Imagine you are serving on the board of a for-proft educational services company. Staf communicate to the board their concerns about the transition from foster care to independence for young adults who have
reached the age of 18. These individuals are no longer eligible to be in the foster care system. Of particular concern is their self-esteem through this transition. There is extensive quantitative research in the scholarly
literature regarding the function of self-esteem in such a transition, but a dearth of qualitative research on the topic. You want to assist staf in providing adequate support for this client population by commissioning an
internal qualitative study to better understand the phenomenon and improve their transitions. Develop a problem statement for this query using a case study design. What would be the purpose of the study? What
research questions would you ask? Justify each response in reference to the nature of case study design.
