scholarly journals (YOU GOTTA HAVE) FRIENDS: CARE LEAVING, FRIENDSHIPS, AND AGENCY INTERVENTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varda Mann-Feder
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Aging Out ◽  
Protective Mechanisms ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Youth In Care ◽  
Home Placement ◽  
Care System

This article is based on a presentation at FICE Austria in 2016 that reported on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the perceptions of friendships held by young people in and formerly in care. Eleven young people from the care system and three frontline child and youth care workers were interviewed with a focus on the effects of out-of-home placement on the development of peer relationships. Results suggest that there are significant obstacles to the development of age-appropriate friendships both within the care system and between youth in care and their community peers. These findings are discussed in light of the evidence that friendships are critical for healthy development and can serve as a buffer against stigma for youth who have been placed in out-of-home care. The study reported here is part of a larger program of research, the goal of which is to identify protective mechanisms or developmental assets in the transition to adulthood that could be better cultivated for youth aging out of placement.

scholarly journals Youth First: A Canadian Youth-led Initiative in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-152
Author(s):  
Reah (Hyun Ju) Shin ◽  
Harleen Kaur ◽  
Catherine Howe ◽  
Justin Whitty ◽  
Kyla Quigley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Interactive Spaces ◽  
Canadian Youth ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Master Of Arts

This reflection writing was co-written by seven young people and three Master of Arts Child and Youth Care (MA CYC) students from Ryerson University. Our writing centres around a Canadian youth-led initiative called Youth First, developed as a MA CYC placement due to the lack of placement opportunities available during the pandemic. Youth First focused on creating safe and interactive spaces in cyberspace for young people during the pandemic. Through this reflection, we hope to share our experiences, accomplishments, lessons learned and overall reflection of being part of this initiative during a global pandemic.

scholarly journals Relational Care for Youth in North American Culture: A Case Study in Nova Scotia

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-237
Author(s):  
Leah J Crowell
Keyword(s):  
Youth Care ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Residential Setting ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Levels Of Care ◽  
Relational Practice ◽  
Youth In Care ◽  
Relational Care

This article is a case study of relational care for youth in Canada. It examines some of the factors that contribute to and influence approaches to practice and levels of care for youth. This inquiry also provides an enriched understanding of some of the issues youth in care may face and highlights some of the nuanced intervention needs of youth that those working with youth should know. Through practical examples taken from observations of interactions and relationships between youth and practitioners in a residential setting, practice approaches and ensuing levels of care are assessed against the characteristics and objectives of relational care. This article adds to the literature on child and youth care practice with youth, relational practice in the field and research on child and youth care work within the residential milieu. It may also contribute to the literature on the criminalization of youth as well as rehabilitation and reform needs of at risk youth and be of use to educators, child and youth care practitioners, social workers, and the training institutions of these professionals.

The Celebration of Life’s Milestones and Significant Events: A Course-Based Qualitative Inquiry into Milieu Relational Work in Child and Youth Care Residential Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-203
Author(s):  
Gerard Bellefeuille
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Residential Programs ◽  
Direct Experience ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Relational Work ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
Youth In Care

There has been little focus on the milieu relational work in child and youth care (CYC) residential programs for children and youth specific to the celebration of life’s milestones and events. The goal of this course-based study is to improve understanding of how CYC practitioners initiate and celebrate milestones and significant events with children and youth in care. The study uses interpretivism to identify and understand phenomena from the perspective of the individuals who have direct experience of the phenomena under investigation. Data was collected using an anonymous Google forms questionnaire. An interpretive thematic analysis of the data revealed four themes: (1) quality time with loved ones, (2) importance of acknowledgement (e.g., of youth’s wants and needs), (3) awareness of implementing culture, and (4) building connections and creating memories.

