March Post

I've been playing catch up this month. I have done research that I didn't do, blogs that I haven't finished. I went to work where I don't get paid. I realized this is the hardest thing I could have done. I'm exhausted and a bit emotional from what at do in the Child and Family Services in Pomona. I also realized that if I continue to do this, I will burn out. I'm not passionate enough, not willing enough to give my sympathy in every case, to work every case like it should be

Blog 18: Third Answer

Content:

Just like you did for answer 1 and 2 post your:

•  How can a social worker best help a child recover from an abusive situation?
• Can enforce that families shall go to counseling and have surprise visits from social services.
• Social services want to keep the families together and have them continue being a family after an investigation of child abuse is done while keeping the child safe.  
• DIETER BRADBURY, Staff W. "DHS' ZEAL IN TAKING CHILDREN CRITICIZED A New Study Finds Maine is Sixth in the Nation in Removing Kids from Troubled Homes, Overloading its Foster-Care System." Portland Press Herald: 0. Apr 08 2001. ProQuest. Web. 
• This will help the child overcome an abusive situation with their family and start the healing  process together.  

Blog 17: Fourth Interview

Content:

1. How does the trend in social work harm or protect the child? 
2. What is the best way a group therapy must work so that the child won't be affected negatively in the future? 
3. Is group therapy the way to go for the child if the child would go back to that same abusive environment? 
4. How is group therapy more effective than one-on-one therapy?
5. How must group therapy be formed so that it is more effective? 
6. Does this particular type of therapy work for every type of child abuse? 
7. Can removing the child from their abusive environment traumatized the child? 
8. Do some children feel safer in foster and group homes? 
9. Why are there still cases of child abuse in foster homes? 
10. What is the best way to stop the abuse in foster homes? 
11. What would a foster parent need to provide and show so that they can continue being a foster parents? 
12. Do some foster parents adopt the foster kids? How does that work? 
13. What exactly is family preservation? 
14. How does it work? 
15. What do children go through in this process? 
16. What do the parents have to do in this program? 
17. Does this really protect the children from their abusive situation? 
18. Can the parents actually change and become better parents after having abusive tendencies?? 
19. Do parents hide their abusive tendencies?