Assignment 1: The Child And Family Research Network

Educating the partners on the prevalence of abuse in our community and what we can do to protect more kids, increases the capacity to lead community efforts. Each meeting that I hold at the CAC shares a little bit of knowledge about emerging trends and practices in our work. Having representation from the various groups is essential for this capacity building and also having more community education events.

Child abuse is still a significant problem in United States. There are 2.9 million child abuse reports to Child Protective Services in 2005 and 825,000 indicated cases. Child abuse has profound impact on the child’s current and future development. The consequences include health and physical effects, intellectual and cognitive impact, and emotional, psychological and behavioral consequences. To improve parenting practice of first time parents is an important way to address this problem. The rate of child abuse is highest for children between birth and 3 years of age. A new Cognitive Behavioral Parent Training Program for Child Abuse Prevention targeted at first time mothers is formed by absorbing elements from existed parent

Outcome 2 Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice.

Foster Parent One: Shelly was born and raised in Avery, TX. She is the biological daughter of Delores Jackson and David Monsiviaz. Shelly was adopted by her maternal aunt and uncle, Eura and Woodrow Hicks at the age of 3, Shelly’s mother was killed in a car accident and her father was not accept by the family due to his ethnicity. Shelly reported she was informed by her adoptive parents that her biological father was dead as well. When Shelly was an adult she searched and located him, however she has never contacted him because she feels that should have been his job.

At this stage any activities will have an impact on their intellectual development as they become aware of the different activities they do.

Because foster kids have often come from situations where there was little stability, a regular schedule for sibling visits and creating things they can rely on is paramount to creating a suitable environment for their growth. If you are a foster parent who is committed to making sure siblings get to see one another, even when they can't be placed in the same home, then creating a schedule of upcoming visits is a smart move.

Healthy Families America is a program created in 1992 by the Prevent Child Abuse America Program. The Ronald McDonald foundation contributes by founding to the program. Their mission is “to work with families who may have histories of trauma, intimate partner violence, mental health and or substance abuse issues” (Berger, 2000). Their goals are to enhance positive parent-child relationships, better the health of children, and prevent child abuse and neglect. HFA hope that by the end of the program the outcome for the family and children are, reduced maltreatment, positive parent-child interactions and children’s social-emotional well-being; increase school readiness; child physical health and development; positive parenting; family self-sufficiency; increase access to primary care medical services and community services; and finally a decrease in child injuries and emergency department use (Implementing Healthy Families America, 2015).

Regardless of age, we all like to be noticed and praised for something good that we have done. Research has shown that in order to balance out a negative, we need to be given 6 positives. It is important therefore, to recognise and reward positive behaviour, especially for those pupils who perhaps need to be reprimanded more than others. Whilst it can be easier to simply react to the negative aspects of a child’s behaviour with “don’t do this, don’t do that”, it is also really important to point out what they are doing well, whether it’s sitting nicely, listening well, joining in, following instructions, etc. It is also important not to forget those children who always behave appropriately and openly praise them too. In the 1940’s BF

I spoke with Trina today, she sated that does not understand why her Foster Parent application is taking so long to get approved, she said about 9 months. She said that she wants to be her grandchild KING, MIASIA foster parent.

Minor is a client of Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). DCFS serves the entire Los Angeles County and its purpose is to investigate reports of physical, sexual, neglect and emotional abuse to children. Overall, DCFS provides protective services to all children (under age 18) and other auxiliary services to their families.

There are many ways to approach a service project and approaching it correctly is key to really learning and growing as a person from the experience. Really committing yourself during service is a huge concept in my eyes so one can truly gain the true experience of the project. Understanding the word shalom is critical to learning how shalom and the service learning project connects. The terms and mindset one decides to take and apply to serving will ultimately lead to how much they will grow during their service project.

To help children and families shape their own futures. We put children and their families at the center of all that we do. Providing the most expert and compassionate care needed so they can heal, grow and thrive. Children Center Head Start supports the whole child. Children center provides the children with many resources such as dental, hearing and vision. Special education children are always welcome at Children Center Head Start which provides resources for the children and families.

There where many support groups that were very interesting, but I chose Coalition for Kids. Coalition for Kids is where children are able to come together and fellowship. However, this support group would be considered under the small group category. According to Hutchison (2015), "A small group is two or more individuals interacting with one another based on similar interests, goals, experiences, and need" (p.385). These types of groups are very beneficial because of how they provide socialization to children, self-worth, conversation, group support, and similarity. Also, there are older children who come to Coalition for Kids after school, while in the group circle they share how their day is going, provide prayer request or special thoughts,

After reading the chapter, in your own words discuss the state of children in the United States. Describe in at least 2 paragraphs how can the community, social workers, advocates of the children turn the negative into positive so our children can a bright future?

An open and reliable working relationship with children and young people can be demonstrated through various ways. One way can be through the adoption of the child-centred approach. This approach ensures that any interactions with the children consider factors like their age, stage of development, likes and dislikes, individual targets and goals. Basically, it helps to create a good working environment and tailored activities for effective participate and effective learning of the children. In addition, there must be emphasis on meeting the needs of the individual child or young person. Carers, planners and other can gain the trust and respect when their efforts are geared towards to the achievement of their needs. They also need to be involved