Lisa Schelbe

Some Type of Way (eBook, ePUB)

Aging out of Foster Care

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Some Type of Way: Aging out of Foster Care seeks to address the following questions currently relevant to practitioners, policymakers, and researchers: What are the realities of the lives of youth aging out? Why are they struggling? What are agencies and service providers doing to help them? What should be done to help these youth negotiate the transitions out of care and into adulthood? Based on over 90 interviews and almost 1,000 hours of observation of youth aging out and service providers in a mid-Atlantic county in the United States, the book presents real stories along with relevant research and theories to help understand how youth transition out of foster care and into adulthood. Featuring five youth--Plato, Solana, Titi, Matty, and Jaden--and including poignant examples from many others--the book explores the complex and complicated challenges youth face as well as their creative survival strategies and resilience. The book includes descriptions of service providers' efforts to assist youth aging out and shares service providers' insights. It highlights the limitations of the foster care system and the service delivery system for youth aging out. Schelbe details systematic barriers in society that create obstacle as youth leave care.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197568736
• Artikelnr.: 67866330

Autorenporträt

Lisa Schelbe, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Florida State University College of Social Work in Tallahassee, Florida. She is a Faculty Affiliate at the Florida Institute for Child Welfare and co-editor of the Child Adolescent Social Work Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

* Prologue
* Terminology
* A Little Background
* Chapter 1: "A to Z, we''ve been through it all"
* Chapter 2: 18 and Out
* Chapter 3: Keystone County
* Chapter 4: Realities of Aging Out
* Chapter 5: "I need someone to help...don't know all this stuff"
* Chapter 6: What Were They Thinking?
* Chapter 7: Unrealistic Expectations
* Chapter 8: "I just can't shake it:" Feeling Trapped by Circumstances
* Chapter 9: "One step at a time:" Youths' Survival Strategies
* Chapter 10: "Life's a game:" A Capital Development Framework
* Chapter 11: "An opportunity to really make a difference:" the Value
of Service Providers
* Chapter 12: Launching Youth: An Examination of a Job Readiness
Program
* Chapter 13: Challenges to Helping Youth
* Chapter 14: "I fell off the path many times:" Engaged and Disengaged
Youth
* Chapter 15: Are the Services Working?
* Chapter 16: Now and Later
* Chapter 17: A Call to Action