[Birth Mother,] First Mother Forum: Adoptive mothers bully birth mothers--what else is new?:
Whenever I think that adoption and the animosity that some adoptive parents feel towards their children's natural birth biological parents has abated in the years since I first got involved in adoption reform, something happens to set me straight. In the minds of many adoptive parents, nothing has changed since the Seventies. We are two warring sides of the "adoption triangle" with the kid caught in the middle.
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Connecting Children in Foster Care to Supportive Adults
AFRA News: Connecting Children in Foster Care to Supportive Adults:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011
Connecting Children in Foster Care to Supportive Adults
October 18, 2011
Connecting Children in Foster Care to Supportive Adults
Placing a child into foster care often disrupts family connections. Children may be separated from siblings and lose touch with extended family members. In 1999, an innovative approach known as "Family Finding" was developed to help children connect with family members and help child welfare professionals develop better plans by engaging relatives. Child Trends has released a new research brief, Family Finding: Does Implementation Differ When Serving Different Child Welfare Populations?, which presents preliminary findings from evaluations of family finding.
Family finding utilizes techniques for identifying and engaging family members and other adults who care about a child in foster care. In addition, family finding provides strategies for involving these adults in developing and carrying out a plan for helping children achieve emotional and legal permanency.
Although family finding was initially developed as a tool for helping youth in foster care for long periods of time reconnect with family members, increasingly, agencies are pursuing its use for children entering foster care.
In this brief, Child Trends researchers evaluate two family finding approaches - one with a focus on children "new to out-of-home care" and the other focusing on children who have been "lingering" in foster care. Child welfare agencies implementing - or planning to implement - family finding should examine the implications of serving differing target populations and their capacity to support the different approaches. Four key issues were identified which agencies may want to consider in implementing family finding. The full brief can be found here.
This brief is the first in a series summarizing findings from Child Trends' evaluations of family finding. The remaining briefs will be released later this year. Additional evaluation results related to family finding's impact on children's permanency outcomes will be released late next year.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011
Connecting Children in Foster Care to Supportive Adults
October 18, 2011
Connecting Children in Foster Care to Supportive Adults
Placing a child into foster care often disrupts family connections. Children may be separated from siblings and lose touch with extended family members. In 1999, an innovative approach known as "Family Finding" was developed to help children connect with family members and help child welfare professionals develop better plans by engaging relatives. Child Trends has released a new research brief, Family Finding: Does Implementation Differ When Serving Different Child Welfare Populations?, which presents preliminary findings from evaluations of family finding.
Family finding utilizes techniques for identifying and engaging family members and other adults who care about a child in foster care. In addition, family finding provides strategies for involving these adults in developing and carrying out a plan for helping children achieve emotional and legal permanency.
Although family finding was initially developed as a tool for helping youth in foster care for long periods of time reconnect with family members, increasingly, agencies are pursuing its use for children entering foster care.
In this brief, Child Trends researchers evaluate two family finding approaches - one with a focus on children "new to out-of-home care" and the other focusing on children who have been "lingering" in foster care. Child welfare agencies implementing - or planning to implement - family finding should examine the implications of serving differing target populations and their capacity to support the different approaches. Four key issues were identified which agencies may want to consider in implementing family finding. The full brief can be found here.
This brief is the first in a series summarizing findings from Child Trends' evaluations of family finding. The remaining briefs will be released later this year. Additional evaluation results related to family finding's impact on children's permanency outcomes will be released late next year.
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Former Warm Springs public employee arraigned on child sex abuse charges
Former Warm Springs public employee arraigned on child sex abuse charges - Koinlocal6.com:
A former police officer, educator and child protective services employee on the Warm Springs reservation was arraigned in Portland federal court Monday on charges he sexually abused five girls under the age of 12.
A former police officer, educator and child protective services employee on the Warm Springs reservation was arraigned in Portland federal court Monday on charges he sexually abused five girls under the age of 12.
Charges of mass abuse at Vienna foster home expand
Charges of mass abuse at Vienna foster home expand - seattlepi.com:
VIENNA (AP) — Allegations of systematic rape at a government-run foster home grew Tuesday when a lawyer said that a third woman had come forward to claim she was victimized decades ago.
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VIENNA (AP) — Allegations of systematic rape at a government-run foster home grew Tuesday when a lawyer said that a third woman had come forward to claim she was victimized decades ago.
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U.S. Leads Developed World in Child Abuse Death Rate
AllGov - News - U.S. Leads Developed World in Child Abuse Death Rate:
The United States leads the developed world in child-abuse deaths, according to the organization Every Child Matters. More than 20,000 American children have died over the past decade in their own homes because of family members, with about 75% being under four years of age and nearly half being under one. The U.S. child-maltreatment death rate is three times higher than Canada’s and 11 times that of Italy.
Some observers also blame the well-intended, but often tragic emphasis in the United States on keeping families together even if a child may be in danger.
The United States leads the developed world in child-abuse deaths, according to the organization Every Child Matters. More than 20,000 American children have died over the past decade in their own homes because of family members, with about 75% being under four years of age and nearly half being under one. The U.S. child-maltreatment death rate is three times higher than Canada’s and 11 times that of Italy.
Some observers also blame the well-intended, but often tragic emphasis in the United States on keeping families together even if a child may be in danger.
Study: 50-50 custody works, if parents co-operate
Study: 50-50 custody works, if parents co-operate:
While equal custody arrangements became increasingly common in Denmark over the past decade, in 2007 they became the rule of law when a unanimous parliament passed the Parental Responsibility Act and made equally custody the default.
While equal custody arrangements became increasingly common in Denmark over the past decade, in 2007 they became the rule of law when a unanimous parliament passed the Parental Responsibility Act and made equally custody the default.
Congress Takes up Foster Care Student Report Cards
“Needs Improvement:” Congress Takes up Foster Care Student Report Cards:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - School report cards for children in foster care usually show they are behind their peers in almost every academic measure.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - School report cards for children in foster care usually show they are behind their peers in almost every academic measure.
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