To become an effective parent or caregiver, families must have resources, skills, and support. They must also have hope and be empowered to use their voice. Join us for our 43rd annual resource family conference on June 7-8, 2019 in Columbus Ohio! Attended by foster, adoptive, kinship, primary birth families, and leaders in Ohio’s child welfare and juvenile justice agencies, the conference is designed to connect, educate and build meaningful collaborations between people who share similar experiences. Out of this 2-day exchange of ideas, thoughts, and information, we will discover what we can do together that we cannot do alone. Find out more at www.ofcaonline.org/conference
This document provides guidance for child protective services staff on protecting children with disabilities from abuse and neglect. It finds that children with disabilities are at significantly higher risk of maltreatment than non-disabled children, being 2-6 times more likely to experience various forms of abuse. Specific risk factors are outlined for both the child and family. Signs and symptoms of abuse in children with disabilities are also described. The document stresses the need for coordinated prevention efforts, especially services supporting families of children with disabilities.
Focus on Youth is an 8-session HIV and pregnancy prevention program for African American youth ages 12-15. It uses interactive activities like games and roleplays to provide facts about HIV/STDs and teach decision-making, communication, and negotiation skills. Originally called Focus on Kids, it was adapted based on feedback from pilot programs. Evaluations found the intervention increased condom use and reduced risky behaviors more than a control program. The curriculum aims to empower youth to make healthy decisions by addressing social pressures and risks of unsafe behaviors.
A law enforcement guide for working with individuals with autism and iddModell Consulting Group
This document provides law enforcement with guidance on communicating effectively with individuals who have autism, intellectual disabilities, or communication disabilities. It begins by emphasizing the importance of person-first language. It then provides statistics showing these individuals are at high risk for abuse and violence. The document discusses characteristics of autism spectrum disorder, communication disabilities, and intellectual disabilities. It provides tips for understanding each disability and improving communication. The goal is to help law enforcement identify abuse, get accurate information from victims, and address the needs of this vulnerable population.
The document discusses the advantages and challenges of an Ohio consortium that jointly addressed the prevention of intimate partner violence and sexual violence. Key advantages included increased efficiency by reducing duplicative meetings and documents, skill-building opportunities through shared learning across both fields, and expanded technical assistance, training and networking. Challenges included negotiating priorities, balancing workloads, and addressing differences between the fields. The consortium found the tandem approach ultimately strengthened primary prevention efforts.
- The document defines bullying as repeated negative actions against a child by one or more children that involves an imbalance of power. It can include physical, verbal, or social forms of bullying.
- Bullying is prevalent, with 30% of students reporting moderate or frequent involvement. It is correlated with harmful behaviors and poorer academic and health outcomes.
- Addressing bullying requires a comprehensive, school-wide effort involving the entire school community to change school norms and climate regarding bullying behavior.
This document discusses how early stage mediation can help ensure access to dispute resolution for fragile families. It begins by defining fragile families as unmarried parents and their children born out of wedlock. It then discusses four themes from a task force on how to design an ADR system that effectively addresses diversity: better understanding diverse end users; supporting diversity among ADR providers; increasing cultural competence of providers; and increasing community access to ADR tailored to diverse needs. The document calls for actions to apply these themes to ensure fragile families can access and benefit from early stage mediation.
In the paper the author discusses all major aspects of the proposed legal and social services program including EBP, services flowchart, program structure, employee responsibilities, as well as program goals and implementation.
This document provides guidance for child protective services staff on protecting children with disabilities from abuse and neglect. It finds that children with disabilities are at significantly higher risk of maltreatment than non-disabled children, being 2-6 times more likely to experience various forms of abuse. Specific risk factors are outlined for both the child and family. Signs and symptoms of abuse in children with disabilities are also described. The document stresses the need for coordinated prevention efforts, especially services supporting families of children with disabilities.
Focus on Youth is an 8-session HIV and pregnancy prevention program for African American youth ages 12-15. It uses interactive activities like games and roleplays to provide facts about HIV/STDs and teach decision-making, communication, and negotiation skills. Originally called Focus on Kids, it was adapted based on feedback from pilot programs. Evaluations found the intervention increased condom use and reduced risky behaviors more than a control program. The curriculum aims to empower youth to make healthy decisions by addressing social pressures and risks of unsafe behaviors.
A law enforcement guide for working with individuals with autism and iddModell Consulting Group
This document provides law enforcement with guidance on communicating effectively with individuals who have autism, intellectual disabilities, or communication disabilities. It begins by emphasizing the importance of person-first language. It then provides statistics showing these individuals are at high risk for abuse and violence. The document discusses characteristics of autism spectrum disorder, communication disabilities, and intellectual disabilities. It provides tips for understanding each disability and improving communication. The goal is to help law enforcement identify abuse, get accurate information from victims, and address the needs of this vulnerable population.
The document discusses the advantages and challenges of an Ohio consortium that jointly addressed the prevention of intimate partner violence and sexual violence. Key advantages included increased efficiency by reducing duplicative meetings and documents, skill-building opportunities through shared learning across both fields, and expanded technical assistance, training and networking. Challenges included negotiating priorities, balancing workloads, and addressing differences between the fields. The consortium found the tandem approach ultimately strengthened primary prevention efforts.
- The document defines bullying as repeated negative actions against a child by one or more children that involves an imbalance of power. It can include physical, verbal, or social forms of bullying.
- Bullying is prevalent, with 30% of students reporting moderate or frequent involvement. It is correlated with harmful behaviors and poorer academic and health outcomes.
- Addressing bullying requires a comprehensive, school-wide effort involving the entire school community to change school norms and climate regarding bullying behavior.
