Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Discussion Questions for Friday- Latinos and Well-Being

Here are some of the discussion questions for Friday based on the reading:

- How have the number of child abuse and neglect reports and out-of-home care changed over the past decade? How many of these are children of color?

-What are some of the factors that contributed to the increase of child abuse/neglect reports?

-What about the number of children entering out-of-home care?

-Why is the term "Latino" a problem in child welfare studies?

-What are some of the main differences between welfare assistance assessment of ethnic children and Caucasian children?

-How do you think it can be changed/remedied?

-How has the role/composition of the Latino family changed?

-What issues to they face?

-How do the authors pose some systematic solutions to those changes?

-What are the authors' overall feelings on child welfare for Latinos?

-How do they think that it can be improved?

-In what way does having immigrant parents affect the children?

-Who are the first people that Latinos go to when they see that a child has strange marks/bruises?

-What is the general opinion that Latinos have on child abuse within Latino homes?

-What are the implications of taking away a child from their Latino home?

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