Corey Shdaimah and Lucy Zhao Published in Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
Corey Shdaimah, Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice and MSW/MPH student Lucy Zhao have a new article published in Children and Adolescent Social Work Journal. They report on data from an interview study with young adults exiting or recently exited foster care in Maryland (N=15) designed to understand what facilitates engagement with courts. Their findings indicate that despite challenges of "being in foster care", youth found ways to pursue their goals and make their voices heard through developing stable relationships with supportive adults (including judges, caseworkers, or lawyers) and demanding that child welfare professionals "speak to me not at me."
The article citation is: Shdaimah, C. & Zhao, L. (2022). Adaptive responsivity: A youth-driven model for thriving in foster care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-022-00869-x