1. Critical Thinking: Strategies for Understanding Older Youth in Care

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8. 202: Critical Thinking: Strategies for Understanding Older Youth in Care The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center Influences 8 Past experience Current Events Gut/Instincts Values Prior knowledge Sense of justice/rightness Other

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10. 202: Critical Thinking: Strategies for Understanding Older Youth in Care The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center Small Group Instructions Write a few sentences to answer each of the questions below about your assigned “case”: 1.Very briefly, describe what you thought was happening when you first looked at this picture. 2.What assumptions might a child welfare professional make when confronted with this type of situation? 3.What else might be happening? 4.Use critical thinking to develop 3-4 questions to ask the youth involved, to find out what you need to know about the situation to be able to assist and support. 10

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