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Part of the Youth-Nex Conference: Youth of Color Matter: Reducing Inequalities Through Positive Youth Development #YoCM15
Panel - 2 "An Immigrant Paradox? Civic Engagement Among Immigrant & Undocumented Youth"
Undocumented and immigrant youth, particularly those from Hispanic/Latino backgrounds, face persistent marginalization in the United States, yet many of these same youth are actively engaged in their communities. Panelists will share their views on what engagement looks like, the challenges involved, and what we can do to support the civic engagement of undocumented and immigrant youth.
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Gloria Rockhold MA, M.Ed. - "Relationship-Building" The Corner Stone"youth_nex
Community Engagement Manager, Albemarle County Public Schools, Creciendo Juntos
Part of the Youth-Nex Conference: Youth of Color Matter: Reducing Inequalities Through Positive Youth Development #YoCM15
Panel - 2 "An Immigrant Paradox? Civic Engagement Among Immigrant & Undocumented Youth"
Undocumented and immigrant youth, particularly those from Hispanic/Latino backgrounds, face persistent marginalization in the United States, yet many of these same youth are actively engaged in their communities. Panelists will share their views on what engagement looks like, the challenges involved, and what we can do to support the civic engagement of undocumented and immigrant youth.
This presentation provides current research relative to women with disabilities who are victims of domestic violence. There is little research for this demographic; thus, more research is needed to advance the needs of this population.
Personality Development: Assessing the Effects of Single Parent Families on S...inventionjournals
Family structures are an important contributor to the physiological and behavioral development of students. It is hypothesized that personality development of students living with single parent is influenced by the type of family structure, parent with whom the child lives with and the amount of time spent by parents with their children. To investigate such influence, this study employed a cross-sectional co-relational research design. A snow ball sampling technique was used to identify respondents for sample. The study used a sample 60 students whereby 50% were from single parent homes and 50% from intact homes. Data was collected by use of questionnaire designed to identify factors that contribute to personality development of students. Personality development was measured using the Big Five dimensions of personality trait parameters namely openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism. The analysis was presented using frequencies, percentages, t-test, independent test and one way ANOVA tests. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to aid in generating a summary of results which were represented in tabular form. The findings of the study showed that there was very little influence of family structure on the personality development of the students. The absence of a parent or the interaction and involvement of parents with their children doesn’t have an immense effect on the personality development of the children, thus the amount of time spent by parents with their children doesn’t influence the personality development of students. The results also revealed that the major causes of the existence of single parent families are death and divorce.
Relationship of Culture and Poverty in EducationJerry Dugan
Group presentation in a Masters Degree level course about equality in education. This slideshow is a summary of Chapter 1 from Closing the Poverty & Culture Gap: Strategies to Reach every Student by Donna Walker Tileston and Sandra K. Karling.
Family Instability and Juvenile Delinquency in Nigeria: A Study of Owerri Mun...iosrjce
The increasing rate of juvenile delinquency has become a major social problem globally and locally.
Researchers and concerned individuals have traced the preponderance of juvenile delinquency to the increasing
rate of family instability among other factors. However, concerted inquiries into the influence of family
instability on juvenile delinquency have resulted in a raging controversy. While some researchers have found a
significant relationship between family instability and juvenile delinquency, others have suggested otherwise.
