TEXTBOOK INFORMATION
Title: At Risk Youth: A Comprehensive Response for Counselors, Teachers, Psychologists, and Human Service Professionals
Edition: 5th (2013)
Author: J. Jeffries McWhirter, Benefict T. McWhirter, Ellen Hawley McWhirter, and Robert J. McWhirter
Publisher: Cengage Learning Book
ISBN: 9780840028594
Ebook ISBN: 9781285806525
Unit 3 Materials for Discussion Board
Read Chapter 4, “Family Problems of At-Risk Children and Youth.”
Watch the following video:
Review the following resources in preparation for Seminar:
Sample Foster/Adoptive Parent Evaluation
PowerPoint: Families
Review the following resources from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Children’s Bureau:
From Adopt US Kids:
Foster and Adoptive Parents: Introduction: http://www.youtube.com/user/adoptuskids?v=z4QMdOMLaHI&lr=1
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Discussion Topic:
The foster care and adoption systems are very complex. Advocates play an integral role in the programs from the initiation of services including post-placement or adoption. Address the following in your discussion for this unit
1. What role does an advocate play in the foster care system?

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