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- Creator:
- Alcala, Morgan
- Description:
- While same-sex marriage has been legal in the United States since 2015, the laws pertaining to LGBTQ+ foster families have been slow to catch up. Currently, only eight states have laws protecting LGBTQ+ foster families from discrimination. Conversely, more and more states are passing legislation known as Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, which allow private foster care and adoption agencies to deny services to LGBTQ+ families based on deeply held religious beliefs. Many opinion pieces have been written on both of these issues. This paper examines policy narratives as they relate to nondiscrimination in foster care and determine which methods have been successful so far. It concluded that both sides used policy narratives in different ways to further their cause. Nondiscrimination laws benefit foster children more than Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, and should be prioritized when making policy.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Rix, Lisa
- Description:
- Trends from across the nation are that there is a shortage of foster parents for the number of children in foster care. In a rural northern California county, it is typically a struggle to find a place for children removed from their homes to be placed by the Child Welfare agency, even for an overnight situation. Many times, the family does not have relatives or close friends that are able to take children, and become approved to do so in a timely, emergent manner. This master’s project examines how foster parents identify their strengths so that a rural northern county in California can start recruiting and retaining foster parents for their strengths. Recruitment is often a challenge, but retaining good, competent foster parents is an essential way to keep children safe and free from harm. Many times, people want to become foster parents to adopt children, and once they have adopted, are no longer foster parents. Overcoming this obstacle with recruitment efforts focused on strengths of existing foster parents will enhance overall retention within the system.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Humboldt
- Department:
- Social Work
- Creator:
- Parker, Theda
- Description:
- Objective: The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the concept of compassion fatigue in foster parents. In the past this concept has been applied to helping professionals such as social workers and therapists; however, little attention has been paid to the effect that a child�s trauma has on foster parents. Method: This study takes a quantitative approach using the Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version IV to measure the concepts of compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and burnout. A short demographic survey was also administered that documented respondents� training, support, and experience related to their foster care role. Convenience sampling was utilized and participants (N = 35) were accessed through two foster parent associations. Results: The findings suggest that foster parents may be at greater risk for experiencing compassion fatigue than helping professionals, particularly foster parents who have more experience. Further, burnout was found to have a positive relationship with compassion fatigue and a negative relationship with compassion satisfaction. The variables of support and training were not found to have a significant relationship with any of the ProQOL-IV constructs. This study supports the need to further examine this phenomenon in foster parents. In particular research should focus on what variables serve to mediate or enhance one�s risk for compassion fatigue and what are the implications for being both at risk for compassion fatigue and burnout simultaneously.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Identifier:
- .b23992335
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Social Work Education
- Creator:
- Long, Samantha N.
- Description:
- The current study seeks to address foster parents' knowledge of a concept known as Emotional Intelligence, which is a person's ability to label and understand one's own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. This study also seeks to understand foster parents' ability to promote Emotional Intelligence and recognize emotions and change in emotions among children. Few studies to date address the emotional needs specific to the foster care population and how foster parents can best support social and emotional development in this population. The study found foster parents' demonstrated the ability to notice change in emotions of their foster children. Additional findings suggest that foster parents who value emotional expression are likely to engage in conversations regarding emotions. Foster parents must have a clear understanding of the value of Emotional Intelligence in order to follow through with behaviors which support Emotional Intelligence.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Social Work