Against this backdrop, this study set out to fill this yawning gap in literature and also to examine the
relationship between family instability and juvenile delinquency in Owerri Municipality. Using the multi-stage
sampling method, 510 senior secondary school students were selected for this study from 10 comprehensive
secondary schools in Owerri Municipality. The questionnaire and the interview guide were used for data
collection. 2 hypotheses were formulated to guide this study. The hypotheses were tested with the chi-square (x2
)
statistic. The results of the analyses have shown that children from unstable homes engage more in juvenile
delinquency than their counterparts from more stable homes. As expected, inadequate parental supervision
predicted delinquency. This study recommended among other things that Governments, counselors and
concerned agencies should routinely develop programmes aimed at sensitizing parents and care-givers on
parent roles and obligations
Stephany Cuevas, EdM Presentation at Science of HOPE
This workshop is intended to help participants understand the circumstances and needs of undocumented immigrant populations. Existing scholarship shows that an undocumented status constrains immigrants’ access to social services and exposes them to unsafe and undesirable work conditions, how the consequences of this status are passed down from parents to children in the form of delayed early childhood development outcomes, and how it erects numerous barriers for undocumented immigrant students as they make adult and post-secondary transitions, such as limited job and college opportunities. This workshop will introduce participants to this population and the different barriers they face as a consequence of their immigration status. Furthermore, it will also expose participants to the concept of “UndocuAlly,” posing the question “how do we make ourselves visible allies to undocumented populations?” in order to begin to consider how we can better support this population in our work.
This presentation provides current research relative to women with disabilities who are victims of domestic violence. There is little research for this demographic; thus, more research is needed to advance the needs of this population.
Personality Development: Assessing the Effects of Single Parent Families on S...inventionjournals
Family structures are an important contributor to the physiological and behavioral development of students. It is hypothesized that personality development of students living with single parent is influenced by the type of family structure, parent with whom the child lives with and the amount of time spent by parents with their children. To investigate such influence, this study employed a cross-sectional co-relational research design. A snow ball sampling technique was used to identify respondents for sample. The study used a sample 60 students whereby 50% were from single parent homes and 50% from intact homes. Data was collected by use of questionnaire designed to identify factors that contribute to personality development of students. Personality development was measured using the Big Five dimensions of personality trait parameters namely openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism. The analysis was presented using frequencies, percentages, t-test, independent test and one way ANOVA tests. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to aid in generating a summary of results which were represented in tabular form. The findings of the study showed that there was very little influence of family structure on the personality development of the students. The absence of a parent or the interaction and involvement of parents with their children doesn’t have an immense effect on the personality development of the children, thus the amount of time spent by parents with their children doesn’t influence the personality development of students. The results also revealed that the major causes of the existence of single parent families are death and divorce.
Relationship of Culture and Poverty in EducationJerry Dugan
Group presentation in a Masters Degree level course about equality in education. This slideshow is a summary of Chapter 1 from Closing the Poverty & Culture Gap: Strategies to Reach every Student by Donna Walker Tileston and Sandra K. Karling.
Family Instability and Juvenile Delinquency in Nigeria: A Study of Owerri Mun...iosrjce
The increasing rate of juvenile delinquency has become a major social problem globally and locally.
Researchers and concerned individuals have traced the preponderance of juvenile delinquency to the increasing
rate of family instability among other factors. However, concerted inquiries into the influence of family
instability on juvenile delinquency have resulted in a raging controversy. While some researchers have found a
significant relationship between family instability and juvenile delinquency, others have suggested otherwise.
Against this backdrop, this study set out to fill this yawning gap in literature and also to examine the
relationship between family instability and juvenile delinquency in Owerri Municipality. Using the multi-stage
sampling method, 510 senior secondary school students were selected for this study from 10 comprehensive
secondary schools in Owerri Municipality. The questionnaire and the interview guide were used for data
collection. 2 hypotheses were formulated to guide this study. The hypotheses were tested with the chi-square (x2
)
statistic. The results of the analyses have shown that children from unstable homes engage more in juvenile
delinquency than their counterparts from more stable homes. As expected, inadequate parental supervision
predicted delinquency. This study recommended among other things that Governments, counselors and
concerned agencies should routinely develop programmes aimed at sensitizing parents and care-givers on
parent roles and obligations
Stephany Cuevas, EdM Presentation at Science of HOPE
This workshop is intended to help participants understand the circumstances and needs of undocumented immigrant populations. Existing scholarship shows that an undocumented status constrains immigrants’ access to social services and exposes them to unsafe and undesirable work conditions, how the consequences of this status are passed down from parents to children in the form of delayed early childhood development outcomes, and how it erects numerous barriers for undocumented immigrant students as they make adult and post-secondary transitions, such as limited job and college opportunities. This workshop will introduce participants to this population and the different barriers they face as a consequence of their immigration status. Furthermore, it will also expose participants to the concept of “UndocuAlly,” posing the question “how do we make ourselves visible allies to undocumented populations?” in order to begin to consider how we can better support this population in our work.
