Racial/cultural identity development in foster children placed in transracial foster homes

<p>This qualitative study was designed to identify how racial and cultural identity is developed and maintained in foster children who are placed in foster homes racially and culturally different than they are. The research questions included how the foster care system addresses racial identity issues and how foster parents assign meaning to the transracial foster care experience. Another area of interest was the preparation by the foster care system for foster parents to manage issues of racial identity. The pre-training curriculum for foster parents was subjected to a content analysis.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Curriculum and Instruction

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Brooks Herd, Vanessa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jazlin Ebenzer

• cultural identity
• foster care
• identity development
• qualitative study
• racial identity
• transracial foster care
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Other Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Social Work

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/231

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-1230