Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4736
Title: Writing for Teenagers in Foster Care About Their Legal Rights/
Authors: Pollack, Daniel
Elias, Kate
0000-0001-7323-6928
Keywords: foster care
children & youth
school attendance
teenagers
adolescents
health services
Youth -- legal rights
Issue Date: Jun-2014
Publisher: American Public Human Services Association-APHSA
Citation: Pollack, Daniel ; Elias, Kate. (June 2014). Writing for Teenagers in Foster Care About Their Legal Rights. Policy & Practice 72(3:
Series/Report no.: Policy & Practice;
Abstract: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Children's Administration, The Mockingbird Society, http://independence.wa.gov/ pdf/YourRightsbooklet.pdf These, and other similar handbooks, introduce teenage readers to their rights and responsibilities, as well as mentioning such things as the structure of the department, the fair hearing/grievance procedure, skills for daily living, and a list of helpful resources. Some of the greatest needs identified were related, but not exclusive to legal rights within the foster system, including creating a written transition plan; compiling a file of important personal documents and phone numbers; information about addiction and substance abuse; obtaining a high-school diploma or GED; and, advocating for mental health services.2 In general, those resources that acknowledge each youth as a whole person seem to be most accessible and useful, in part because they communicate that someone really cares about that youth's legal rights.
Description: Legal notes
URI: https://search.proquest.com/docview/1539750766?accountid=15178
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4736
ISSN: 72(3)
Appears in Collections:Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Faculty publications

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