Challenges that LGBTQI Youths Face in Child Welfare
5 page paper due 4/11/20
Describe some of the challenges that LGBTQI youth face in child welfare (e.g adoption, foster care placement, coming out, reunification with family, etc). How can we improve? How likely or least likely are LGBTQI youth to be adopted? What are the suicide rates among LGBTQI youth? As a future social worker, discuss how cultural competency relates to working with LGBTQI youth.
Paper must be at least 5 pages or more, typed double spaced, Times New Roman 12 font, APA format to include title and reference page that do not count towards the content 5 pages.
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The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or intersex (LGBTQI) youths are not any different from other youth in child welfare. These youths experience similar setbacks where their birth parents cannot offer food, safety, shelter, and nurturing homes. With the LGBTQI youth, conflict in families arises when the parents abuse or neglect them upon unveiling their sexual orientation. One study shows that approximately 26% of the LGBTQI teens are forced out of their homes because of their sexual…
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