Describes what families are and what they do, and explains what foster families are and how they care for children who need help until they return to their original families or move on to a permanent family.
Elizabeth, 27 years of age, lives alone and works for a glamorous magazine showcasing the best about beautiful homes and renovation. She doesn't want to change her home or herself. But then she is forced… or rather coerced to attend a motivational self-help course, by her boss, who only wants what is best for the workplace. So that all employees are efficient. And productive. Elizabeth, not wanting anything to change yet not wanting to lose her job…enrolls in “The Completion Course” with 'Mr Cliché' – a walking, talking textbook on change. It is inevitable – life changes and homework is given. She feels like she's back in school and her teenage angst and memories are rekindled. The self-help sessions ask her to open up emotionally – to let go of the past that she loves so dearly so that there is a clearing for the present and future. Elizabeth doesn't know if she can let go. She holds on tight to the past – looking through diaries, letters and calling her ex-boyfriend constantly. Life is passing her by but she doesn't know how to let go. She is stuck but others in the course help her reconnect to the world and move on. Through talking and meeting with others, she realizes that SHE is the one in the way of her dreams. No one else. A book about transformation and change. A wonderful thing happens when you let go and go forth into the beautiful, magical world of a new future. A new life.
Government-by-proxy and intergovernmental relations profoundly affect the public administration of foster care. Using examples from foster care systems in the states of Delaware, Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island, Rebecca Padot eloquently combines a rigorous methodology and theory work to expose the conditions under which foster care outcomes can be improved. The cases selected suggest that the federal government has increased its focus on measuring the performance of state programs while simultaneously decreasing its funding of state foster care programs and offering the states very little management or mentorship. Padot turns the page and recommends administrators place a greater priority on building community partners, integrating the advice of mentors, providing leadership from public managers, and cultivating relationships with the federal government. An original and timely resource for scholars and practitioners, this book represents a significant contribution to our understanding of how leadership and management variables may be associated with more positive foster care practices and performance in the United States.
The only reason you may not achieve something in life is because you chose not to achieve it. Quote from the book. Rebecca has spent her life reaching upward and away from the darkness that so easily consumes us in this world today. She offers simple, yet deep answers to make it through even the roughest of times. You visualize what can be, what has passed, and get a simple reason why.
This timely collection of uplifting quotations brings together some of the wisest, wittiest and most thought-provoking pronouncements of women from ancient times to the present day.
Liberty's Journey: A Foster Child's Placement Story is the first book of this series designed to create awareness of the phases found within the foster care system. Liberty begins her journey by being placed in a foster home. This book familiarizes the reader with foster care-related terms and opens the door for discussion about how the foster care system works. If you are a foster parent, social service provider, or therapist, a user guide is included to connect conversation to the story. Liberty's Journey is designed to provide a connection for foster children but can also be read independently for any child. Liberty's journey allows foster children a voice in the placement process and serves as a tool to aid with transitions to this unique journey. Liberty's Journey was designed to serve as a voice to the children uniquely placed within the foster care process.
An illustrated compendium of information on plants and their diverse therapeutic properties and benefits brings together folklore, scientific research, and medical theory to describe hundreds of plants and their origins.--
An illustrated compendium of information on plants and their diverse therapeutic properties and benefits brings together folklore, scientific research, and medical theory to describe hundreds of plants and their origins.--
Government-by-proxy and intergovernmental relations profoundly affect the public administration of foster care. Using examples from foster care systems in the states of Delaware, Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island, Rebecca Padot eloquently combines a rigorous methodology and theory work to expose the conditions under which foster care outcomes can be improved. The cases selected suggest that the federal government has increased its focus on measuring the performance of state programs while simultaneously decreasing its funding of state foster care programs and offering the states very little management or mentorship. Padot turns the page and recommends administrators place a greater priority on building community partners, integrating the advice of mentors, providing leadership from public managers, and cultivating relationships with the federal government. An original and timely resource for scholars and practitioners, this book represents a significant contribution to our understanding of how leadership and management variables may be associated with more positive foster care practices and performance in the United States.
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