Reactive attachment disorder

Placement in foster care is typically classified as kinship or non-kinship care. The relevant literature defines the concept of “kinship” as, the care of children by relatives or, in some jurisdictions, close family friends (Foster Care Statistics, 2015). On the other hand, non-kinship care is the care of children by strangers. Non-kinship care still is the most popular form of placement. The premise of non-kinship care, was typically based on the distrust of family members as a whole. Social…

It’s a story about a two married couple who adopted four kids legally and opened their home for more than 40 foster kids. Kelly is a foster parent and once was a foster child, she said she saw how hard it was not to have a permanent home. When she was young she said to herself that she wants to adopt someday and the first time she holds a baby she knew she wants to become a parent. She wanted to become a foster parent so bad and her husband Jeff jumped on board and these couple created a home…

Overview: We have entirely too many children in foster care waiting for adoption. Our target population that we will address is children currently in the foster system waiting on their forever home. The barriers that the foster children face waiting to be adopted range from too large of a sibling group, special needs, older children, or just simply finding interested families to adopt. Foster care children tend to face many issues that place lifelong emotional effects on them while waiting on a…

Some may think that their name is just something that their parents gave them. To me, a name means family. It means belonging to something bigger than you. It means having people in your lives who care about you and who want the best for you. It means love. Some people are left with names that mean nothing to them since they remind them of those who had abandoned them and left them on their own. I’ve only ever wanted a single thing so badly in my life, and that was a different last name. You…

Adopting my granddaughter has changed my life in various positive ways, despite the whirlwind of emotions that I have experienced during the process. Countless thoughts of how I would care for her and raise her ran through my head and I became overwhelmed, I prayed asking God to help guide me, to give me strength, energy and wisdom. The pivotal moment that began the change my life was when my son was sentenced to 4 years in prison and his girlfriend is currently in jail with multiple pending…

Across the United States there are 428,000 children in foster care and sadly, there are only 135,000 children that are adopted in each year. (“Adoption Statics”) Adoption has been part of American Society since 1851 when after the first “modern” adoption law was passed. (“What you need”) Adoption allows people who can not have biological children to experience children and the role of parenting first hand. Children without families also benefit from adoption because they are given the…

In this disorder, there are two subtypes. The first one is the inhibited type where children display sign of being emotionally introverted and “seldomly” react to or even seek out security. The other type is the disinhibited type where children display indiscriminative…

An important factor when treating reactive attachment disorder is creating a relationship for the child when there has not been strong ones throughout their life, and restructuring attachment within existing relationships that are disrupted. According to Becker-Weidnman (2008), forced forms of treatment, especially with children, and those with attachment disorders are theoretically unsafe, and are not suggested (Becker-Weidman, 2008). Once the social worker is able to determine that the child…

AGENCY CONTEXT Penny Lane Centers (MSWI resides at the Commerce, CA location) is a nonprofit organization that care for over 3500 abused and neglected children, youth and families a month. The agency offers therapeutic residential services fosters family home placements, adoption services, transitional affordable housing, family preservation, wraparound and mental health services for children youth and families throughout Los Angeles County. Introduction Within Penny Lane, MSWI works with the…

Policy Implication Over the last century the United States and other countries have developed many acts and policies regarding the protection of children. The policies that have been established in the past, has been reformed in order to ensure the safety of the children in this nation. Throughout the years there has been many positives of the child welfare reform, however there has been many negatives from it as well; in many cases the positives have impacted the U.S. but it’s the negatives…