Plea to social workers:'Think beyond protection' of children in foster care - Florida

Chris Engel 4/25/135:30 PM

"Northeast Florida social workers got some praise and advice Wednesday from a prominent clinical psychologist who amassed a long list of academic accomplishments -- after being abandoned at age 4 and raised in foster care until he was 18....

"His topic was overcoming adverse childhood experiences. He had many....

"But he urged them to also pay close attention to "what is going on" in the daily lives of the children.

"Caring, protection and safety are necessary, but simply not sufficient," he said.

"Emory remembered being an eighth grader, who was a A student one semester then did so badly the next semester that he was held back a grade. His foster parents and social workers failed to investigate why...."

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400721/beth-cravey/2013-04-24/plea-social-workersthink-beyond-protection-children

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