Goal 1: Kayla will improve her emotional and behavioral regulation. • Kayla was observed having an indoor picnic dinner with her brother with her brother. • Kayla’s foster mother informed the QP there is not a history of sexual abuse; however, she believes Kayla may have been exposed to adult movies, so Kayla dances in an inappropriate manner and makes sexual sounds. • Kayla said, “I am happy now.” • Kayla reflected on different types of mood such as angry, happy, confused, sad, embarrassed, and scared. • Kayla established that she is often happy when she asks her foster mother for something and she says yes, but she gets angry when her brother is reward and not her, and embarrassed when wets her clothes. • Kayla acknowledged when she is …show more content…
angry she cries, throw things, uses profanity, and doesn’t listen to her foster mother. • Kayla commented, “I can calm down” then QP suggested Kayla not destroy property or become physically aggressive when she is angry. • Kayla made minimal progress with improving her emotional and behavioral regulation, as indicated by Kayla being physically aggressive when she is angry and reviewing the other types of moods she experiences. Goal 2: Kayla will comply with the treatment recommendations of her medical and mental health providers.
• Kayla expressed, “I am getting tired”, so the QP suggested Kayla comply with completing this exercise and put on the timer to track how much longer the session would be. • Kayla listened as the QP explained what “My Time” entails. • Kayla informed the QP that her foster mother works as a teacher, but the foster mother commented her work does not interfere with her having “My Time” with Kayla. • Kayla reported she goes to the park with her foster mother, do her hair, polish nails and toes, and they play with her Barbie’s together. • Kayla acknowledged if she is being unsafe or mean her foster mother says something about her behavior then she told her foster mother the QP said she is not supposed to be mad at her when playing games; however, the QP rephrased for Kayla to understand her foster mother has to step in when she is not listening during the activity or displaying reckless behavior. • Kayla’s foster mother questioned whether the sessions with Kayla’s biological mother would have to take place at their home and the QP advised they do not. • Kayla’s foster mother listened as the QP informed her the sessions will be separate from Kayla until the mother has unsupervised visits with
her. • Kayla’s foster mother shared Kayla’s mother experienced unstable housing and often moves around. • Kayla made moderate progress complying with treatment recommendations, as indicated by Kayla and her foster mother engaging in “My Time” activities; therefore, Kayla’s biological mother will need to learn the skill as well.
Katie’s hardships make her struggle with feeling normal because the feeling is so foreign to her. Katie feels alienated in her community because she believes her trials make her unlike anyone else. Her trials include being abused, escaping, and the constant fear of being found. Abuse impacts Katie’s life in a negative way but has an important role in overcoming her obstacles. Katie’s husband, Kevin beats and threatens her so one would question how she could fall in love with him in the first place. Katie falls in love with Kevin because, “In the beginning he was so sweet to her… he was
Cassidy's mother is left facing life without her daughter with the hope that her daughter's warning letter may save someone else from feeling the pain her daughter had forced on her.
Jeune, G.P, McCall, S., and Hamilton, L. (2007) Understanding Looked after Children: An Introduction to Psychology for Foster Care. London: Jessica Kingsley Pub.
When Kate comes around Jenny feels as if Kate is her master and she has to listen to whatever she is told to do. Jenny did not want to hurt Kate’s feeling by not letting her in, this is exactly what Kate told Jenny, “Don’t be such a baby,” (Cabot, 33). Then after Kate responded to Jenny like that she pushed her out the way and just walked in, but at the same time Jenny said, “ I didn’t want to mess up my first babysitting job ever,” (Cabot, 33). This showed that Kate wants Jenny to stop acting so uptight and just loosen a bit. But Jenny knows that there will be consequences if she obeys what she was supposed to do. Jenny had let her guard down by staying quiet and letting Kate just push her out the way.
