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Foster parenting step-by-step : how to nurture the traumatized child and overcome conflict /
Foster Parenting Step-by-Step is a concise guide to fostering that summarizes what to expect as a foster parent. It guides you through the different stages of a fostering relationship, including common issues encountered at each age and how to tackle them. This is a book that strives to empower fost...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foster Parenting Step-by-Step; Foreword; Quotes from Foster Children; Preface; Introduction; The foster care system; Managing challenging behaviors; Displacement trauma and coping mechanisms; Foster parents; Note to the reader; Chapter 1: The Motivational Stage: First Things First! Know What to Expect; The foster parent experience; Reasons why children enter foster care; Motives for becoming a foster parent; Qualities of successful foster parents; Importance of placement stability in a foster home; The jargon of the foster care experience: what do these terms mean?
- Stages of development of foster parentingRole of cultural values in placement success; Kinship versus non-kinship foster parenting; Goals of foster parenting; Chapter 2; The Planning Stage; Chapter 2: The Planning Stage: About Your Family: Are You Prepared?; Size of home; Your mental health; Your children's mental health; How will a foster child relate to me or my children?; Ages and genders of foster children; Choosing special needs children; Buying clothes, shoes, room décor, and school supplies; Rules of the home; Introduction to relatives.
- Chapter 3: The Welcoming Stage: Getting to Know Your Foster ChildFamily history; Questions you can ask about your foster child; What you may not be told about your foster child; Behaviors commonly seen in foster children; To work or not to work?; Schools; Chapter 4: The Displacement Trauma Stage: Understanding Your Foster Child; Chapter 5: The Adapting Stage: Attachment and Protecting Your Foster Child; Adapting to infants (0-5 years); Adapting to older children and adolescents (6-16 years); Chapter 6: The Educational Stage: Parenting Issues and Much More; Intra-family coping issues.
- School-oriented issuesMental health issues; Family issues; Personal issues; Relationship issues; Agency-related issues; Chapter 7: The Empowering Stage: Successful Evidence-Based Strategies; Basic needs of all children; Steps in empowering foster parents; Chapter 8: The Letting Go/Adopting Stage: Transitioning Into Own Home/Independent Living; Pre-adoptive home/long-term placement; Effects of transitioning back to the biological home; Transitioning into independent living skills programs; Maintaining a collaborative relationship with an independent teen/young adult.
- Ways you can help with the transitionResources and Useful Addresses; Selected Bibliography; About the Author; Index.