Opening Doors for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care
Author: Mimi Laver
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 88
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It's Your Life
Author: Krishna Desai
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHandbook of Foster Youth
Author: Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-03-22
Total Pages: 533
ISBN-13: 1351168231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurrently, there are over 400,000 youth living in foster care in the United States, with over 20,000 aging out of the child welfare system each year. Foster youth are more prone to experience short- and long-term adverse developmental outcomes including diminished academic achievement and career opportunities, poor mental and overall health, financial struggles, homelessness, early sexual intercourse, and substance abuse, many of these outcomes are risk factors for involvement in the juvenile justice system. Despite their challenges, foster youth have numerous strengths and positive assets that carry them through their journeys, helping them to overcome obstacles and build resilience. The Handbook of Foster Youth brings together a prominent group of multidisciplinary experts to provide nuanced insights on the complex dynamics of the foster care system, its impact on youth’s lives, and the roles of institutions and policies in the foster system. It discusses current gaps and future directions as well as recommendations to advance the field. This book provides an opportunity to reflect on the many challenges and strengths of foster youth and the child welfare system, and the combined efforts of caregivers, community volunteers, policy makers, and the professionals and researchers who work with them.
Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare Practice
Author: Helen Cahalane
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-11-27
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 1461486270
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChild welfare is the oldest specialization within social work practice and the only specialty area in which social work is the host profession. This edited volume provides a unique and comprehensive overview of practice issues relevant to contemporary child welfare professionals entering the field as well as those already working in direct service and management positions. This book’s emphasis on systemic, integrated, and evidence-informed practices at the individual, family, and organizational level is in keeping with child welfare’s core mission of child protection, family support, and permanency for youth. This volume also explores the challenges and opportunities present in a contemporary practice environment, which are driven by the attainment of defined outcomes, fiscal limitations, and the need for an informed professionalized child welfare workforce.
The Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA Administration and Policy
Author: Wallace Swan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-26
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 1351258788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Allies community (abbreviated LGBTQIA or "LGBT") is responding to a radically changed social and political environment. While a host of books have analyzed legal dimensions of LGBT public policy, this authoritative Routledge handbook is the first to utilize up-to-the-minute empirical data to examine and unpick the corrosive "post-factual" changes undermining LGBT public policy development. Taking an innovative look at a wide range of social and policy issues of broad interest—including homelessness, transgender rights, healthcare, immigration, substance abuse, caring for senior members of the community, sexual education, resilience, and international policy—through contributions from established scholars and rising stars, this comprehensive and cutting-edge volume will be a landmark reference work on LGBT administration and policy for decades to come.
LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care
Author: Adam McCormick
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-06-19
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 1317509145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRepresenting an often overlooked population in social work literature, this book explores the experiences of LGBTQ youth as they navigate the child welfare system. Adam McCormick examines the entirety of a youth’s experience, from referral into care and challenges to obtaining permanency to aging out or leaving care. Included throughout the book are stories from LGBTQ youth that address personal issues such as abuse, bullying and harassment, and double standards. Filled with resources to foster resilience and empower youth, this book is ideal for professionals who are hoping to create a more inclusive and affirming system of care for LGBTQ youth.
Interrupted Life
Author: Rickie Solinger
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 0520252497
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Striking, original, and stimulating. Even readers with extensive familiarity of the literature regarding women in prison will learn something new."--Mona Danner, PhD Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Mark Bradford
Author: Cornelia H. Butler
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2015-06-03
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis generously illustrated volume features Mark Bradford's newest work which deals with the body and the performance of identity. Accompanying texts include Bradford's trenchant performance script and a scholarly text by Butler explores Bradford's critique of pervasive cultural racism and homophobia in society as a whole.
No House to Call My Home
Author: Ryan Berg
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1568585101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA deep and intimate look at the lives of LGBTQ youth in foster care, vividly chronicling their struggles, fears and hardships, and revealing the force that allows them to carry on: the irrepressible power of hope. In this lyrical debut, Ryan Berg immerses readers in the gritty, dangerous, and shockingly underreported world of homeless LGBTQ teens in New York. As a caseworker in a group home for disowned LGBTQ teenagers, Berg witnessed the struggles, fears, and ambitions of these disconnected youth as they resisted the pull of the street, tottering between destruction and survival. Focusing on the lives and loves of eight unforgettable youth, No House to Call My Home traces their efforts to break away from dangerous sex work and cycles of drug and alcohol abuse, and, in the process, to heal from years of trauma. From Bella's fervent desire for stability to Christina's irrepressible dreams of stardom to Benny's continuing efforts to find someone to love him, Berg uncovers the real lives behind the harrowing statistics: over 4,000 youth are homeless in New York City -- 43 percent of them identify as LGBTQ. Through these stories, Berg compels us to rethink the way we define privilege, identity, love, and family. Beyond the tears, bluster, and bravado, he reveals the force that allows them to carry on -- the irrepressible hope of youth.
LGBT Youth Issues Today
Author: David E. Newton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 189
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe increasing numbers of LGBT teenagers who choose to live their lives as ""out"" youth face unique issues within their schools, families, and communities. This book provides information that will help LGBT youth overcome their challenges and give non-LGBT youth a better understanding of sexual identities different from their own.