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YouMeWe NPO White Paper on Children’s Rights.pdfMichael Clemons
Introduction:
There are currently 39,000 children in care living in Japan lacking parental support and guidance needed to successfully transition into adulthood after aging out of the child welfare system. Behavioral problems, financial distress, and lack of autonomy are a few problems the youth struggle with due to being brought up in these institutionalized homes. Due to Japan’s hierarchical culture, changes must be implemented by the government rather than the homes themselves. While change within the homes themselves is effective on a local level, the government needs to create an enforceable legal mechanism to protect the rights of children in care at a systemic level (a top-down approach). This means concrete and actionable policies, enshrined into Japanese law to guarantee legal protections for the rights of children in institutionalized homes. Mandatory educational-based exercises and a system of children’s rights need to be implemented for the success of Japan’s current and future generations.
Jails and PrisonsLooking inside total institutionsDefini.docxvrickens
Jails and Prisons
Looking inside total institutions
Definition of total institution
Canadian Erving Goffman coined this term
He wrote, “A total institution may be defined as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated individuals cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time together lead an enclosed formally administered round of life (Goffman, 1968: 11).
"Total institutions (such as prisons, boarding schools, psychiatric hospitals, concentration camps, etc. ) are distinctive and have much in common" (Goffman, 1968: 15) because, as Goffman points out, they depart from the basic social arrangements in modern western society "that the individual tends to sleep, play and work in different places with different co-participants, under different authorities and without an overall rational plan" (Goffman, 1968: 17).
Glimpses inside the total institution
It is very difficult to appreciate what life is like in jail or prison so I have selected a few videos, and stories for you
Please listen to Ismael Nazario who speaks about his experience in Rikers as a youth https://www.ted.com/talks/ismael_nazario_what_i_learned_as_a_kid_in_jail?language=en#t-671125
Also, please read a piece published by the Marshall project here https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/07/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-prisoner
Finally, hear the story of Mr. Melendez who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. Now exonerated, he has visited UTA and spoken about this experience. He paints a vivid picture of those 17 years here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6C7ZVhaHE
Why is working in prisons important for social workers?
Criminal justice system is marked by the confluence of race, class, gender, and inequality in the United States
Mass incarceration has been called one the most pressing social problems of our time (Mauer & Chesney-Lind, 2002)
The CJ system is fragmented
Over 50,000 different agencies responsible
Prisons account for the fastest growing segment of government employment (nearly 750,000 people in 2004)
Most people are imprisoned for non-violent crimes
Remember that Race, Class, Gender Matter
African American men disproportionately imprisoned
Women account for the fastest growing prison population
African American women: 571% increase in 20 years
Latinas: 131% increase in 20 years
Caucasian women: 75% increase in 20 years
More women are incarcerated per capita for drug crimes than men (about 34% of women and 19% of men)
60% of men and 40% of women unemployed at arrest, 1/3 earned less than 5000$ last year.
Privatization of prisons – total institutions and turning a profit for shareholders
Beck, A.J. (2000). Prisoners in 1999. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Guerino, P., Harrison, P.M., & Sabol, P.M. (2011). Prisoners in 2010. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Prisoners in 1999 available online here: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p99.pdf
Private prisons in Te ...
Jails and PrisonsLooking inside total institutionsDefini.docxdonnajames55
Jails and Prisons
Looking inside total institutions
Definition of total institution
Canadian Erving Goffman coined this term
He wrote, “A total institution may be defined as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated individuals cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time together lead an enclosed formally administered round of life (Goffman, 1968: 11).