This document discusses how early stage mediation can help ensure access to dispute resolution for fragile families. It begins by defining fragile families as unmarried parents and their children born out of wedlock. It then discusses four themes from a task force on how to design an ADR system that effectively addresses diversity: better understanding diverse end users; supporting diversity among ADR providers; increasing cultural competence of providers; and increasing community access to ADR tailored to diverse needs. The document calls for actions to apply these themes to ensure fragile families can access and benefit from early stage mediation.
In the paper the author discusses all major aspects of the proposed legal and social services program including EBP, services flowchart, program structure, employee responsibilities, as well as program goals and implementation.
This document discusses the role of forensic pediatrics in identifying, diagnosing, and managing potential child abuse. It covers key indicators of physical and sexual abuse as well as neglect that professionals may observe. It also discusses mandated reporting requirements and the multi-disciplinary approach involving child protective services, law enforcement, medical professionals, and victim advocates. The document emphasizes the importance of timely and accurate reporting of suspected abuse to protect children from further harm, as well as the challenges of distinguishing abuse indicators from other causes through differential diagnosis.
This document is a proposal for a television documentary about child abuse in Nigeria. It discusses child abuse as a global issue and outlines the types of abuse. It reviews literature on the causes and effects of abuse, images of children in media, and the influence of media on children's rights. It describes prominent abuse cases in Nigeria and the impact of media campaigns on victims. The proposal indicates the documentary will use interviews with experts to discuss prevention of abuse through media education campaigns and promotion of child rights. It outlines the production process and limitations, and defines key terms. The goal is to raise awareness of child abuse and the role of media in prevention and policy change.
Lareau's research examines how small moments and contingencies in childhood can have large consequences for life outcomes. She studied 88 families from ages 10 to 30, finding that structural forces like policies on housing, education and the labor market intersected with families' economic resources and cultural knowledge to shape diverging paths. For example, Harold and Karl both faced challenges growing up poor, but their different networks of support influenced whether they could achieve goals like owning a business. Lareau's work underscores how social inequality persists through key moments that reproduce advantage or disadvantage across generations.
Connecting the dots_health_professional_pppKitty Barran
Service and healthcare providers are an integral part of educating each other about the prevalence of youth violence and their important role in recognizing the signs of risk and preventing the spread of violent behaviors.
Choose Peace/Stop Violence has developed a presentation for professionals to share with other interested service and healthcare providers.
Connecting the Dots is an AMA-approved PowerPoint presentation and guide designed to educate professionals who have contact with youth and their parents.
Abdul’Hafeedh bin Abdullah is a community health worker with the Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon who helps prevent violence. He became involved in gangs as a youth and was imprisoned for 8 years. While incarcerated, he transformed his life with faith, education, and mentorship. He now draws on his experiences to support at-risk youth. As a CHW, he works with a youth empowerment program called STRYVE to engage youth in identifying and addressing community safety issues. The youth identified a strip club near their community center as a risk factor and advocated to have it removed. Their efforts helped form a coalition to purchase the property for community use, demonstrating the potential for positive social
Cultural and linguistic competency Summitt 2018Dominic Carter
Dominic Carter is greatly looking forward to being one of the keynotes at the South Carolina Cultural and Linguistic Competency Summit 2018, this month of June 2018
The document summarizes key findings from a survey of 362 LGBT and transgender individuals in the South West of England on issues related to equality. Some of the main findings included experiences of discrimination in healthcare, safety concerns, barriers to self-expression, and lack of knowledge about legal protections. The document provides recommendations to address issues in areas like healthcare, education, law enforcement, housing, and employment to improve conditions for LGBT and transgender individuals. Voices from the survey respondents are included to highlight specific problems they have faced.
The document discusses girls in the juvenile justice system. It notes that girls now make up 30% of juvenile arrests, up from 20% in 1980, often for status offenses. Their delinquent acts often stem from abuse, mental health issues, and troubled home lives. Diversion programs incorporating gender-responsive approaches could help divert girls' pathways. Such programs should address the developmental, psychological, and social characteristics of girls. Relocation and individual/group counseling could also help divert girls from the system.
The document discusses the social issue of labeling and the controversies surrounding it. Labeling has both positive and negative impacts - it can bring social change but also stigma. It has led to policies regarding product labeling, film ratings, and avoidance of stigmatizing language by health professionals. Experts and media play a role in addressing labeling by promoting transparency and understanding impacts. Policies on labeling have sought to inform consumers while accounting for globalization. Overall labeling has effects that must be carefully considered and addressed through policy.
2017 Ohio Family Care Association (OFCA) Resource Family ConferenceWendi Turner
It is time to talk, connect and build a better future for Ohio adoptive, foster, kinship and primary families
Join us for our 41st annual resource family conference June 16-17, 2017! Attended by over 150 resource families and leaders in Ohio’s child welfare and juvenile justice agencies, the conference is designed to connect, educate and build meaningful collaborations between people who share similar experiences. Out of this 2 day exchange of ideas, thoughts and information we will discover what we can do together that we cannot do alone.
6Ashley WaddyENG 112December 3, 2015Child abuse and raci.docxevonnehoggarth79783
6
Ashley Waddy
ENG 112
December 3, 2015
Child abuse and racism
It is illegal to treat people differently or unfairly simply because they belong to a different race or culture. Neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse are a major contributor to child maltreatment, poverty and neglect are highly correlated. Children as well as young people from black and minority ethnic groups experience racism which extends to impact the child’s wellbeing but may vary depending on many circumstances. Some people may view it as racism significantly damages children’s chances of fulfilling their potential; however, research suggests that the effects of racism on a child’s emotional as well as physical and psychological development may be profound since the harmful determinant of population health is in its infancy.
