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Adjustment Differences In Teenage Children: Foster Care Versus Group Homes, Torrie Katya Ward
Adjustment Differences In Teenage Children: Foster Care Versus Group Homes, Torrie Katya Ward
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
The number of adolescents who are in the social welfare system is growing yearly due to a variety of family circumstances such as inadequate care for the adolescents, physical or mental abuse, and drug use or charges of some type. The purpose of this study was to explore the adjustment differences with adolescents who have been placed in foster care versus group homes. Using the qualitative design, six social work volunteers were interviewed regarding their general knowledge about the struggles of teenagers in foster care or group homes. Data were analyzed using both inductive and deductive approaches in which categories …
A Social Worker's Perspective On Youth Aging Out Of Foster Care, Rachael N. Morris
A Social Worker's Perspective On Youth Aging Out Of Foster Care, Rachael N. Morris
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
The purpose of this study was to explore what social workers are doing to help youth age out of the foster care system. This research project gathered data in a qualitative study from social workers and how they help youth gain the needed skills to achieve self-sufficiency before they age out at age twenty-one. The researcher was able to obtain ten interviews from interviewees across the state of Minnesota. From the interviews, six themes had been established and categorized as the following: resources, the model or framework used in the work, supports, relationships youth have, approaches centered on youth strengths …