VT-FUTRES Film: No Decision About Me Without Me

2015

Jesse Suter
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In this film, five Vermont youth describe the impact of foster and kinship care and school transitions on their educational experience and well-being. This 18-minute video highlights the challenges in- herent in the multiple transitions faced by youth in foster and kinship care. Stu- dents discuss how events in their lives affect their social, emotional, behavioral and academic responses to chronic transition, trauma and loss of relationships. The youth provide concrete suggestions for what adults can do to support them through their educational, and life, journey. Additionally, interviews with adult educators, caregivers and child welfare professionals provide further insight into the importance of educational stability and planned school transitions. We hope that this film will inspire you to become more aware of the importance of sup- porting educational well-being of children and youth in foster and kinship care.

Youth in foster care, School stability

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Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers, Students

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