Child abuse that results from racism is the hardest form of prejudice to recognize because children are the one group that is viewed as naturally subordinate until a certain age is reached a stipulated age, they are the responsibility of their parents or guardians that have been accorded the responsibility of having custody of the children. The essential components of child abuse are a claim by adults to the effect that the child is there’s and they see fit to do exactly what they want, or children exist to serve, honor and obey adults.
Children can also experience racism because of what their religion or nationality may be. Racism that results to child abuse takes many different forms which are inclusive of written or verbal threats or insults, damage to property, including graffiti and personal attacks of any kind which includes violence. Consequently, a child that is subjected to any form of racism is more likely to have a negative self-image and low self-esteem, the role of anyone working with children or providing activities for them is to ensure the protection of children who may be vulnerable to racist bullying and racial abuse. Black and ethnic children are most likely to experience bullying than their white counterparts since white children usually witness racial bullying as bystanders as the most common expression of racism is through racist name-calling. Research shows that this form of racism towards children is often viewed by adults as trivial although there is some limited research evidence which shows that racial bullying frequently involves the
It is of great importance that all those who work with children to have a good understanding of how racism can harm children and have the ability to recognize when it occurs and deal with it. Training and awareness of the negative effects of racism and child abuse should be part of a group’s program of care for children or young people while using their services, and policies or procedures should be put in place to ensure that it clear that expressions of racism are unacceptable and the perpetrators of such victimization will be consequential.
The ulti.
This course provided Kristina Williams with knowledge on developing her professional identity as an early childhood educator. She learned about the importance of being an advocate for children and engaging parents. Williams gained an understanding of child development, learning styles, and signs of abuse or neglect. She plans to continue her education, attend conferences, and use what she has learned to provide an enriching environment for children.
This document provides an overview of a social worker's role in the foster care system. It discusses how social workers advocate for foster children's needs, work to establish permanency goals, facilitate placements and home visits. The document also examines challenges social workers face like large caseloads, emotional strain, and a lack of stability for children. Interviews with two social workers highlight how empowering children and harnessing their strengths is important, as is building relationships with parents. Both social workers find the broken foster care system frustrating but feel their work is rewarding.
The document discusses youth with involvement in multiple county systems such as child welfare, juvenile justice, and mental health systems, also known as crossover or dually-involved youth. It notes that disproportionate numbers of these youth are female, African American, or LGBTQIA+, and the majority struggle with mental health or substance use issues. The document provides an overview of challenges in supporting these youth and considers best practices such as using a comprehensive model like the Crossover Youth Practice Model, prioritizing prevention, engaging organizations like Youth Advocate Programs, asking families what supports they need, and providing stability during transitions.
1. Psychological assessment in South Africa has historically faced issues of being unjust and discriminatory towards multicultural groups, but practitioners are now aware of the need for fair testing.
2. Legislation in South Africa aims to regulate psychological testing and ensure tests are appropriate, equitable, valid, reliable, and non-biased. However, limited professionals and access to care means many still do not receive needed help.
3. A variety of instruments are used for assessment, but language and cultural barriers can lead to invalid results if clients do not understand tests or interpreters make mistakes. Ensuring standardized, valid, and reliable administration is important in a multicultural context like South Africa.
Au psy492 e_portfolio for amanda howardAmanda Howard
This document contains Amanda Howard's personal statement, resume, and reflections from her undergraduate ePortfolio. It summarizes that Amanda is pursuing a degree in psychology and goals of working with families and obtaining a master's degree. Her resume outlines experience in various healthcare roles over 10 years and skills in management, customer service, and medical assisting. Reflections demonstrate abilities in areas like critical thinking, interpersonal effectiveness, research skills, communication, ethics, and applying psychology principles.
Au psy492 e_portfolio for amanda howardAmanda Howard
This document contains Amanda Howard's personal statement, resume, and reflections from her undergraduate ePortfolio. It summarizes that Amanda is pursuing a degree in psychology and aims to work with families, eventually earning a master's degree. Her resume outlines experience in healthcare roles including home health aide and medical assistant. Reflections demonstrate skills in areas like critical thinking, interpersonal effectiveness, research, communication, ethics, and applying psychology principles.
NAAHP 2010 poster on the collaboration between the offices of GMU Health Professions Advising and GMU LGBTQ Resources. For more information about the general Ally Safe Zone program, go to http://lgbtq.gmu.edu/ .
This document provides an introduction to the Parent Watch program, which was created to help parents dealing with crises related to their teenage children. The summary is:
1) Parent Watch was founded in 1993 and provides a structured support group for parents, led by a social worker and police officer, to regain control over their families and effectively deal with problems affecting their teens.
2) The program gives parents a non-judgmental forum to share challenges, get information from professionals, and develop solutions through a collaborative problem-solving process.
3) This manual was created to organize the topics covered in Parent Watch meetings and serve as a workbook to help parents work towards effective family management. It also maintains the focus on confidential
Dominic Carter before Foster & Kinship Parents in MichiganDominic Carter
Dominic Carter Before Foster Parents, Kinship Parents, and Adoptive Parents in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services in Traverse City, Michigan. May 5th, 2017. Dominic Carter received a standing ovation
This independent evaluation assessed the contribution of Fosterline England in supporting foster carers. Key findings include:
- Fosterline provides a low-cost helpline that supports foster carers and potentially improves outcomes for fostered children. However, quantifying its return on investment is challenging due to data gaps.
- Foster carers are motivated by a desire to help children as well as personal and financial factors. Their main challenges relate to communication issues within the fostering system.
- Foster carers contact Fosterline with a wide range of complex concerns, preferring telephone support. Fosterline provides impartial advice that helps carers decide next steps, especially in crisis situations.
