When a child is sent to a group home for behavior issues what can they expect in the group home? Like what do they have as far as personal belongings, daily routines, how much freedom etc.
2006-11-09 04:43:02 · 3 answers · asked by LF95210 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Every home is set up different. It is up to the organization in charge and the house parents to run each home.
Sometimes the kids go to a public school, sometimes a private school, and sometimes home schooling is needed.
Most of the time the schedule includes any meetings that the kids have to attend, psychologists, AA, any court appointed things, etc. then there is extra curricular stuff-if it is a religious organization running the house then they will attend church and church youth groups and activities. Most of the time a chore schedule is in place for all of the kids in the home. They can be expected to maintain a neat room, bed made each day, clothes and belongings picked up and put away, and complete their daily chores, help out with dinner setting the table, helping cook, cleaning up and doing dishes after................
This is just regular family duties, only when it comes to kids with behavioral problems it is more important for a group home to emphasize and have in place specific routines for each day.
Most kids come in with only a small bag of personal items, the group home will supply them with personal items like soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and things like that. At birthdays and Christmas the kids will get presents from the house parents, just like a real home.
There is not going to be much freedom like most kids understand freedom. You can't just take off and go to the movies, hang out at the mall alone, or go over to a friends house. Everything you do has to monitored and you will almost always have an adult chaperon with you on any outings...you'll go as a group if you spend an evening at the mall or movies or whatever.
I hope that helps.
2006-11-09 06:58:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason I drew a sharp distinction between group homes and orphanages in the other question was that the asker was hoping to work with children who had no parents. Many children in foster care have living parents, and many are not TPRed-- a foster child in a group home cannot be assumed to be a true orphan, or to have been abandoned. However, I did point out that ALL foster children are in just as much need of and deserving of her help as true orphans would be, since they aren't living in the parental home. I just didn't want the asker to be surprised by what she found when she looked into the situation. Outside of the specifics of THAT question, I agree with you that there are major similarities between a group home and the stereotypical "orphanage" of days past. My separating them was not because I thought they were wildly different-- I was just trying not to confuse the asker. Sorry if that was unclear. :-)
2016-03-19 05:48:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they can't bring much in with them. They can have a few personal items, mainly because of fear of theft. You will have to share a room. Sometimes with a lot of other kids. They wake up, go to school, come home, do chores, that kind of thing. There isn't much freedom, especially if you are in for behavior issues.
2006-11-10 00:26:06 · answer #3 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-14 06:21:13 · answer #4 · answered by Apolonia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