"Total institutions (such as prisons, boarding schools, psychiatric hospitals, concentration camps, etc. ) are distinctive and have much in common" (Goffman, 1968: 15) because, as Goffman points out, they depart from the basic social arrangements in modern western society "that the individual tends to sleep, play and work in different places with different co-participants, under different authorities and without an overall rational plan" (Goffman, 1968: 17).
Glimpses inside the total institution
It is very difficult to appreciate what life is like in jail or prison so I have selected a few videos, and stories for you
Please listen to Ismael Nazario who speaks about his experience in Rikers as a youth https://www.ted.com/talks/ismael_nazario_what_i_learned_as_a_kid_in_jail?language=en#t-671125
Also, please read a piece published by the Marshall project here https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/07/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-prisoner
Finally, hear the story of Mr. Melendez who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. Now exonerated, he has visited UTA and spoken about this experience. He paints a vivid picture of those 17 years here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6C7ZVhaHE
Why is working in prisons important for social workers?
Criminal justice system is marked by the confluence of race, class, gender, and inequality in the United States
Mass incarceration has been called one the most pressing social problems of our time (Mauer & Chesney-Lind, 2002)
The CJ system is fragmented
Over 50,000 different agencies responsible
Prisons account for the fastest growing segment of government employment (nearly 750,000 people in 2004)
Most people are imprisoned for non-violent crimes
Remember that Race, Class, Gender Matter
African American men disproportionately imprisoned
Women account for the fastest growing prison population
African American women: 571% increase in 20 years
Latinas: 131% increase in 20 years
Caucasian women: 75% increase in 20 years
More women are incarcerated per capita for drug crimes than men (about 34% of women and 19% of men)
60% of men and 40% of women unemployed at arrest, 1/3 earned less than 5000$ last year.
Privatization of prisons – total institutions and turning a profit for shareholders
Beck, A.J. (2000). Prisoners in 1999. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Guerino, P., Harrison, P.M., & Sabol, P.M. (2011). Prisoners in 2010. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Prisoners in 1999 available online here: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p99.pdf
Private prisons in Te.
Addressing child health disparities: We made the case, we need a movement!renataschiavo
This presentations reviews recent studies and experiences on child health disparities, and provides insights and recommendations to advance child health equity. It was presented at the 2015 Health Equity Capacity Institute of the CDC Division of Community Health, Office of Health Equity.
You have been tasked with orienting new registered nurses in the emergency department in your hospital about how to manage child abuse and neglect cases. The orientation should cover child abuse and neglect definitions, prevention, detection, intervention and treatment, reporting, and interdisciplinary resources.
1. www.postersession.com
The Department of Health and Human
Services defines foster care as “24-hour substitute
care for children placed away from their parents or
guardians and for whom the state agency has
placement and care responsibility” (HHS; 2000). In
addition to the familiar single foster family home
model, placements also include, but are not limited
to, group homes, emergency shelters, large
residential facilities, and homes of relatives. By
nature, the foster care system has many layers
which were created to raise the accountability
among service providers in order to promote the
success of those transitioning out of foster care in
areas such as independence, educational
achievement, and employment attainment.
However, research suggests that this has not been
the case (Ward, 2016).
In the United States, adolescents
transitioning into adulthood are expected to
complete school, become independent, and
become a contributor to society. “Aging out” is the
term used to describe adolescents aged 18 years
or older who are no longer to eligible to remain in
foster care, however this age differs from state to
state. In particular, the process of aging out poses
many problems to those leaving foster care (Ward,
2016).
Significance and Key
Concepts For OT
Foster the Future:
Independence Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
Patrick Martinucci, OTS & Sean McDonald, OTS
The need has been identified for the development
of programs that address the challenges faced by
youth transitioning out of foster care. Specifically,
client-centered occupation-based programs that
increase the chances of equipping this population
with the necessary skills to live independently,
seek employment, and maintain health and well-
being would be of value to the population (Ward,
2016). Programs like these would help empower
those aging out of foster care and effect positive
social change (AOTA, 2007).