- Surveys and interviews found that Foster
This document discusses the role of forensic pediatrics in identifying, diagnosing, and managing potential child abuse. It covers key indicators of physical and sexual abuse as well as neglect that professionals may observe. It also discusses mandated reporting requirements and the multi-disciplinary approach involving child protective services, law enforcement, medical professionals, and victim advocates. The document emphasizes the importance of timely and accurate reporting of suspected abuse to protect children from further harm, as well as the challenges of distinguishing abuse indicators from other causes through differential diagnosis.
This document is a proposal for a television documentary about child abuse in Nigeria. It discusses child abuse as a global issue and outlines the types of abuse. It reviews literature on the causes and effects of abuse, images of children in media, and the influence of media on children's rights. It describes prominent abuse cases in Nigeria and the impact of media campaigns on victims. The proposal indicates the documentary will use interviews with experts to discuss prevention of abuse through media education campaigns and promotion of child rights. It outlines the production process and limitations, and defines key terms. The goal is to raise awareness of child abuse and the role of media in prevention and policy change.
Lareau's research examines how small moments and contingencies in childhood can have large consequences for life outcomes. She studied 88 families from ages 10 to 30, finding that structural forces like policies on housing, education and the labor market intersected with families' economic resources and cultural knowledge to shape diverging paths. For example, Harold and Karl both faced challenges growing up poor, but their different networks of support influenced whether they could achieve goals like owning a business. Lareau's work underscores how social inequality persists through key moments that reproduce advantage or disadvantage across generations.
Connecting the dots_health_professional_pppKitty Barran
Service and healthcare providers are an integral part of educating each other about the prevalence of youth violence and their important role in recognizing the signs of risk and preventing the spread of violent behaviors.
Choose Peace/Stop Violence has developed a presentation for professionals to share with other interested service and healthcare providers.
Connecting the Dots is an AMA-approved PowerPoint presentation and guide designed to educate professionals who have contact with youth and their parents.
Abdul’Hafeedh bin Abdullah is a community health worker with the Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon who helps prevent violence. He became involved in gangs as a youth and was imprisoned for 8 years. While incarcerated, he transformed his life with faith, education, and mentorship. He now draws on his experiences to support at-risk youth. As a CHW, he works with a youth empowerment program called STRYVE to engage youth in identifying and addressing community safety issues. The youth identified a strip club near their community center as a risk factor and advocated to have it removed. Their efforts helped form a coalition to purchase the property for community use, demonstrating the potential for positive social
Cultural and linguistic competency Summitt 2018Dominic Carter
Dominic Carter is greatly looking forward to being one of the keynotes at the South Carolina Cultural and Linguistic Competency Summit 2018, this month of June 2018
The document summarizes key findings from a survey of 362 LGBT and transgender individuals in the South West of England on issues related to equality. Some of the main findings included experiences of discrimination in healthcare, safety concerns, barriers to self-expression, and lack of knowledge about legal protections. The document provides recommendations to address issues in areas like healthcare, education, law enforcement, housing, and employment to improve conditions for LGBT and transgender individuals. Voices from the survey respondents are included to highlight specific problems they have faced.
The document discusses girls in the juvenile justice system. It notes that girls now make up 30% of juvenile arrests, up from 20% in 1980, often for status offenses. Their delinquent acts often stem from abuse, mental health issues, and troubled home lives. Diversion programs incorporating gender-responsive approaches could help divert girls' pathways. Such programs should address the developmental, psychological, and social characteristics of girls. Relocation and individual/group counseling could also help divert girls from the system.
The document discusses the social issue of labeling and the controversies surrounding it. Labeling has both positive and negative impacts - it can bring social change but also stigma. It has led to policies regarding product labeling, film ratings, and avoidance of stigmatizing language by health professionals. Experts and media play a role in addressing labeling by promoting transparency and understanding impacts. Policies on labeling have sought to inform consumers while accounting for globalization. Overall labeling has effects that must be carefully considered and addressed through policy.
2017 Ohio Family Care Association (OFCA) Resource Family ConferenceWendi Turner
It is time to talk, connect and build a better future for Ohio adoptive, foster, kinship and primary families
Join us for our 41st annual resource family conference June 16-17, 2017! Attended by over 150 resource families and leaders in Ohio’s child welfare and juvenile justice agencies, the conference is designed to connect, educate and build meaningful collaborations between people who share similar experiences. Out of this 2 day exchange of ideas, thoughts and information we will discover what we can do together that we cannot do alone.
6Ashley WaddyENG 112December 3, 2015Child abuse and raci.docxevonnehoggarth79783
6
Ashley Waddy
ENG 112
December 3, 2015
Child abuse and racism
It is illegal to treat people differently or unfairly simply because they belong to a different race or culture. Neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse are a major contributor to child maltreatment, poverty and neglect are highly correlated. Children as well as young people from black and minority ethnic groups experience racism which extends to impact the child’s wellbeing but may vary depending on many circumstances. Some people may view it as racism significantly damages children’s chances of fulfilling their potential; however, research suggests that the effects of racism on a child’s emotional as well as physical and psychological development may be profound since the harmful determinant of population health is in its infancy.
Child abuse that results from racism is the hardest form of prejudice to recognize because children are the one group that is viewed as naturally subordinate until a certain age is reached a stipulated age, they are the responsibility of their parents or guardians that have been accorded the responsibility of having custody of the children. The essential components of child abuse are a claim by adults to the effect that the child is there’s and they see fit to do exactly what they want, or children exist to serve, honor and obey adults.
