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Peter J. Pecora, Senior Director of Research Services at Casey Family Programs—an organization promoting advances in child-welfare practice and policy—stressed that the frequent placement changes and lack of permanent support guarantees often faced by foster children contribute to feelings of anxiety and social instability...
...first placement should be the last placement,” said Pecora. “The average age a person leaves home is 25. People are taking longer to reach adulthood, finish school and have children. Given that backdrop, why would we expect that someone who has faced the challenges of the welfare system to be fully self-sufficient by age eighteen...
...questions also indicate that the committee may potentially consider shifting the length of orientation week, as well as changing placement exam schedules for incoming students...
...Saturday’s performance, the piece called for a bizarre arrangement of the performing forces. With no introduction, the strings began to play nebulous phrases from behind the curtain. Though they were slightly out of tune, the placement of the string instruments out of view of the audience created an enigmatic ambience that suited the composition well...
Another subtle but intriguing text-cum-visual art trick is the parallel placement of Klimt’s “Pear Tree” and a decorated, meter-long text box featuring another Hofmannsthal quote designed to emphasize the importance of images and words and how they interact with each other...