Download or read book 101 Considerations for Foster Parents written by David Wermuth and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foster Care 101 Insights and Tips for New and Existing Foster Parents written by Orr and published by Benevolent House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Foster Care 101: Insights and Tips for New and Existing Foster Parents" is an essential guide aimed at empowering both new and seasoned foster parents on their journey through the complexities of foster care. This book breaks down the intricacies of the system, clarifies common misconceptions, and offers practical advice for creating a nurturing environment for foster children.The guide provides an in-depth look into the emotional and psychological experiences of children in care, equipping parents with the understanding necessary to support their foster children's unique needs effectively. It covers the challenges foster parents may face, from navigating legalities and addressing behavioral issues to managing the effects of trauma. Additionally, it offers strategies for preparing one's home and heart for the arrival of a foster child, ensuring a smooth transition for all involved.Central to the book is the journey of the foster parent. It acknowledges the hurdles and challenges that may arise and provides solutions for overcoming them. Emphasizing the importance of resilience and motivation, the guide discusses building a robust support network and the critical nature of self-care for foster parents.Moreover, the book outlines how to handle various transitions within the foster care experience, whether it's reuniting children with their biological families or preparing them for adoption. It underscores the importance of creating enduring bonds and having a meaningful impact on the lives of foster children."Foster Care 101: Insights and Tips for New and Existing Foster Parents" stands as a vital resource for anyone involved in or considering foster care. Combining heartfelt guidance with actionable strategies, this guide is invaluable for fostering healthy relationships with foster children and navigating the foster care system with success.
Download or read book Foster Care 101 written by Joy Allen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you considered becoming a foster parent but don't know if it is something you can do? Or are you hesitant because you don't know all the details of what foster care entails? If this is you, then this book is a must! This book equips you with the knowledge and tools to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children in need. It gives detailed information about the foster care process and the role that foster parents play in it. If you're considering foster parenting this book is your essential companion. In this book we will talk about: Understanding foster care The process to becoming a foster parent In depth look at the foster child experience Foster care legalities The challenges and rewards of foster parenting Understanding permanency and adoption What resources and support are available Talking and learning about foster care may seem emotionally taxing and may feel like something that isn't relevant in your life. But there is so much potential to raise awareness and understanding of foster care. There are so many children in need of a safe and stable home while they go through a hard time in their life. This book will inform potential foster parents so they can make an educated decision about becoming licensed. Let his book be your roadmap to making a profound difference in young lives. Together, let's unlock the power of foster care and transform futures. Grab your copy today and take the first step toward changing lives for the better.
Download or read book Honestly Adoption written by Mike Berry and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover What Adoption and Foster Care Really Look Like If you are considering adoption or foster care or are already somewhere in this difficult and complicated process, you need trusted information from people who have been where you are. Mike and Kristin Berry have adopted eight children and cared for another 23 kids in their nine-year stint as foster parents. They aren’t just experts. They have experienced every emotional high and low and encountered virtually every situation imaginable as parents. Now, they want to share what they’ve learned with you. Get the answers you need to the following questions, and many more: Should I foster parent or adopt? How do I know? What is the first step in becoming an adoptive or foster parent? What are the benefits of an open versus closed adoption? How and when do I tell my child that he or she is adopted? How do I help my child embrace his or her cultural and racial identity? Honestly Adoption will provide you with practical, down-to-earth advice to make good decisions in your own adoption and foster parenting journey and give you the help and hope you need.
Download or read book The Foster Care Survival Guide written by John DeGarmo and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foster parenting is often seen as a calling and a mission of love. At the same time, foster parenting can be both very difficult and exhausting. When caring for children who have suffered abuse, neglect, and traumas, foster parents face their own set of unique challenges each day. The Foster Care Survival Guide is a must have for today’s foster parents. It is a guide to surviving the lifestyle of a foster parent filled with personal stories, practical tips and advice, and even humor and emotions, The Foster Care Survival Guide is an essential guide for both novice and experienced foster parents. Leading foster care expert Dr. John DeGarmo combines his own wisdom with that of fellow foster parents. Tackling issues such as helping children with disorders and anxieties, how to best manage the lifestyle of a foster parent, working with birth parents, getting the help you need, addressing your own marriage while caring for children in need, and balancing the needs of your biological children with your foster children, The Foster Care Survival Guide delivers experienced and sympathetic wisdom and advice that every foster parent, advocate, and professional needs today as they care for children in care.