Children can also experience racism because of what their religion or nationality may be. Racism that results to child abuse takes many different forms which are inclusive of written or verbal threats or insults, damage to property, including graffiti and personal attacks of any kind which includes violence. Consequently, a child that is subjected to any form of racism is more likely to have a negative self-image and low self-esteem, the role of anyone working with children or providing activities for them is to ensure the protection of children who may be vulnerable to racist bullying and racial abuse. Black and ethnic children are most likely to experience bullying than their white counterparts since white children usually witness racial bullying as bystanders as the most common expression of racism is through racist name-calling. Research shows that this form of racism towards children is often viewed by adults as trivial although there is some limited research evidence which shows that racial bullying frequently involves the
It is of great importance that all those who work with children to have a good understanding of how racism can harm children and have the ability to recognize when it occurs and deal with it. Training and awareness of the negative effects of racism and child abuse should be part of a group’s program of care for children or young people while using their services, and policies or procedures should be put in place to ensure that it clear that expressions of racism are unacceptable and the perpetrators of such victimization will be consequential.
The ulti.
This course provided Kristina Williams with knowledge on developing her professional identity as an early childhood educator. She learned about the importance of being an advocate for children and engaging parents. Williams gained an understanding of child development, learning styles, and signs of abuse or neglect. She plans to continue her education, attend conferences, and use what she has learned to provide an enriching environment for children.
This document provides an overview of a social worker's role in the foster care system. It discusses how social workers advocate for foster children's needs, work to establish permanency goals, facilitate placements and home visits. The document also examines challenges social workers face like large caseloads, emotional strain, and a lack of stability for children. Interviews with two social workers highlight how empowering children and harnessing their strengths is important, as is building relationships with parents. Both social workers find the broken foster care system frustrating but feel their work is rewarding.
The document discusses youth with involvement in multiple county systems such as child welfare, juvenile justice, and mental health systems, also known as crossover or dually-involved youth. It notes that disproportionate numbers of these youth are female, African American, or LGBTQIA+, and the majority struggle with mental health or substance use issues. The document provides an overview of challenges in supporting these youth and considers best practices such as using a comprehensive model like the Crossover Youth Practice Model, prioritizing prevention, engaging organizations like Youth Advocate Programs, asking families what supports they need, and providing stability during transitions.
1. Psychological assessment in South Africa has historically faced issues of being unjust and discriminatory towards multicultural groups, but practitioners are now aware of the need for fair testing.
2. Legislation in South Africa aims to regulate psychological testing and ensure tests are appropriate, equitable, valid, reliable, and non-biased. However, limited professionals and access to care means many still do not receive needed help.
3. A variety of instruments are used for assessment, but language and cultural barriers can lead to invalid results if clients do not understand tests or interpreters make mistakes. Ensuring standardized, valid, and reliable administration is important in a multicultural context like South Africa.
Au psy492 e_portfolio for amanda howardAmanda Howard
This document contains Amanda Howard's personal statement, resume, and reflections from her undergraduate ePortfolio. It summarizes that Amanda is pursuing a degree in psychology and goals of working with families and obtaining a master's degree. Her resume outlines experience in various healthcare roles over 10 years and skills in management, customer service, and medical assisting. Reflections demonstrate abilities in areas like critical thinking, interpersonal effectiveness, research skills, communication, ethics, and applying psychology principles.
Au psy492 e_portfolio for amanda howardAmanda Howard
This document contains Amanda Howard's personal statement, resume, and reflections from her undergraduate ePortfolio. It summarizes that Amanda is pursuing a degree in psychology and aims to work with families, eventually earning a master's degree. Her resume outlines experience in healthcare roles including home health aide and medical assistant. Reflections demonstrate skills in areas like critical thinking, interpersonal effectiveness, research, communication, ethics, and applying psychology principles.
NAAHP 2010 poster on the collaboration between the offices of GMU Health Professions Advising and GMU LGBTQ Resources. For more information about the general Ally Safe Zone program, go to http://lgbtq.gmu.edu/ .
This document provides an introduction to the Parent Watch program, which was created to help parents dealing with crises related to their teenage children. The summary is:
1) Parent Watch was founded in 1993 and provides a structured support group for parents, led by a social worker and police officer, to regain control over their families and effectively deal with problems affecting their teens.
2) The program gives parents a non-judgmental forum to share challenges, get information from professionals, and develop solutions through a collaborative problem-solving process.
3) This manual was created to organize the topics covered in Parent Watch meetings and serve as a workbook to help parents work towards effective family management. It also maintains the focus on confidential
Dominic Carter before Foster & Kinship Parents in MichiganDominic Carter
Dominic Carter Before Foster Parents, Kinship Parents, and Adoptive Parents in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services in Traverse City, Michigan. May 5th, 2017. Dominic Carter received a standing ovation
This independent evaluation assessed the contribution of Fosterline England in supporting foster carers. Key findings include:
- Fosterline provides a low-cost helpline that supports foster carers and potentially improves outcomes for fostered children. However, quantifying its return on investment is challenging due to data gaps.
- Foster carers are motivated by a desire to help children as well as personal and financial factors. Their main challenges relate to communication issues within the fostering system.
- Foster carers contact Fosterline with a wide range of complex concerns, preferring telephone support. Fosterline provides impartial advice that helps carers decide next steps, especially in crisis situations.
- Surveys and interviews found that Foster
U.S. Dept. of Justice 2014 Testimony_Defending Childhood Initiative_M_TaylorMatthew Taylor
This document contains testimony provided to the United States Department of Justice Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence by Matthew Taylor, Director of the Montana Safe Schools Center. Taylor discusses the historical trauma experienced by many American Indian tribes and how it continues to impact tribal communities and children today. He emphasizes that trauma is treatable and preventable, and that culturally-based interventions that incorporate traditional healing practices show promise. Taylor also stresses the importance of engaging communities to reduce stigma around receiving mental health services and promoting youth, family, and cultural resilience.
