay. Reagandoodle and Little Budd...
Mental well-being among children in foster care: The role of supportive adultsFew studies have examined predictors of positive development among children currently in foster care. We examined associations between perceived support from adults in three developmental contexts (home, school and neighbourhood...
The high-profile case of "Little Heart", a 3-year-old girl who, shortly after being reunited with her biological parents, was found dead in her home, has contributed to strengthening the rights of children placed in foster care in Sweden. However, the stability of children placed in foster...
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Holly Ames, senior manager of home-based care at child and family service organisation Berry Street, shares her story about her experience as the child of a foster family and becoming a foster carer herself.
I think this goes to show how important real-life influences are for kids. Sprout has quite a few books about Asian characters and books that talk about how brown skin and Asian-shaped eyes are gorgeous. She watches quite a few programs featuring brown-skinned girls. But none of that measu...
A process evaluation, using a multiple case study design, was conducted to obtain a deeper understanding of the underlying dynamics and relational factors that facilitate a program's ability to successfully engage emerging adults who have "aged out" of foster care in services. Specifically, this ev...