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2007

California State University, San Bernardino

Academic achievement

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The Perceived Educational Barriers Of Foster Youth: Social Workers' Perspectives, Barbara Marruth Castro, Nancy Ramirez Jan 2007

The Perceived Educational Barriers Of Foster Youth: Social Workers' Perspectives, Barbara Marruth Castro, Nancy Ramirez

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The purpose of this study was to assess social worker perspectives on challenges that foster youth encounter in attaining adequate educations. Social workers need to be able to identify the best services and resources that will help this population continue their educational advancement.


Effects Of Residential And School Mobility On Foster Children's Academic Performance, Brigette Vanessa Miller, Mabel Salvatierra Jan 2007

Effects Of Residential And School Mobility On Foster Children's Academic Performance, Brigette Vanessa Miller, Mabel Salvatierra

Theses Digitization Project

When Child Protective Services (CPS) enters the picture assisting hard shipped families, the child may get placed in a foster home thus starting the cycle of mobility-the child is often moved from one home to another, one school to another resulting in a lack of residential and academic continuity for the child, which in turn results in negative effects in behavior, emotions and academia.