This document discusses the need for choice and patient-centered care in children's palliative care. It notes that there are approximately 49,000 children in the UK with life-limiting conditions, yet their voices are often not heard and patient choice is absent. Parents describe the system as a "minefield" with a lack of support and coordination. Short breaks for respite care are important but often not funded by local authorities. Choice is limited by a lack of services due to underfunding. The document calls for improved coordination, a national inquiry, mandated joint commissioning, and greater transparency and accountability in funding to better meet the needs of children requiring palliative care and their families.
Supporting Abused and Neglected Children Through Early Care and PolicyHealthy City
Title: Supporting abused and neglected children through early care and policy
This webinar will make the case for supporting abused and neglected children through early care opportunities as well as describe how to use the healthycity.org site to research and identify policy solutions around foster youth and early childhood education issues.
Learning objectives:
1) Strengthen one’s understanding of populations that make up abused and neglected children
2) Learn how to identify data around abused and neglected children on healthycity.org
3) Understand policy opportunities to improve conditions for the youngest abused and neglected children
Study Participants Answers to Interview QuestionsParticipant #1.docxlillie234567
Study Participants Answers to Interview Questions
Participant #1:
1. What are the disparities between jail and youth rehabilitation for African American offenders?
a. African Americans will be imprisoned more than their white counterparts who will be given rehabilitation, institutional racism exists, and the system will spend more man hours and time dealing with white offenders than black offenders.
2. What are some social issues that African American juveniles are faced with?
a. Sociocultural stigmas, single-parent households, inadequate educational systems, poor role models, and single-parent households
3. Why are African American male juveniles not offered other means of rehabilitative punishments?
a. The New Jim Crow is our correctional system, which seeks to fill jail cells by incarcerating more black and Latino people who are then utilized as enslaved people in the system for huge corporations and the US Government. The system indicates they are not receptive and will not change.
4. What effects does the existing jail and punishment system have on this population?
a. Demeaning and discouraging—we should fund educational aid, mental health services, and instruction. Providing people with helpful tools, role models, and direction will also help them become contributing members of society
Participant #2:
1. Youth rehabilitation centers should provide mechanisms to prevent offenders from committing crimes but in order to effectively do that the differences amongst AA juveniles and other races must be addressed, while jail just allows for a separation from society to think about the crime.
2. African American male juveniles are faced with a predetermined
perception of being criminals as well as a lack of resources in their communities to educate them on the different career paths & trades that exist.
3. The funding doesn’t exist to provide other rehabilitative opportunities in AA communities.
4. The existing punishment system allows offenders to be separated from the public but it doesn’t provide them with any resources to be successful once their time is complete. Not addressing the underlying issues of how they entered the system as well as how to they can live a successful life after now being labeled as a criminal normally results in repeat offenders.
Participant #3:
1. The youth aren’t getting the proper guidance, mental healthcare and attentiveness in jail. They’re already “written off” which leads to them believing what they’re being taught and increasing the likelihood of them becoming repeat offenders. In youth rehab, you’re given a second chance, you’re being taught how to manage your mental and emotional state. You are being prepared for the world.
2. Prejudice. Are seen as thugs, no good. Etc. don’t have proper resources to get them back on their feet. Difficulty getting jobs, getting into school once released.
3. Unsure, but I’m sure it’s race.
4. You can become in.
2015 PA Department of Education Secondary Transition Conference BrochureRyan Wexelblatt, LCSW
Ryan Wexelblatt, MSS, LSW spoke at the 2015 PA Department of Education Community on Secondary Transition Conference.
Topic: The Skills Students Need to be Successful in College and the Workforce (Social Cognition, Executive Function, Age-expected Independence)
The document discusses mentoring as a promising intervention for children of prisoners. It provides an overview of the scope of the problem, discussing how over 2 million children in the US have an incarcerated parent. It describes the developmental impacts on children at different ages when a parent is arrested and imprisoned. The document argues that mentoring programs, when implemented successfully, have the potential to improve children's social and emotional skills and relationships. However, special considerations are needed in selecting and supporting mentors for this vulnerable population.
A presentation on Family Finding given by Armando Ontiveros, M.A. Regional Executive Director;
Joel Martinez, B.A., Family Finding Specialist;
Linda Librizzi, LCSW Hollygrove Family Finding Program of EMQ FamiliesFirst.
This presentation was given at the Children's Network Conference in Ontario, CA on September 30th, 2010.
Similar to Ohio Family Care Association (OFCA) 2019 Resource Family Conference (20)
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
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The Power of Community Newsletters: A Case Study from Wolverton and Greenleys...Scribe
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Dive into the success story of Wolverton and Greenleys Town Council's newsletter in this insightful webinar. Hear from Mandy Shipp and Jemma English about the newsletter's journey from its inception to becoming a vital part of their community's communication, including its history, production process, and revenue generation through advertising. Discover the reasons behind outsourcing its design and the benefits this brought. Ideal for anyone involved in community engagement or interested in starting their own newsletter.
Presentation by Julie Topoleski, CBO’s Director of Labor, Income Security, and Long-Term Analysis, at the 16th Annual Meeting of the OECD Working Party of Parliamentary Budget Officials and Independent Fiscal Institutions.
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Good morning and welcome back to Energy Source, coming to you from New York, where the city swelters in its first heatwave of the season.
Nearly 80 million people were under alerts in the US north-east and midwest yesterday as temperatures in some municipalities reached record highs in a test to the country’s rickety power grid.
