Research II. Session 1

PICO Framework

I am currently interning in a long-term foster care with unaccompanied minor who crossed the border without parents or legal guardians. I work with children from 0 to 17 years who are placed under ORR (office of refugee and resettlement) custody. Minors who are admitted into long term foster care is because they don’t have a family member who can sponsored them in U.S and have a type of legal relief. Minors are expected to have legal representation to file their legal case.

Problem: If minors only qualified for SIJS (Special Immigrant Juvenile Visa), this type of legal relief case cannot be file in New York State because our agency doesn’t have legal guardianship.

Intervention: A transfer to a long-term foster care program in a state that is possible to file for this type of visa.

Comparison: Types of legal relief that a minor can be eligible in NYC State asylum, U-nonimmigrant status, T visas, or other avenues to securing lawful immigration status.

Outcome: Once minor is transfer to a program in a state where SIJS is applicable minor will hopefully grant the visa.

Quantitative: Statistics 

Qualitative: Interviews

PEER 1 FEEDBACK:

A.M.

Counseling Service Issue

My field placement is in the Counseling Office and Student Wellness Center. Problem: Students who may experience crisis are placed on waitlist, due to lack of available spaces, are more inclined not to seek counseling services. As a result, this decreases the chances of mental issues being addressed in a timely manner. 

PROBLEM - Students who are in a crisis and are placed on waitlist

INTERVENTION- Implement virtual sessions, require more office space in the college, shorten counseling sessions to 30 minutes instead of an 1 hour or 45 minutes. 

COMPARISON- Students who may experience a crisis and are not placed on waitlist.

OUTCOME- Less students would be placed on a waitlist or students would not have to be on a waitlist for longer than a week. 

Quantitative Measures: Statistics

Qualitative Measures: Surveys, and interviews

PEER 2 FEEDBACK:

D.J.

PICO Framework

I am currently interning with the Arches program in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn. I work with adolescents and young adults who are mandated through Family Court, along with serving time with New York City Probation. The participants are expected to partake in the young adult learning groups, community service, and in a vocational or educational program. However, the underline problem is some of the participants are in poverty and or homeless— the concern of poverty and homeless results to the participants not fulfilling the program expectations.  

Problem: Participants who are facing poverty and or homelessness have a higher risk of not completing the program and the possibility of recidivism.

Intervention: Address the homeless and poverty concern by referring individuals to independent living programs and implementing more psychotherapy services for the family to tackle the deep-rooted issue of poverty. 

Comparison: A participant who is facing homeless and or poverty issues should be referred and mandated to a therapeutic plan. 

Outcome: If the participant's essential need is addressed, this may reduce the recidivism of adolescents and young adults. 

Quantitative: Statistics 

Qualitative: Interviews and Surveys