Week #3 - Assignment 2 Michele K. Waite

   This week has been both a challenge as well as insightful.  The challenge came from finagling my way through the Leatherby Library and finally figuring out what I was doing, in part!  I spent quite a long time searching books and journals.
  
   The knowledge I gained is rather discouraging.  My focus and intent is to learn what the reality is when an LGBTQ teen is placed in a foster home within the foster care system.  The books, and there were many, really did not touch upon the child/teen but rather the parent(s) who, they themselves, might be part of the LGBTQ community and the effects, if any, on the child.  This is quite the opposite of what I am looking for.
  
   On the other hand, I found numerous Academic Journals that were broader and more detailed with information than any of the books I have researched up to this point.  These were found through my initial visit to Leatherby Library and a further search which led to EBSCO.  Now I was feeling a bit more hopeful.

   The hope comes from the additional information that I will find when reading the journals that I have emailed to myself.  Additional hope comes from the contact to the professor I heard speak last week at a training and his contacts.  I have also placed a couple of calls to social workers within my county who work within the foster care system.  Since the assignment is to ultimately find a book and use as a resource - I MUST remain hopeful!