In other news, the Financial Times has a new Big Read this morning on Russia’s grip on nuclear power. Despite sanctions on its economy, the Kremlin continues to be an unrivalled exporter of nuclear power plants, building more than half of all reactors under construction globally. Read how Moscow is using these projects to wield global influence.
Today’s Energy Source dives into the latest Statistical Review of World Energy, the industry’s annual stocktake of global energy consumption. The report was published for more than 70 years by BP before it was passed over to the Energy Institute last year. The oil major remains a contributor.
Data Drill looks at a new analysis from the World Bank showing gas flaring is at a four-year high.
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New report offers sobering view of the energy transition
Every year the Statistical Review of World Energy offers a behemoth of data on the state of the global energy market. This year’s findings highlight the world’s insatiable demand for energy and the need to speed up the pace of decarbonisation.
Here are our four main takeaways from this year’s report:
Fossil fuel consumption — and emissions — are at record highs
Countries burnt record amounts of oil and coal last year, sending global fossil fuel consumption and emissions to all-time highs, the Energy Institute reported. Oil demand grew 2.6 per cent, surpassing 100mn barrels per day for the first time.
Meanwhile, the share of fossil fuels in the energy mix declined slightly by half a percentage point, but still made up more than 81 per cent of consumption.
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Ohio Family Care Association (OFCA) 2019 Resource Family Conference
1. Friday June 7
9:00 - 10:30 Interactive Plenary Opening: Permanency Panel (Ballroom)
Permanency and Me: Family Panel
Participants will gain an understanding of different options for permanent placement of
children involved in the child welfare system and about informed decision-making in
relation to each option; participants will learn from and share experiences and
resources with a panel of foster, adoptive, primary, and kin caregivers and an agency
representative.
Panel is being finalized
10:30 – 11:45 Plenary Session: Family Panel (Ballroom)
The Issue Is This
Participants will gain understanding of common caregiver issues and learn about
strategic responses and resources available to address these issues from a panel of
kinship, adoptive, foster, and primary parents and a caseworker. Participants will learn
about topics to include: family visitation Issues; family dynamics; caregiver expectations;
and will discuss what additional are needed for caregivers.
Panel is being finalized
12:00 -1:15 Lunch and Keynote Presentation (Ballroom)
Diversity and Inclusion in Caregiving
Audience will gain understanding about the application of principles of diversity,
inclusion and awareness to their roles as caregivers, and an understanding of concepts
to assist caregivers with cross-cultural placements.
James A. White Sr., Trainer, management consultant and executive coach, Performance
Consulting Services
1:30 - 3:00 Breakout Sessions (3)
o What is a “Prudent Foster Parent”?
Participants will learn about Ohio’s “prudent parent” and “normalcy” law
enacted to ensure that the range of experiences of a child in foster care is typical
of those of any other child of the same age. Participants will gain knowledge
about normalcy and their roles under the prudent parent standard and learn
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2. how Ohio counties have implemented the law.
Ronna Johnson, RN,CPNP; Child Welfare Trainer and Consultant
o Kinship Care – Back to the Basics and Beyond
Participants will gain an understanding of kinship care needs, goals, and
processes and of the challenges for many grandparents, uncles, aunts another
relatives and family friends who become caregivers. Participants will learn about
the impact of care on children and the kinship caregiver, and the rights,
responsibilities and roles of placing agencies.
Ollie M. Collier Jones, Ph.D, President, Ohio Grandparent Kinship Coalition, and
Toni Kleckley, Th.D, M.A., Pastoral Counseling
o Human Trafficking
This training for caregivers will provide an overview of what human trafficking is,
what human trafficking looks like in Ohio, and how to identify and serve at risk
and trafficked children. Traffickers often exploit the most vulnerable in our
communities: children who have runaway, children who have a history of
trauma, and children without strong support networks. Children who have been
trafficked may experience complex trauma, emotional and behavioral
challenges, and educational challenges and would benefit from supportive
caregivers who understand the victimization they have experienced. This training
will provide red flags to help caregivers potential indicators of trafficking as well
as strategies to support at-risk and trafficked children.
Brooke Pollard, Resource Coordinator, Gracehaven, and Bhumika Patel, Anti-
Human Trafficking Coordinator, PCSAO,
3:15 – 3:30 BREAK
3:30 – 5:00 Breakout Sessions (3)
o What Caregivers Need to Know About the “Every Student Succeeds Act “
This session will provide an overview of the collaborative practices public school
districts and child caring agencies are required to engage in under the Every
Student Succeeds Act. Additionally, this session will provide caretakers and
advocates with information about school and agency responsibilities to work
towards ensuring the educational stability of students in foster care. Upon
leaving this workshop, participants should be better able to: identify
requirements in ESSA that ensure the educational stability of youth in foster
care; understand the role that each agency plays in the educational stability of
youth in foster care and the duties they are required to fulfill; and engage in the
procedures intended to ensure the educational stability of foster youth
Thomas Capretta, Direct Student Services Coordinator, Office of Improvement
and Innovation, Ohio Department of Education and Brittany Miracle, program
administrator 3 for the Office of Integrated Student Supports, Ohio Department
of Education
3. o Introducing the Children Need Amazing Parents (CHAMPS) program
Participants will learn about the CHAMPS national campaign’s strategies and
practices aimed at ensuring bright futures for kids in foster care by promoting
the highest quality parenting; participants will leave with a better understanding
of research that shows that loving, supportive families – whether birth, kin,
foster or adoptive – are critical to the healthy development of all children;
participants will become acquainted with the CHAMPS policy playbook and
related tools to assist policy makers and child welfare leaders in making
improvements.