One of the errors committed by the caseworker was that they failed to get an informed consent from Gabriel’s mother or a judge. Although his mother did signed off for Gabriel to receive treatments, it would be safe to say that his mother was
MSTT met with Donna from CYS and Vanessa from Access services for a collaborative meeting. The meeting was to address CYS concerns regarding Jamiles leaving home without permission during the middle of February to see her mother. Donna wanted to verify the acquisition because she was unsure of what to believe from Lesley (Jamiles mother). The meeting was also to establish an appropriate after care-plan for Jamiles once MSTT close services. Jamiles did state she went to her mother's home at that time because she was feeling alone. Jamiles explained she believed Jocelyn has started to show more favoritism toward the other foster care child in the home because she is pregnant. Jamiels explained she was not receiving fair treatment which has her
Family: Benny is an 8 year old male who continues to reside in South Amboy with the Rodriguez family. On 9/12/ 17 DCP&P requested for the court to award Kinship Legal Guardianship to Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez. DCP&P Judge approved plan for KLG with the Rodriguez family. Benny and his sister were excited to hear that they will continue to reside with the Rodriguez family. Benny behavior in the home continues to improve. It appears that he has a stable relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez. He does not display the behaviors he displayed when he first was placed in the Rodriguez home. He no longer isolates his self, cries or has difficulty forming attachments or bonds with the family. CM observes Benny interaction with his foster siblings and
QP engaged My-Kayla in participating in a CBT activity geared towards identifying expressing feelings. QP explained to My-Kayla that help her to identify strategies of dealing with feelings. QP asked My-Kayla to list some feelings people have. QP explained to My-Kayla that it is important for a person to aware of their feelings so that they can learn how to express them. QP asked My-Kayla to list some ways people choose to express their feelings. QP asked MY-Kayla to think of a time when she felt embarrassed and anger and explain why she felt that way and how did she handle it. QP explored with My-Kayla other options in how she could have handle the feelings of anger and embarrassment. QP examined with My-Kayla the benefits of expressing feelings.
According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, “Foster care means 24-hour substitute care for all children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the State agency has placement and care responsibility.” Though this definition excludes children in privately funded foster care arrangements, placement in a facility not governed by a state agency is often sought for children. Placement with either a state agency or a privately funded program can either be short-term lasting several months, or extend for a period of years as in long-term placement. The duration of time spent in the foster care system is dependent upon the existing home environment and the ability of the caregivers in the home to provide a safe and nurturing environment for the child. An evaluation of both the present and pre-existing home environment is crucial in making the decision of whether to remove the child from foster care and reunite them with their parental custodians or to continue placement in the foster care system.
Several barriers are discussed throughout the readings and all share common philosophies on the inconsistencies regarding the healthcare of children in foster care. In McGill’s interview with pediatrician, Annalisa Behnken, change in placements and location of children is a barrier as it can lead to missed appointments and a lapse in medical information. (McGill, 2016). Presented by Deutsch and Fortin (2015), are barriers including a lack of medical data to include: past medical history of a child, circumstances when biological parents retain the right to make decisions on the behalf of the medical care of the child, when children change placements or cases cross counties or jurisdictions, and a lack of coordination and communication between
The Coram Social Worker contacted and informed the foster carer of my intention to visit her. The foster carer agreed to be contacted and expressed her willingness to arrange a visit. During my telephonic conversation with the foster carer ,I ensured that sufficient details were provided about the key information that needs to be obtained for the completion of the Child permanence report Completion (CPR)
One of these reasons, is the fact that becoming a foster parent means being willing to offer your home and heart to a child who will be with you only briefly (p.342). Though fostering children comes with bad and good experiences, Carol says she wouldn’t want it any other way. During the Foster Care Panel, Carol shared her experience fostering her daughter Tammy. After a very long journey of opening her home to Tammy and raising a new child, Carol lost Tammy to Cancer. Though not all foster stories turn out this way, it becomes clear how hard it can be to temporarily love another child knowing that any day they could leave your home. Though through many interventions, parents have slowly found a way to being able to manage the temporary care of the children they bring
According to Kennedy (2008, p. 15), “years of research has confirmed the value of play”. Even though Kim has been in early intervention and her mother is looking
The adjustment of having many more rules and hearing the word "No you can't do that I'm Sorry" or "You have to hold my hand" has been the hardest for her because last week she was aloud to roam the house as she pleased and was a very free spirit.
Adrienne felt she had no choice in her when she harassed her family on Facebook. She was a thirteen year old girl from Illinois caught in a family feud over one very important cause: her baby. She had just recently got into a very physical fight with her boyfriend and baby’s father, Shawn, at school over who takes better care of the beautiful little baby. Once the fight occurred, the school felt that since it was a family matter, pressing battery on school ground charges would only makes issues worse. Their middle school decided to let them go with just a warning, which ended up resulting in Adrienne and Shawn getting charged with an entirely different criminal case. Since Adrienne is the mother of the baby, she legally has full custody since Shawn has not taken her to court. Shawn’s family feels that Adrienne does not deserve to have full custody since Shawn is the one with the part-time job that provides the necessities for the baby. The feud on Facebook broke out between Adrienne and Shawn’s family discussing what she truly does for the baby besides just “baby-sitting” when she is not in school, and why she should and should not have full custody. Other than Adrienne saying, “Because I am her mother!”, she really had no other reasons for why she deserves her rights and her anger caused her to make threats about taking the baby away from Shawn and his family for the rest of their lives. That threat is where it began and ended, theoretically. Shawn started commenting now saying multiple profanities about her and her parenting; threating Adrienne physically and saying he was going to take her to court. The comments continued to go back and forth until finally an extended famil...