Life Planning Services: Helping older placed children with their identity

McDermott, Virginia

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“…Because of their concern about identity development issues for children in foster care, the Children's Home Society of Minnesota developed a program for youth ages 9 and older which specifically addressed those issues (McDermott, 1987). One question the program attempts to address is, "If identity development is closely linked to family connections, then what happens to children who have been placed and how can we help (p.…”

Section: The Influence Of Identification With Birth Parents On Identimentioning

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Identity development and self-esteem of young adolescents in foster care

Salahu-Din

Bollman

1994

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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For adolescents in foster care progress towards achieving the developmental tasks of adolescence may be more challenging because of the additional stress of being separated from their birth families. Examined in this study is the influence of identification with birth family on the ability of 116 youth in foster care, in a midwestern state, to develop a self-identity and positive self-esteem.Although children in foster care face the same developmental challenges as other children, their struggles for mastery take place within the context of an overwhelming emotional stress--separation from parents (Geiser, 1973). To facilitate a youth's ability to live successfully upon leaving the foster care system, adequate achievement towards accomplishing the developmental tasks of adolescence is necessary. It is adolescence, then, that provides a transitional period to adulthood (Timberlake & Verdieck, 1987) and a time of preparation for life which if not successfully completed could mean failure in one's adult life and successful completion could mean happiness as an adult

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Section: The Influence Of Identification With Birth Parents On Identimentioning

confidence: 99%

Identity development and self-esteem of young adolescents in foster care

Salahu-Din

Bollman

1994

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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“…return home) if the independent living process proves problematic. Finally, there is strong, but preliminary, support that the identity development process for young people residing in residential care is qualitatively different and has the potential to be more challenging compared to adolescents residing within their family of origin (McDermott 1987;Yancey 1992).…”

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What Does it Mean to be an Adult? Perceptions of Young Men in Residential Care

Raymond

Heseltine

2008

Child Youth Care Forum

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It is widely accepted that young people residing in residential care transition to independence and adult responsibilities earlier than peers living within their family of origin. There has been a lack of literature examining the way young people in care construct this transition. In response, in-depth qualitative interviews, guided by grounded theory, were conducted with nine young men (M = 15.9 years) residing in an Australian residential care program. The construction of adult identity was aged dependent, and represented by the attainment of self-and other-responsibility and behavioural maturity. Rites or role transitions signifying adult identity were also explored. Program and policy implications are tabled.

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“…A connection to the family of origin gives the child a sense of family history and identity with which they can navigate this psychosocial stage of identity versus role confusion. The relationship can offer the child a sense of personal history and identity (Cantos et al, 1997;Kools, 1997;Littner, 1975;McDermott, 1987;Palmer, 1995;Salahu-Din & Bollman, 1994). Contact also gives the child the opportunity to develop and maintain an accurate picture of his or her family of origin (Fanshel, Finch, & Grundy, 1990;Fein, Maluccio, & Kluger, 1990;Salahu-Din & Bollman, 1994).…”

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A Framework for Family Visiting for Children in Long-Term Foster Care

Mapp

2002

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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Research has determined that family visiting for children in long-term foster care can be beneficial for children; however, there is a demonstrated gap between research and practice. This article reviews the existing literature to demonstrate the diverse, positive possibilities for children and develops a theoretical basis for a framework for family visiting for these children. Suggestions for successful family visiting and coping with reactions to visiting are discussed, as are common obstacles and methods for overcoming them.

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Life Planning Services: Helping older placed children with their identity

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Identity development and self-esteem of young adolescents in foster care

Identity development and self-esteem of young adolescents in foster care

What Does it Mean to be an Adult? Perceptions of Young Men in Residential Care

A Framework for Family Visiting for Children in Long-Term Foster Care

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