education matters
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Presented by Penny Page, CASA NYSTRANSCRIPT
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Penny Page
CASA- NY
An Educational
Portrait
of
Children in Foster
Care
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10 HARD FACTS About the Education of Children in Foster Care
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Children in foster care are vulnerable to school failure.
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Children in foster care are more likely to be medically fragile than other children.
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Children in foster care often lack educational stability.
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Children in foster care often fall well behind their peers in academic performance.
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Children in foster care often experience gaps in schooling.
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Children in foster care often lack continuity in education services.
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Children in foster care receive special education services at three to five times the national rate .
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Children in foster care are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of school
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Youths exiting foster care are at high risk of poverty, homelessness, and crime.
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Children in foster care often have no adult advocate in school matters.
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10 QUESTIONS To Ask about the Educational Needs of Children in Foster Care
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Do you have the required documentation for enrollment?
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Are there red flags indicating educational risk?
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How does this placement affect the child’s school continuity and stability?
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Are school records in the child’s case file?
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Federal Requirements • Names and addresses of the child’s
health and educational providers
• Child’s grade level performance
• Child’s school record
• Record of the child’s immunizations
• Child’s known medical problems
• Child’s medications
• Other relevant health and education information concerning the child determined to be appropriate by the state agency
Do their records meet Federal requirements?
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What are the medical, developmental, and emotional needs that affect this
child’s educational performance?
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Has the child been evaluated for special education or services?
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Does this child need general education support services?
• Educational and vocational guidance
• Counseling and social works services
• Remedial and supplemental academic instruction
• Study and organizational skills instruction
• Curriculum and testing modifications
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• Speech and language improvement services
• Occupational and physical therapy
• Enrichment for gifted students
• Vocational Education
• Programs for pregnant and parenting teens
• Drug/alcohol prevention services
• Resources for homeless students
Does the child need more than general education support services?
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Who is this child’s educational decision maker?
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A CHECKLIST for the Healthy Development of a Child in Foster Care
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1. Has the child received a comprehensive health assessment since entering foster care?
2. Are the child’s immunizations up-to-date and complete for his or her age?
3. Has the child received hearing and vision screening?
4. Has the child received screening for lead exposure?
5. Has the child received regular dental services?
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6. Has the child received screening for communicable diseases?
7. Has the child received a development screening by a provider with experience in child-development?
8. Has the child received mental health screening?
9. Is the child enrolled in an early childhood program?
10. Has the adolescent child received information about healthy development?
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Penny Page
CASA- NY
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