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Macro Perspectives on Youths Aging Out of Foster Care
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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING – You are registering for credits ONLY. In order to complete this course and claim the credits, you must separately purchase and read Macro Perspectives on Youths Aging Out of Foster Care, by Mary E. Collins, from NASW Press, then complete an exam. After you purchase the credits on the Social Work Online CE Institute, navigate to your My Products page and click the green Play button to purchase the publication from NASW Press. Once you have read the publication, navigate back to your My Products page and click the blue Get Certificate button to complete the exam. Please only attempt to complete the exam after you have separately purchased and read the publication.
For the past 20 years, there has been increased attention to the circumstances under which young adults leave the foster care system when they achieve age-defined adulthood. In the United States, this is referred to as "aging out" of foster care. Typically, these young people did not benefit from a reunification with their family or a permanent family situation with kin or through adoption.
Macro Perspectives on Youths Aging Out of Foster Care offers an extensive look at the issue through a "macro orientation." Attempting to balance the primary focus on micro-systems, and consistent with a social work perspective, this book aims to provide a greater emphasis on the larger macro systems of society, policy, organization, and community. Successful or unsuccessful outcomes of the transition from foster care are heavily dependent on the processes and structures that make up the external environment. Youths exiting foster care may be especially influenced by the circumstances of the larger social context because they often lack the mediating advantages of a strong familial connection. After long stays in the foster care system, they may have limited support, skills, and resources required for a healthy, productive, independent adulthood.
This reorientation of focus to macro systems affecting the individual transition experience informs questions such as: What are the barriers to developing and implementing effective approaches How can we bring more social attention to these youths How might communities better support youths To what extent should policy and program supports be designed specifically for this population, as opposed to a more expansive population of vulnerable youths (such as youths receiving child welfare services in their homes, or youths involved in more than one service system), or more general universal supports for all youths Macro Perspectives on Youths Aging Out of Foster Care draws on research, theory, and practice to address these issues. The book is a useful resource for practitioners in child welfare and youth services, researchers, and policy makers.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the policy history relevant to youth aging out of care.
2. Understand how policy in this area intersects with other child welfare policies.
3. Recognize the major research and evaluation projects that have guided policy.
4. Articulate core sociological and political theories that are relevant to this policy area.
5. Understand the range of programs that have been and can be used to promote better outcomes for youth aging out of care.
6. Recognize the critical importance of engaging youth voice on policy issues.
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