Brandi Slaughter, Ohio Children’s Alliance, CHAMPS Program Manager
o Understanding the Law and Legal Processes of Legal Custody, Guardianship
and other Permanency Options
Participants will gain knowledge about the legal and court processes associated
with legal custody, temporary custody, guardianship, and adoption and the
rights, responsibilities, judicial oversight, and legal status associated with each
option. Participants will gain understanding about the financial implications of
each option and the resources/benefits available under each option, including
healthcare, financial assistance, case services, and respite care.
Tom Zani, JD, Clinical Supervisor and Senior Attorney, Family and Youth Law
Center at Capital University Law School
After hours discussion: Dealing with agency allegations – Optional session
with open facilitated discussion on allegations (no credit offered)
Saturday, June 8th
9:00 - 10:30 Plenary Opening
Child Welfare Law and Policy 101
Participants will gain understanding of the legal and administrative processing of cases
in the children services system, learn about the nature of and criteria for decision-
making throughout the process, and gain knowledge of the respective roles of key case
participants from family/administrator/caseworker/prosecutor/agency attorney/judicial
perspectives.
Magistrate Michelle L. Edgar, Fairfield County Juvenile & Probate Courts and Teri DeVoe,
licensed foster and approved adoptive parent, Fairfield County Protective Services;
remainder of panel is being finalized
10:30 - 11:45 Plenary Youth Panel
If Only They Knew…
Participants will learn about the challenges and opportunities faced by youth in the
foster care system and gain an understanding of their potential roadblocks to successful
independent living from a panel of former foster youth. Participants will gain
4. understanding of the rights of foster youth, the youth transition services available in
Ohio., topics to include birth and foster family relationships, the need for normalcy, and
educational roadblocks.
Moderator/panel is being finalized
12:00 -1:30 Lunch and Keynote (Ballroom)
Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA): What it is, Who it Helps and Why You
Should Care
Participants will gain an understanding of this landmark federal legislation, which
provides the opportunity for Ohio to transform child welfare and the way it is
practiced. Participants will learn about the Act’s aims to prevent children from entering
foster care by implementing evidence-based prevention services that lessen the need
for placement of children in foster care and changes the way supports for mental health
services, substance use treatment, and in-home parenting skill training are delivered.
This family-driven training will give Ohio foster, adoptive, kinship, primary birth families,
and youth who have aged out of foster care an understanding of FFPSA, how it impacts
vulnerable families and children, and what they can do to help guide Ohio’s
implementation of the Act. By the end of this training, participants will:
o Understand the Family First Prevention Services Act
o Identify how changes to FFPSA key components can support, reduce or prevent a
child and their family or caregivers journey through the child welfare system
o Know how to engage in the process and find up to date information about Ohio’s
FFPSA design and implementation process
Wendi Turner, BS, Human Resources/Business Administration, Executive Director,
Ohio Family Care Association; Panel members being finalized
Ohio State Bar Foundation, Keynote Sponsor
1:30 - 3:00 Breakout Sessions (3)
o Self-Care for the Foster/Adoptive/Kinship Parent
Participants will gain an understanding of the emotional toll and impact on one’s
quality of life working as a caregiver can take and the importance of self-care.
This interactive training will enhance caregiver knowledge on how to increase
caregiver resiliency and strategies to encourage self-care and promote
awareness about vicarious trauma and reduce burnout. Participants will be able
to identify at least 3 self-care strategies or activities
Monique Phifer LISW-S, founder and CEO of Solutions for the Silent LLC
o Living with children prenatally exposed to toxic substances
Many children who are cared for in adoptive, kinship and foster homes were
born with both inherited trauma and the effects of exposure to toxic substances
during their prenatal life. Whether alcohol, meth, crack, heroin or another
addictive substance, children prenatally exposed require families ready to
respond to the differences this exposure brings throughout their life. Participants
will understand the value of producing less stress in the family home, learn
5. techniques to assist children at various stages of their lives, and be provided a
list of resources for further learning about toxic exposure and stress
management.
Teri DeVoe, licensed foster and approved adoptive parent, Fairfield County
Protective Services
o Adoption Open Forum
Participants will gain understanding of current issues and opportunities for
adoptive parents and will gain knowledge about post adoption service needs and
availability, avoiding and dealing with adoption disruption and dissolutions, how
adoption subsidies are calculated and finalized, and open adoption practices in
Ohio.
Presenter/moderator being finalized
3:15 – 3:30 BREAK
3:30 – 5:00 Plenary Session What’s New? Looking Forward to the Future
o Fostering with a new Look
Participants will learn about and gain understanding of new programming and
policies related to foster care, new and proposed legislation, and current issues
of import for foster families from family and agency perspectives, and gain
knowledge about the need for new types of foster placements for foster youth
as an alternative to residential care and what policies and practices need to be
developed to ensure that a child’s first placement is the best placement.
Moderator/presenter being finalized
o Birth Parents: What is Working, What do We Need?
Participants will gain understanding about the current and proposed
programming and resources for families who are involved with the child welfare
system, and knowledge about what strategies and practices are effective in
providing needed support. Participants will learn about Ohio birth parent
initiatives such as HOPE and Succeed.
Moderator/presenter being finalized
o Ohio Grandparent Kinship Coalition family panel
Participants will learn about new programming and pending legislation related to
kinship caregiving and the potential benefits/challenges for caregivers associated
with each. Participants will gain an understanding of the status of the State
Kinship Navigator Program and the potential services and resources that will be
available to kin caregivers through that program
Ollie M. Collier Jones, Ph.D, President, Ohio Grandparent Kinship Coalition, Ron
Browder and Dr. Ollie Jones facilitating
6. OFCA Conference
June 7-8, 2019
Registration
May be handled by mailing in this form or
processing your registration on line.
Deadline for Meal Confirmation is: May 31, 201
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