Foster Care Case Study

In understanding how Mrs. Flowers become a foster parents was when the parent(s) of her grandchild and great-grandchild was unable to care for them. The grandchild was in Mrs. Flower’s home prior to becoming a foster child because the mother was working and needed help transporting the child to and from daycare. The child was later removed from the mother home due to neglect. The child was placed into a non-kinship foster home. The Mother and Grandmother Mrs. Flowers was able to get the child back. The child stayed in foster care in Mrs. Flowers home (Kinship). The Mother got ill and could no longer participate in the child life. The grandchild was with Mrs. Flowers from the age of 1 years old. At age 7 Mrs. Flowers adopted her grandchild.

In the observation there were 14 other foster parents in attendance, 10 foster parents were non-kinship and 4 were kinship foster parents including myself. In observing we discussed the transition of children coming into foster care for the first time vs. long term instability of placement. A lot of the children are confused they are unaware of the wrong their parents have done to be removed. They become scared or fearful because the home they are placed in can be a stranger. Not all children go to kinship homes. Some children come into foster care with insecure detachment or the inability to eat, sleep or be normal functioning children. In learning that bonding and attachment of a mother/ caregiver and child during the first five years of the child’s life is important. That a child who is abused or neglected by parent or caregiver will form Insecure disorganized disoriented which is confusion about approaching or avoiding mother/caregiver, upon reunion acts confused and dazed (Site This). The foster parents in the training did not say much but when spoken about daily stressor of a child towards acceptance we had the same idea of trying to make the foster home as comfortable as possible. That is when we all was inform no matter how welcoming the home is or the pleasant smile at the door a child will still need time to adjust to the situation he/she is placed in.

There should be studies conducted in a law and society field because I barely found any that could help me with my topic. Other factors are studied like drug addicted parents in the child welfare system, transitioning of children who are living with a chronic illness and training in which can help foster parents. I felt would lead me off of permanency planning. The success rate of permanency planning for the child welfare system has implemented permanency planning in a new way in practicing the goal change method and having appropriate age children participate. The case planner continues to let me know that there are training for youth and teens to learn skills, therefore when they age out of foster care they will obtain stability within the lessons that was taught to them. There was no current research that I could find that explain New York State permanency planning as was spoken to me in the interview. By conducting a five year or seven year age out study in New York State future researchers can use fresh knowledge as well as information to help answer important questions. While conducting the interview I felt that permanency planning was working and it was documented but no one has yet to do research. The lack of information within New York State gives a perception that permanency planning is not working or another perception that this