Download or read book Foster Parent Handbook written by Mary R. Rapshaw and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-04-11 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BECOME A FOSTER PARENT A mom, dad, house and dog do not make a home. Everyday, there are children who experience this sad fact when they are removed from their home due to neglect or abuse. Not every foster child has a foster family. In some regions, foster children must wait for long periods of time in shelter care. More than one-half million children in the United States rely on foster families to provide a safe and loving home. Many wonderful and caring families would like to open their homes to these children, but are clueless about how to get started. There are many misconceptions, myths and misunderstandings surrounding foster care. These concerns must be shattered and waiting children must be nurtured. This book details for prospective foster parents the requirements, qualifications and screening process. Step by step, foster parents are guided through the crucial decisions and directed to the vital information they will need to foster parent effectively. Foster Parent Handbook provides an indispensible guide for navigating through the foster care system. It is designed for use by prospective foster parents, those who are currently foster parents and professionals providing foster care services.
Download or read book Success as a Foster Parent written by National Foster Parent Assoc. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change a child's life! Reap the rewards of becoming a foster parent. Over 600,000 American children are in the foster care system each year—and the number is growing. So is the number of good-hearted people willing to become foster parents. But what does it take to become a foster parent? How does one begin? What about your own family? What does it cost? Success as a Foster Parent has the answers to these basic questions and much more. Written by Rachel Greene Baldino, MSW, in association with the National Foster Parent Association, it is the first and only commercially available book to clearly explain the process of becoming a foster parent. Readers will learn: • The questions to ask before making the decision to be a foster caregiver • How to research local state and private agencies • The financial cost and the compensation • The challenges involved in caring for children from infants to teens, including physically- and psychologically-challenged kids • Issues relating to schools, birth parents, supervisory visits, vacations, and dozens of other factors • All about adoption In addition to concrete information, there are dozens of moving stories drawn from interviews with veteran foster parents and tips about caregiving.
Download or read book Tiny But Mighty written by Hannah Shaw and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A New York Times Bestseller* #1 National Bestseller Indie Bestseller From Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram @kittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable—and adorable—feline population: newborn kittens. Hannah Shaw, better known as Kitten Lady, has dedicated her life to saving the tiniest felines, but one doesn't have to be a professional kitten rescuer to change—and save—lives. In Tiny but Mighty, Hannah not only outlines the dangers newborn kittens face and how she combats them, but how you can help every step of the way, from fighting feline overpopulation on the streets to fostering unweaned kittens, from combating illness to combating compassion fatigue, from finding a vet to finding the purrfect forever home. Filled with information on animal welfare, instructional guides, and personal rescue stories of kittens like Chloe, Tidbit, Hank, and Badger—not to mention hundreds of adorable kitten photos—Tiny but Mighty is the must-have kitten book for cat lovers, current-and-future rescuers, foster parents, activists, and advocates.
Download or read book Providing for the Consideration of H R 1802 Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guidebook for Raising Foster Children written by Susan McNair Blatt M.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-02-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foster parents need wisdom to guide foster children to enable them to have a meaningful experience. This book, written by a pediatrician, with the help of foster parents, provides guidance and suggestions to maximize the experience for foster families and assist them in the process. With the help of many foster parents, this book contains practical suggestions for those who care for foster children. It addresses many of the major and minor problems that may arise. This book contains easily understood discussions of those problems with practical suggestions for resolving them, including when to call in a professional. Although various trends in child welfare are discussed, it is important to note that this book does not aim at criticizing the system, but rather attempts to address the needs of the children going through the system. This book is intended as a resource for anyone involved with the foster care system and particularly families raising foster children.
Download or read book Foster Parenting written by United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practical Tools for Foster Parents written by Lana Temple Plotz M.S. and published by Boys Town Press. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New or experienced foster parents as well as grandparents and other relatives caring for a child forced from home by a crisis will find help and hope in Practical Tools for Foster Parents.More than half a million children today live in out-of-home care, and many have special problems. The need for well-trained, loving foster parents has never been greater. In this book, Boys Town® offers these committed foster parents the professional tools they need, not only to care for foster children but to actually help them get better.Our approach to foster care focuses on building relationships with children, teaching them skills, and empowering them by teaching self-discipline and self-control. Inside, foster parents will find effective, research-based solutions for these common concerns:•Building a warm, trusting relationship with a foster child who still may have a strong attachment to his or her original family.•Working with the foster child's parents, who may be uncooperative or even hostile.•Creating a safe environment for your foster child, you, and your family.•Respecting your foster child's ethnic and cultural background, while teaching the child skills to help him or her succeed in the larger world.•Learning how to handle "blow ups" and prevent and correct misbehavior while you stay calm.•Teaching your foster child how to stay under control, solve problems, and make good decisions, even when he or she is angry or frustrated.•Handling transitions when a foster child moves to another placement or returns home.
