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Adoption

Adoption. 2 children reviewed on adoption probation Average age at time of review – 7.4 years Average age at Crown Wardship – 3.7 years Average length of placement – 6 months Files reviewed were in full legislative compliance. Crown Ward Review 2010 Summary of

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Adoption

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  1. Adoption • 2 children reviewed on adoption probation • Average age at time of review – 7.4 years • Average age at Crown Wardship – 3.7 years • Average length of placement – 6 months Files reviewed were in full legislative compliance

  2. Crown Ward Review 2010 Summary of Confidential Questionnaires March 11, 2011

  3. 33 questionnaires were reviewed • 15 from the age of 7-14 • 18 from the age of 15-17 3 (9.1%) youth requested interviews Ontario average is 6% 2 Interviews transpired (6.1%) as the third youth declined at the time of the interview.

  4. Do you think this is the right place/situation for youand do you feel wanted/cared for in this home? • 28 Yes • 3 Not sure • 2 No

  5. Comments • Cared for/ Right situation: No – I think I should live with my Mom and Dad. No – I don’t want to live in a strangers home. Yes – They love me and take care of me and I love them too. Yes –Because I have nice parents.

  6. Comments (cont’d) Yes – Because I know every one. Yes – Because I need someone who can take care of me. Yes - This is my Home. Yes - I think because we love each other.

  7. Are your meals good? A unanimous YES (100%) • Mom is the best cook ever. • When they make something I like. • Teaste awesome • Because I am eating apole sause right now.

  8. Are you supported/encouraged to do well in school and is there help for you if you need it? • 32 – Yes • 0 – No • 1 - Sometimes

  9. Do you see your worker often enough? • 29 - Often enough • 3 - Not enough • 0 - Too much • 1 - Did not answer

  10. Do you trust your worker?18 - Yes 0 - No Comments: • Yes – But sometimes she takes forever to follow through with things. • Yes – Because she knows all the facts and she has worked with our family before. • Yes – She is someone you can talk to. • Yes – She is good. • Yes – I don’t know, I just do.

  11. Is there anything you would like to change about your visits with family? • Any changes to your visits? Yes – 14 No - 16 No answer - 3 • More often (6) • Longer visits (2) • That it is more fun • More often but it is my mom’s choice • Overnights and weekends

  12. Do you know why you are a Crown Ward and why you don’t live at home? • 7-14 age group 11 - Yes 2 - No or not sure 2 – No answer • 15-17 year age group: 18 – yes 0 - No or Not sure

  13. Frequent Worries?7-14 yrs 10 Brothers and sisters 10 Parents 8 School 8 What will happen when turning 18 yrs. 7 Being unhappy 6 Health 4 More information on biological families; 4 problems with the law 1 indicated no worries at all; 1 had fewer that two worries

  14. Frequent Worries?15-17 yrs 11 School 11 Brothers and sisters 11 Biological parents 11 Turning 18 10 Health 6 Being a Crown Ward; 6 Knowing more about their family 2 Indicated no worries at all; 3 had fewer that two worries

  15. Plans for the future What would you like to be doing in 5 years? • I’d like to be in College (10) • Be in the Military. • Having a family of my own and finishing secondary school. • Finishing High School. Reasonably good paying job. • I have no idea. • I would like to be in school training to be a chef. • College for photography. • Attending college, living with my Aunt and Uncle and helping with my mother’s side of the family.

  16. Younger children • 8 to stay where they are currently living • 2 to live elsewhere • 4 to be adopted by a family • 4 to return to their own families • 10 to get an education • 9 to get a job and live on their own

  17. Any changes or comments? • I would change to see my family more and longer visits. • To get the @$#** out of this place, I want to be with my mother. • I think as a 16 yr. old female it is pretty good for me right now. How old do you have to be to be a foster parent? • Nothing. I love my foster family. • I just want to go home and be with my mom and step dad. Thats where I belong, that’s my home.

  18. Comments or changes cont. • I want more chocolate milk (I’m totally just kidding). Nothing I like it the way it is. • I wouldn’t change a thing. I feel that the way the Children’s Aid Society works things are done very well. • More visits with my worker. 24 children and youth indicated they would change nothing

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