WORK 2: CAPSTONE PROJECT

COMMUNICATION THEORY (COME 427)

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

LEARNING OUTCOME 1: CREATE MESSAGES APPROPRIATE TO THE AUDIENCE, PURPOSE AND CONTEXT

LEARNING OUTCOME 2: CRITICALLY ANALYZE MESSAGES

LEARNING OUTCOME 3: ANSWER COMMUNICATION QUESTIONS USING APPROPRIATE RESEARCH METHODS (SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH)

THROUGH THIS ASSIGNMENT, I ENGAGED IN THEORETICALLY GUIDED RESEARCH ABOUT FOSTER CARE, CRITICALLY ANALYZED THE MESSAGES IN THIS RESEARCH TO WRITE ANNOTATIONS AND BLOG POSTS GEARED TOWARD THOSE CONSIDERING FOSTERING CHILDREN/YOUTH, AND LEARNED HOW TO OPERATE A WEBSITE/BLOG.

WHEN AND WHY I CREATED IT: 

THIS ACADEMIC YEAR (2022-2023) I HAVE BEEN AN INTERN AT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA) OF BROWN COUNTY, WHERE I ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN WHO ARE UNDER COURT PROTECTION, MANY OF WHICH WHO ARE IN FOSTER CARE.  READING ABOUT ALL OF THE CASES, OBSERVING COURT, AND SEEING ALL OF THE HEARTBREAK IN THESE CHILDREN DROVE ME TO SEEK FURTHER WAYS TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF FOSTER YOUTH.  THUS, THIS BLOG WAS BORN IN SPRING 2023.  IT WAS MY WAY TO SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE AND THE KNOWLEDGE FROM EMPIRICAL RESEARCH TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BECOME FOSTER FAMILIES. 

TARGET AUDIENCE: 

DR. MORGAN & PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE FOSTER FAMILIES