Mentor/s
Professor Trudeau Professor Thomson
Participation Type
Paper Talk
Abstract
There are currently 780,000 children in the foster care system, and rising. Children in the system are more likely to experience trauma which causes a myriad of mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety and detachment disorder. Not only that, but foster children are less likely to graduate high school and go to college, and are more likely to participate in delinquent behaviors. These children often cannot advocate for themselves, so they turn towards lawyers and social workers. Unfortunately, these hired employees are not enough to aid in the child's future success. Court Appointed Special Advocates- CASA - is a volunteer program that gives children in foster care another guardian who looks at them as a child rather than another case study. Various case studies show that children with CASA volunteers do better in school and have a higher adoption rate than those children without. CASA is trying to better the foster care system as a whole and give these children opportunities that all children should have.
College and Major available
Teacher Education
Location
Digital Commons
Start Day/Time
4-24-2020 2:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-24-2020 4:00 PM
Comments
This paper has a slide presentation as an additional file.
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The Psychological Problems within Foster Care and how CASA Can Help
Digital Commons
There are currently 780,000 children in the foster care system, and rising. Children in the system are more likely to experience trauma which causes a myriad of mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety and detachment disorder. Not only that, but foster children are less likely to graduate high school and go to college, and are more likely to participate in delinquent behaviors. These children often cannot advocate for themselves, so they turn towards lawyers and social workers. Unfortunately, these hired employees are not enough to aid in the child's future success. Court Appointed Special Advocates- CASA - is a volunteer program that gives children in foster care another guardian who looks at them as a child rather than another case study. Various case studies show that children with CASA volunteers do better in school and have a higher adoption rate than those children without. CASA is trying to better the foster care system as a whole and give these children opportunities that all children should have.
Students' Information
Julia Gatto is a Senior Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the honors program.