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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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