Download or read book Advocating for Children in Foster and Kinship Care written by Mitchell Rosenwald and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to provide strategies for effective advocacy and placement within the foster care and kinship care systems. It also takes a rare look at the dynamics of the foster and kinship relationship, not just among children and the agency workers and service providers who intervene on their behalf, but also between children and those who take in and care for them as permanency develops. Drawing on their experience interacting with and writing about the institution of foster care, Mitchell Rosenwald and Beth N. Riley have composed a unique text that helps practitioners, foster parents, and relative caregivers realize successful transitions for youth, especially considering the traumas these children may suffer both before and after placement. Advocating for a child's best interests must begin early and remain consistent throughout assignment and adjustment. For practitioners, Rosenwald and Riley emphasize the best techniques for assessing a family's capabilities and for guiding families through the challenges of foster care. Part one details the steps potential foster parents and kinship caregivers must take, with the assistance of practitioners, to prepare themselves for placement. Part two describes tactics for successful advocacy within the court system, social service agencies, schools, and the medical and mental health establishments. Part three describes how to lobby for change at the agency and legislative levels, as well as within a given community. The authors illustrate recommendations through real-life scenarios and devote an entire chapter to brokering positive partnerships among practitioners, families, and other teams working to protect and transition children.
Download or read book Little Angels Crying Beyond Tearlessness written by Frank L. Mills, Jr. MSW and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A disturbing look at fall-out from foster care's slow spinning Wheel of Fortune, seldom making a timely stop at ADOPTION." “A WONDERFULLY INSPIRING MANUAL/HANDBOOK FOR EVERYONE WORKING WITH FOSTER CHILDREN IN ANY CAPACITY.” – DORIS COSBY “AN EXCELLENT PORTRAIT OF THE MANY FACES OF FOSTER CHILDREN.” – TROY BOWEN “A POWERFUL CRY FOR FOSTER CARE REFORM.” – NORM ALLEN “WOW! WHAT A READ – I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. THANKS, I NEEDED THAT!” – RHONDA STOVER “A SAD AND GRIPPING ALERT THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD.” – KATHY MOLEN “AN AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING THAT IS EXCEPTIONALLY REVEALING, SENSITIVE, INSTRUCTIVE AND NEEDED.” – KARL BRENNER, JR. “A SAD AND SHOCKING, YET WONDERFULLY WARM AND ENLIGHTENING JOURNEY THROUGH FOSTERLAND.” –WALTER CANNADY “A MAGNIFICENTLY CRAFTED SOUNDING OF THE ALARM.” –KERMIT BALLARD “AN EXCELLENT ORIENTATION/TRAINING TOOL FOR FOSTER PARENTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, CHILDCARE SPECIALISTS, GROUP LIVING COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, COACHES, MENTORS AND ALL OTHERS WORKING WITH FOSTER CHILDREN.” –APRIL GLENN
Download or read book Foster Parenting Young Children written by Evelyn H. Felker and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Foster Parenting Manual written by John DeGarmo and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Foster Parenting Manual is a comprehensive guide offering proven, friendly advice for novice and experienced parents alike. Distilling many years' experience into one book, John DeGarmo combines his own wisdom with that of fellow foster parents. He describes what to expect from the process, how to access help and how to ensure the best care for your child. He tackles thorny issues such as children's use of the Internet and social media, managing contact with birth parents and how to support your child at school. Most importantly, he provides advice designed to help your child feel safe, secure and loved. The Foster Parenting Manual offers seasoned, sympathetic advice that will be valued by foster parents and the professionals who support them.
Download or read book The No Nonsense Guide to Foster Parenting written by Barbara Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over two-thirds of the children placed in foster care come into the system carrying the negative baggage of their past. Broken families, substance abuse, and physical, sexual, and emotional abuse also create a dilemma for foster parents: How do you correct problem behavior while giving your foster children the extra reassurance they need? How do you show them that your home is a safe, respectful place? The No-Nonsense Guide to Foster Parenting is full of common-sense, compassionate solutions to the unique problems that arise in foster homes. Barbara Hughes is a successful foster parent of twenty-plus years, and has experienced literally thousands of different situations, behaviors, problems, concerns, and dilemmas. In this book you will see the best and worst situations in foster care. You will also learn how to deal with common problems and fears, and acquire the skills for doing so in a peaceable and respectful manner. This simple, common-sense approach guarantees better outcomes-enabling your foster children to be calmer and more focused so that they may grow and thrive.
