Emancipating from the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights and Recommendations of Ten Former Foster Kids - Softcover

Waln K. Brown; John R. Seita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982451016 ISBN 13: 9780982451014

Publisher: William Gladden Foundation Press, 2020

Synopsis

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE BEHAVIORS, THOUGHTS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF FOSTER YOUTH? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PREPARE FOSTER YOUTH TO SUCCEED AFTER FOSTER CARE? This unique guide shares the life stories and lessons of former fosters to educate family court judges, case managers, social workers, foster parents, program administrators and staff, guardian ad litem, CASA and other advocates and volunteers how to ensure a healthy placement experience for foster youth and prepare them to successfully transition to adulthood.
   
Aging out of foster care is a perilous event for foster youth. This is especially true for foster children whose experience in the foster care system included little or no preparation for leaving foster care and who emancipated directly from placement with little or no family support. Left to survive by their wits, this population of foster care kids would seem the most at-risk; yet, some former foster kids somehow manage to successfully navigate leaving foster care and go on to accomplish great things. Unlike most books about foster care and foster parent books, however, this book by foster children uses actual life experiences to present insider knowledge regarding what is required to prepare foster youth for life after foster care. The very personal setbacks, successes and life-lessons conveyed in these ten riveting and revealing foster care memoirs are the soul of this book.
   
What these talented authors learned in the process of writing their foster care stories is their self-revelation of how their individual foster care experiences affected their adjustment to life after foster care. Their insights and recommendations provide the unique client perspective required for foster care workers, social work and child welfare professionals, as well as foster parents and families considering foster parenting, to grasp the significance of the crucial roles they play in preparing a foster child for life on her or his own. And, no less importantly, kids in foster care getting ready for life after foster care, as well as recently emancipated alumni who crave guidance from role-models, now have access to a detailed road map that illuminates the path to their self-actualization.
   
Discover what these ten exemplary alumni role-models learned from writing their true stories about surviving foster care, their lives after foster care, transitioning from foster care and what is required to prepare emancipating foster youth for happy, healthy and successful adulthoods.
   
Dr. Debraha Watson
Dr. John Seita
John Tuohy
Dr. Capri Cruz
Dr. Lisa Jean Feinics
Helen Ramaglia
Dr. Vivian Dorsett
Chris Chmielewski
Dr. Paul Owen
Dr. Adam Starks

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Edition details

• Publisher: William Gladden Foundation Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0982451016
• ISBN 13: 9780982451014
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Waln K. Brown, John R. Seita