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Author : Mimi Laver
Release : 2008
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Synopsis Opening Doors for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care by : Mimi Laver
Download or read book Opening Doors for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care written by Mimi Laver. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Krishna Desai
Release : 2010
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Synopsis It's Your Life by : Krishna Desai
Download or read book It's Your Life written by Krishna Desai. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adam McCormick
Release : 2018-06-19
Genre : Psychology
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Book Rating : 137/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care by : Adam McCormick
Download or read book LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care written by Adam McCormick. This book was released on 2018-06-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing an often overlooked population in social work literature, this book explores the experiences of LGBTQ youth as they navigate the child welfare system. Adam McCormick examines the entirety of a youth’s experience, from referral into care and challenges to obtaining permanency to aging out or leaving care. Included throughout the book are stories from LGBTQ youth that address personal issues such as abuse, bullying and harassment, and double standards. Filled with resources to foster resilience and empower youth, this book is ideal for professionals who are hoping to create a more inclusive and affirming system of care for LGBTQ youth.
Author : Brandon Olorin Shea
Release : 2013
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Book Synopsis LGBTQ Youth in Care by : Brandon Olorin Shea
Download or read book LGBTQ Youth in Care written by Brandon Olorin Shea. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premise of this project is to utilize the Arts through a multimedia platform for social justice, focusing specifically on the oppression of LGBTQ youth in foster care, by examining, analyzing, and portraying the stories of their experiences in the foster care system. The primary goals of this project are to educate and increase awareness about the challenges these youth face. Addressing these goals, I am using their narratives as the evidence source and inspiration for various art works, in an effort to raise a conversation and, hopefully, move towards engagement and involvement in changing the foster care system. In using these stories to create my own narrative through the Arts, I am revealing a truth about injustice, informing about the challenges faced by LGBTQ youth in care, disclosing false assumptions, and to making visible this group. I set out to convey the circumstances and personal histories of LGBTQ foster youth in a vivid and compelling manner, to heighten awareness, and dispel incomplete and inaccurate perceptions. The difficulties LGBTQ youth confront when formulating their identity within the confines of a primarily heterosexist and homophobic child welfare system are depicted in the labels attached to them, their risk-taking behaviors, and their greater propensity toward low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and suicide. Artisitically representing these challenges beyond statistical data has impact, not only on the foster care community, foster parents, and social workers, but on the LGBTQ youth themselves.
Author : Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo
Release : 2018-03-22
Genre : Psychology
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Book Rating : 223/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Handbook of Foster Youth by : Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo
Download or read book Handbook of Foster Youth written by Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo. This book was released on 2018-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, there are over 400,000 youth living in foster care in the United States, with over 20,000 aging out of the child welfare system each year. Foster youth are more prone to experience short- and long-term adverse developmental outcomes including diminished academic achievement and career opportunities, poor mental and overall health, financial struggles, homelessness, early sexual intercourse, and substance abuse, many of these outcomes are risk factors for involvement in the juvenile justice system. Despite their challenges, foster youth have numerous strengths and positive assets that carry them through their journeys, helping them to overcome obstacles and build resilience. The Handbook of Foster Youth brings together a prominent group of multidisciplinary experts to provide nuanced insights on the complex dynamics of the foster care system, its impact on youth’s lives, and the roles of institutions and policies in the foster system. It discusses current gaps and future directions as well as recommendations to advance the field. This book provides an opportunity to reflect on the many challenges and strengths of foster youth and the child welfare system, and the combined efforts of caregivers, community volunteers, policy makers, and the professionals and researchers who work with them.
