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9781592577477

Success As a Foster Parent : Everything You Need to Know about Foster Care

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  • ISBN13:

    9781592577477

  • ISBN10:

    1592577474

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-04-07
  • Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

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Summary

Foster parenting is the hardest job you will ever love. So before you open your heart to a child in foster care, you want to be sure you're ready for the road ahead. Foster parenting is a journey your whole family will share. What will this mean for them?

Author Biography

National Foster Parent Association is a nonprofit volunteer organization established to meet the needs of foster families in the United States. Today, NFPA has grown from an original group of 926 foster parents, 210 social workers, and 59 other professionals to an organization that represents thousands of foster families nationwide.

Rachel Greene Baldino, MSW, LCSW, writes a relationship column for a health and wellness website. She is the author of the e-book Loving Simply: Eliminating Drama from Your Intimate Relationships and coauthor of The Complete Idiot-'s Guide-« to Enhancing Sexual Desire.

Table of Contents

Foster Caringp. 1
Is Becoming a Foster Parent Right for Me?p. 9
Where Do I Start?p. 21
Training and Ongoing Support for Foster Parentsp. 39
The Financials of Fosteringp. 55
Your First Placementp. 63
Fostering Infants and Toddlers, 0-3p. 77
Fostering School-Age Children, 4-12p. 95
Fostering Teenagersp. 113
Fostering Sibling Groupsp. 131
Fostering Children with Special Needsp. 139
Collaborating with Birth Parentsp. 161
Foster Care and Your Existing Familyp. 173
When a Foster Child Leaves Your Carep. 187
Adopting Children and Adolescents from Foster Carep. 205
The Extended Foster Care Familyp. 221
Appendixes
Recommended Readingp. 227
Key Organizationsp. 233
Indexp. 237
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