
Some Type of Way
Aging out of Foster Care
Lisa Schelbe(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 14. July 2023
Book
Hardback
278 pages
978-0-19-756871-2 (ISBN)
Description
Some Type of Way: Aging out of Foster Care seeks to address the following questions currently relevant to practitioners, policymakers, and researchers: What are the realities of the lives of youth aging out? Why are they struggling? What are agencies and service providers doing to help them? What should be done to help these youth negotiate the transitions out of care and into adulthood? Based on over 90 interviews and almost 1,000 hours of observation of youth aging out and service providers in a mid-Atlantic county in the United States, the book presents real stories along with relevant research and theories to help understand how youth transition out of foster care and into adulthood.
Featuring five youth--Plato, Solana, Titi, Matty, and Jaden--and including poignant examples from many others--the book explores the complex and complicated challenges youth face as well as their creative survival strategies and resilience. The book includes descriptions of service providers' efforts to assist youth aging out and shares service providers' insights. It highlights the limitations of the foster care system and the service delivery system for youth aging out. Schelbe details systematic barriers in society that create obstacle as youth leave care.
Featuring five youth--Plato, Solana, Titi, Matty, and Jaden--and including poignant examples from many others--the book explores the complex and complicated challenges youth face as well as their creative survival strategies and resilience. The book includes descriptions of service providers' efforts to assist youth aging out and shares service providers' insights. It highlights the limitations of the foster care system and the service delivery system for youth aging out. Schelbe details systematic barriers in society that create obstacle as youth leave care.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-756871-2 (9780197568712)
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Lisa Schelbe, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Florida State University College of Social Work in Tallahassee, Florida. She is a Faculty Affiliate at the Florida Institute for Child Welfare and co-editor of the Child Adolescent Social Work Journal.
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Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor, Florida State University College of Social Work
Content
Prologue
Terminology
A Little Background Chapter 1: "A to Z, we''ve been through it all"
Chapter 2: 18 and Out Chapter 3: Keystone County
Chapter 4: Realities of Aging Out Chapter 5: "I need someone to help...don't know all this stuff"
Chapter 6: What Were They Thinking?
Chapter 7: Unrealistic Expectations Chapter 8: "I just can't shake it:" Feeling Trapped by Circumstances Chapter 9: "One step at a time:" Youths' Survival Strategies Chapter 10: "Life's a game:" A Capital Development Framework Chapter 11: "An opportunity to really make a difference:" the Value of Service Providers
Chapter 12: Launching Youth: An Examination of a Job Readiness Program Chapter 13: Challenges to Helping Youth
Chapter 14: "I fell off the path many times:" Engaged and Disengaged Youth Chapter 15: Are the Services Working?
Chapter 16: Now and Later
Chapter 17: A Call to Action
Terminology
A Little Background Chapter 1: "A to Z, we''ve been through it all"
Chapter 2: 18 and Out Chapter 3: Keystone County
Chapter 4: Realities of Aging Out Chapter 5: "I need someone to help...don't know all this stuff"
Chapter 6: What Were They Thinking?
Chapter 7: Unrealistic Expectations Chapter 8: "I just can't shake it:" Feeling Trapped by Circumstances Chapter 9: "One step at a time:" Youths' Survival Strategies Chapter 10: "Life's a game:" A Capital Development Framework Chapter 11: "An opportunity to really make a difference:" the Value of Service Providers
Chapter 12: Launching Youth: An Examination of a Job Readiness Program Chapter 13: Challenges to Helping Youth
Chapter 14: "I fell off the path many times:" Engaged and Disengaged Youth Chapter 15: Are the Services Working?
Chapter 16: Now and Later
Chapter 17: A Call to Action