The foster care system, by its nature, tends to
marginalize its “members” by labeling them different
than other children. Some studies have shown that a
child in foster care can average up to 15 different
placements throughout their youth, which ultimately
disrupts occupation as they move from placement to
placement (Ward, 2009). Kronenberg and Pollard
(2005) base the notion of occupational apartheid on
the idea that some people in society are deemed of
different economic and social value than others,
which leads to groups of people being pushed to the
outskirts of mainstream society, thus affecting their
social and occupational participation. This is
uniquely true for foster children, made more relevant
by the fact that large numbers of children in the
foster care system are burdened with a variety of
stigmas, including their minority status and physical
and emotional impairments. These stigmas in turn,
often isolate them from the community as a whole.
Abuse and neglect, such as those found in
many foster care settings, over long periods of time
can impact biological stress systems that lead to
alterations in brain maturation and result in
maladaptive outcomes. Childhood stress and
trauma have also been found to alter the
development of the limbic system, thus affecting
emotion and memory (Avery & Freundlich, 2009).
These negative outcomes, coupled with the fact that
most youth at age 18 are not developmentally
prepared to live independently, contribute to the
occupational injustice this group endures.
The barriers to the development of independent
living have been identified, however to date there
has been “no individualized, occupation-based,
client-centered” treatment approaches to fill this
need. Data on this issue has indicated that youth
preparing to exit foster care not only lack the
knowledge of available services, but also the
motivation to seek out services available to them,
the confidence to ask about these services, or find
that the services they do know about are not
meaningful to them. Occupational therapists are
well suited to meet these needs, but traditionally
have not been a part of foster care systems
(Ward, 2016).
According to the Occupational Therapy
Practice Framework, occupational therapists have
been trained to provide interventions at an
individual level, targeting highly relevant “client
factors such as emotional regulation and self-
concept; performance skills, such as process and
social interaction skills… activities of daily living,
instrumental activities of daily living, education,
and work” (Ward, 2016). Occupational therapists
are well equipped to design more attractive and
meaningful programs that will allow these youths
to gain the skills necessary that will ultimately lead
to a greater quality of life as they transition into
adulthood and living independently.
Introduction
Significance and Key
Concepts For
Disability Studies
Background
Each year, more than 250,000 new children in
the United States are placed in foster care (Ward,
2016.) Research suggests that approximately 50%
of children in foster care have at least one
psychiatric disorder, and 33% have three or more
psychiatric disorders. Examples of these disorders
are oppositional defiance, anxiety, depression,
ADD/ADHD, PTSD, learning disorders, and many
other disorders that require medications and
continued management in order to be effective.
Most youth aging out of foster care lack financial
resources as well as other familial supports. This in
turn places them at higher risk for negative
outcomes such as low education attainment,
homelessness, unemployment, and financial
difficulties, as well as the mental and physical
health issues mentioned before. Research shows
youth in the foster care system have increased
absenteeism, disciplinary referrals, and behavioral
problems, in addition to lower grades than
compared to the general K-12 population (Ward,
2016).
A Michigan Alumni study examining
demographics and foster care youth revealed that
foster care alumni are more likely to complete high
school by means of a general equivalency diploma
(GED) rather than a typical diploma. This study also
found that only one third of the alumni (32.2%)
reported having a household income greater than
the Federal Poverty Level (White et. al, 2012).
Furthermore, lack of independence, mental health,
and vocational skills have led to a steep increase
in foster care alumni receiving services as adults
though the criminal justice system (Ward, 2016).
Conclusion
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Disabilities Displayed by Children in Foster Care
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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/16/opinion/soronen-foster-children/
Source: http://www.theoilyfosterparent.com/2015/09/20/why-are-we-letting-children-age-out-orphans/