Return to the
Education Alliance
Home Page
Conference Sessions
Monday, October 2, 2006
9:45–11:00 am
12:30–1:45 pm
12:30–3:15 pm
2:00–3:15 pm
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
9:30–10:45 am
1:15–2:30 pm
1:15–4:00 pm
2:45–4:00 pm
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
8:30–9:45 am
Conference Session C
Monday, October 2, 2006 2:00–3:15 pm
C5
Placer County Foster Youth Services: Agency and Community Collaboration
Tad Kitada, Director of Prevention Services; Patty Archer-Ward, Integrated Services Manager, Placer County Office of Education, CA
Placer County has a unique integrated children’s services program that incorporates child welfare, probation, public health nursing, mental health, and education across the system. Foster youth services have been integrated into the system to provide holistic child- and family-centered services. This system has been acknowledged by both California state and federal agencies as a model of integration and collaboration.
Strand: Foster Youth
Conference Session G
Wednesday, October 4, 2006 8:30–9:45 am
G11
Improving Academic Achievement for Foster Children
Michelle Lustig, ACSW Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Ed/Foster Youth Services, CA; John Halcón, Professor, College of Education, CSU San Marcos, CA
Foster children bring an array of academic, social, and emotional problems into the classroom. Unfortunately, responses to their educational needs are inadequate and often inappropriate, due to an almost universal misunderstanding of foster children among teachers and educators (Altshuler, 2003). This presentation will address strategies that we use to promote their academic achievement.
Strand: Foster Youth