Social Networks and Social Support in the Transition to Adulthood

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Goyette
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Aging Out ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Foster Home ◽  
Network Characteristics ◽  
Youth In Care

For some youth in care, leaving a foster home definitively also implies leaving the only family and home they have ever known. Youth is thus a particularly critical moment in identity construction because it is central to the interplay between family heritage and social capital, all of which is acquired since childhood. Research has focused on competencies, resources, and individual characteristics of youth aging out of care, yet social networks and supports have received little attention. This chapter describes the networks of youth leaving care in the transition to adulthood and analyzes the links between the network characteristics and the socio-professional integration process of these young adults.

Transition to Adulthood of Former Foster Youth

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 311-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Pryce ◽  
Laura Napolitano ◽  
Gina M. Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Young People ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
The United States ◽  
Aging Out ◽  
Former Foster Youth ◽  
Care Patterns ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study examines the experiences of 28 emerging adults (mean age = 22; 16 female, 12 male) who have aged out of the child welfare system in the United States. Findings derived from in-depth interviews focus on the multilevel challenges these young people encounter in the help-seeking process upon aging out of care. Patterns highlight intrapersonal, interpersonal, and systemic barriers to help seeking that limit success of these young people during this developmental transition. These patterns include a sense of help seeking as both essential and inappropriate to development during this period. Patterns also highlight the myriad barriers faced by these young adults as they struggle to connect with critically needed resources during this stage. Implications inform work in child welfare, both with those receiving and providing care, during childhood and throughout the aging out process.

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO PAIN AND PAIN-BASED BEHAVIOUR WITH YOUTH IN AND FROM CARE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE INSIDE-OUT AND OUTSIDE-IN

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Lilia M. Zaharieva ◽  
James P. Anglin
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Complex Trauma ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Adult Student ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Healing Journey ◽  
Shattered Assumptions ◽  
Inside Out

This article presents the findings from a dialogical research project involving a young adult student with lived experiences in care (inside-out perspective) and a seasoned child and youth care professional (outside-in perspective), exploring the pain of complex trauma and formulating healing responses to pain-based behaviour. The co-authors identify elements and dynamics related to the healing journey and present their findings largely in conversational format congruent with the process of discovery. Notions of family privilege, shattered assumptions, double distortion, pain and pain-based behaviour, the language of pain, evolution of self, moments of choice, following the yellow brick road, eight stages of healing, and self-compassion are discussed with an emphasis on understanding and responding supportively to the lived experiences of young people in and from care.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING A PRACTICE OF AFRICAN-CENTRED SOLIDARITY IN CHILD AND YOUTH CARE

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Amponsah ◽  
Juanita Stephen
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
Care Field ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Vision

What does it mean to be an ally? More specifically, what does it mean to do the work of allyship in support of Black young people and families? As educators, researchers, and practitioners in the child and youth care field, we seek to initiate a conversation pertaining to the epistemological make-up of child and youth care practice and the movement towards persistent and intentional solidarity work as a framework for cross-racial engagement. Through a series of critical questions, this paper seeks to deconstruct the taken-for-granted practices of White Eurocentric allyship in favour of a new vision for the future of solidarity work with African-descended children, youth, and their communities.

scholarly journals UNACCOMPANIED AND SEPARATED FOREIGN CHILDREN IN THE CARE SYSTEM IN THE WESTERN CAPE – A SOCIO-LEGAL STUDY

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Sloth-Nielsen ◽  
Marilize Ackermann
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Family Reunification ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Residential Care Institutions ◽  
Institutional Placement ◽  
Documentation Status ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Care System

This article reports on the findings of a study of foreign children accommodated in the care system in the Western Cape, based on fieldwork conducted in child and youth care centres. The objectives of the study were firstly to map and quantify the number and demographics of foreign children placed in all CYCCs across the Western Cape. Secondly, the study aimed to analyse the reasons for children's migration and the circumstances around their placement in residential care institutions in order to establish whether family reunification was possible or desirable. Thirdly, the study explores the sufficiency of efforts made to trace and reunify the children with their families, whether in South Africa or across borders, as the institutional placement of children should not only be a last resort but it should preferably be temporary whilst family-based solutions are sought. Lastly, the documentation status of the children in the study was examined. Recommendations emanating from the research conclude the study.

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