Developing strategies for positive change: Transitioning foster youth to adulthood
Developing strategies for positive change: Transitioning foster youth to adulthood
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DOI：
10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.04.014
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发表时间：
2015-07-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Vaughn, Lisa M.
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作者：
Graham, Kara E.;Schellinger, Annie R.;Vaughn, Lisa M.
被寄养的青少年在成年之前会遇到许多挑战，一旦他们离开国家照顾，他们生活的许多方面都会受到挥之不去的影响：学业、就业、经济、住房、心理健康、养育子女和社会。在俄亥俄州的汉密尔顿县，获得解放的年轻人也遇到了类似的困难，这限制了一些参加高等教育指导计划（HEMI）的人在学业上的成功。本研究利用基于行动的参与式研究过程——群体水平评估（GLA），从包括寄养青年在内的各个寄养系统利益相关者那里获取信息，了解影响当地寄养青年过渡的具体障碍和背景因素。GLA过程产生了五个主题，以及成功结果所必需的两个关键能力：个人支持和个人发展。研究后的地方行动小组，社区努力和影响，以帮助过渡青年体验更积极的结果进行了讨论。(C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
Foster youth encounter numerous challenges before reaching adulthood, with lingering impacts in many aspects of their lives once they leave state care: academic, employment, financial, housing, mental health, parenting, and social. In Hamilton County, Ohio, emancipating youth encounter similar struggles, limiting academic success for some participants in the Higher Education Mentoring Initiative (HEMI). This study utilized a Group-Level Assessment (GLA), an action-based, participatory research process, to generate information from various foster care system stakeholders, including foster youth, about the specific barriers and contextual factors that impact transitioning foster youth locally. Five themes emerged from the GLA process along with two, critical capacities necessary for successful outcomes: individual support and personal development. Post-research local action group community endeavors and implications to help transitioning youth experience more positive outcomes are discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.