Download or read book A Guide for Foster Parents written by Irwin G. Sarason and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 54 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 Resource Foster Parent s Survival Guide written by Cheryl Mitchell-Welch and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Off to a Good Start written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Desk reference of family-relevant information." Approximately 250 references to journal articles, audiovisuals, and books. Excludes information on marriage, the elderly, and the handicapped adult. Each entry gives title, author, source, funding, abstract, and address where available. Classified index.

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.

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Download or read book Foster Parent Handbook written by Mary Rapshaw and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-04-11 with total page 559 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 Guide to Fostering Practice written by Great Britain. Working Party on Fostering Practice and published by 1976. This book was released on 1976 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Breeding Your Budgerigars A Guide of How to Start Up Your Own Breeding Aviary written by Various and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a complete guide to starting your own breeding aviary, including tips on aviary construction, cages, birds to pick, possible setbacks, hatching, and any ailments your birds may pick up. Complete with a wealth of invaluable information and a large number of helpful illustrations, this volume constitutes a must-read for anyone looking to build their own aviary, and would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: “Aviculture”, “Housing the Budgerigar”, “Appliances”, “Breeding”, “The Breeding Season”, “Management in the Breeding Season”, “Colour Varieties”, and “Ailments and Their Treatment”. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.

Download or read book Child Welfare for the Twenty first Century written by Gerald P. Mallon and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-14 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This up-to-date and comprehensive resource by leaders in child welfare is the first book to reflect the impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997. The text serves as a single-source reference for a wide array of professionals who work in children, youth, and family services in the United States-policymakers, social workers, psychologists, educators, attorneys, guardians ad litem, and family court judges& mdash;and as a text for students of child welfare practice and policy. Features include: * Organized around ASFA's guiding principles of well-being, safety, and permanency * Focus on evidence-based "best practices" * Case examples integrated throughout * First book to include data from the first round of National Child and Family Service Reviews Topics discussed include the latest on prevention of child abuse and neglect and child protective services; risk and resilience in child development; engaging families; connecting families with public and community resources; health and mental health care needs of children and adolescents; domestic violence; substance abuse in the family; family preservation services; family support services and the integration of family-centered practices in child welfare; gay and lesbian adolescents and their families; children with disabilities; and runaway and homeless youth. The contributors also explore issues pertaining to foster care and adoption, including a focus on permanency planning for children and youth and the need to provide services that are individualized and culturally and spiritually responsive to clients. A review of salient systemic issues in the field of children, youth, and family services completes this collection.

Download or read book Spreading the wings of Foster Care written by and published by Fundacion Emmanuel. This book was released on with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book State Child Welfare Program Self assessment Manual written by Social Services Research Program (Washington, D.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Helping Foster Children In School written by John DeGarmo and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helping Foster Children In School explores the challenges that foster children face in schools and offers positive and practical guidance tailored to help the parents, teachers and social workers supporting them. Children in care often perform poorly at school both in terms of their behavior and their academic performance, with many failing to complete their education. They will have often experienced trauma or neglect which can result in a number of developmental delays. By looking at why children in foster care do not perform as well as their counterparts, John DeGarmo, who has fostered more than 40 children, provides easy-to-use strategies to target the problems commonly faced. He emphasizes the importance of an open dialogue between teacher, parent and social worker, to ensure that everyone is working jointly to achieve the best outcome for the child. An invaluable resource for foster parents, social workers and educators alike, this book encourages a unified response to ensure foster children are given the best chance to succeed at school.

Download or read book The Parents Guide to Foster Family Care written by Barbara A. Rutter and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Protecting Children in Substance abusing Families written by Vickie Kropenske and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for professionals in the fields of child welfare, mental health, health care, education, law, the faith community & substance abuse prevention & treatment. Intended to help identify the various forms of parental substance abuse. Includes a section addressing the identification of substance-abusing clients. Reviews the characteristics of substance-abusing parents.Glossary. Bibliography. Charts & tables.

Download or read book The Lives of Foster Carers written by Linda Nutt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lives of Foster Carers analyzes the contradictions, conflicts, and ambiguities experienced by foster carers arising from the inter-penetrations of public bureaucracy and private family life. Topics covered include: social policy pertinent to childcare the history of foster care service available literature on the experience of foster carers public versus private domains in foster care motivations and roles of foster carers how foster carers perceive themselves and their foster children. Based on a wide range of literature and in-depth interviews with forty-six foster carers, this book provides a valuable insight into the concerns, processes and experiences of foster carers in the UK. Jargon free and accessible, it will appeal to foster carers, practitioners, students and academics in social care, youth work and childcare as well as policy makers in children’s services.