Struggles for Foster Care Children in Education (podcast #4 in Foster Series)

Episode #4: Kids at Risk Action: Struggles for Foster Care Children In Education  

Audio:Kids at Risk Action: Struggles for Foster Care Children In Education

Summary:

In this episode of Kids at Risk Action, Mike, Emma, and Michael reveal how foster youth are systematically failed within America’s education system. They expose how constant school changes, untreated trauma, and misdiagnoses isolate these children, often pushing them into special education, overmedication, or even the juvenile justice system. The discussion highlights the lack of trauma-informed care, the legal barriers that prevent foster parents from advocating, and the devastating long-term impacts on foster youth as they age out of the system. The hosts call for coordinated action between schools and child welfare, better funding for mental health resources, and policies that prioritize healing and academic stability over isolation and punishment.

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