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  1. Adoption by Foster Parents

    Proch, Kathleen OhmanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    Adoption by foster parents was studied by personally interviewing a randomly selected sample of adoptive foster parents and children residing in the Chicago area. The children were between the ages of seven and 13 at the time of the interview.

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  2. Shortage of Foster Parents: An Exploratory Study of the Attrition of Prospective Foster Parents During the Licensing Process

    Friedman, Laurie

    <p>Foster care is an integral component to ensure children removed from their homes due to abuse and/or neglect can begin the healing process. Despite the importance of foster care, a shortage of foster homes in the United States continues to limit caseworkers’ abilities to place children in homes …

    bryn-mawr Repository record

  3. BONDING BETWEEN FOSTER PARENTS AND FOSTER CHILDREN

    Romero, Ramona P.2015

    … that close to 500,000 children were in the foster care system in 2009 in the United States, and the average length of care was over 26 months. The primary focus was why foster parents are unable to form a bond with the children placed in their home and the effects of not forming any …

    csusb Repository record

  4. Disability discrimination of prospective adoptive and foster parents

    Fleming, Grace Piechler2015

    … and regulations surrounding the adoptive and foster care process create unnecessary barriers. Vague health requirements, lack of protections for disabled prospective parents, and the patchwork of state laws threaten that disability impedes persons throughout the United States from becoming …

    umn Repository record

  5. Connecting Children and Families: Expectations and Experiences of Professional Foster Parents

    Goodrich, Samantha A2001

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  6. The experiences of foster parents who have been through therapeutic training

    Douglas, M.Middlesex University / Metanoia Institute2020

    … study was to understand the experiences of foster parents, who had undertaken training in therapeutic fostering. All the foster parents who took part were taking care of looked after children (LAC) with highly complex needs who had been placed in foster care by the state for their own safety …

    middlesex Repository record

  7. Assessing the Efficacy of Pre-Service Trainings for Treatment Foster Parents

    Strickler, Amy2018

    … (MAPP, n = 81) and Pressley Ridge's Treatment Foster Care pre-service training (PR-TFC, n = 71) on treatment foster parents' parenting attitudes, readiness to provide treatment foster care, and attitudes toward providing treatment foster care. ANCOVAs revealed the PR-TFC group experienced …

    duquesne Repository record

  8. Comparing kin and non-kin foster parents' emotional investment in their young children

    Norwood, RhondaSocial Work2022

    … of this epidemic, over 500,000 children are in foster care with an estimated additional 300,000 in voluntary kin placements. Because of a shortage of foster families and resources, Child Protective Services (CPS) agencies routinely seek and give priority to family members to serve as foster …

    lsu-thes Repository record

  9. Foster Parents' Perceptions of Barriers to Accessing Substance Abuse Treatment for Foster Youth

    Harrington, Tiffany Sabrina2016

    <p>As Counties continue to grow and the need for foster parent’s increases, resources become scarce. In San Bernardino County, Juvenile drug court is no longer offered, which has led to fewer resources for foster parents in need of substance abuse treatment services. Without access to juvenile drug …

    csusb Repository record

  10. Attachment phenomena in foster families: Exploring contributions from foster parents' early attachment experiences

    DeYoung, Joseph MarkTexas Woman's University2008

    … study was to discover the meanings of foster parents' early childhood attachment experiences with their parents and the influence of those meanings on foster parent's interactions with children in their care. Three research questions were the focus of this qualitative study: (a) How do …

    twu Repository record

  11. CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE FOSTER PARENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FOSTER YOUTH

    Alvarez, Shay B, Funston, Stephanie K2016

    … purpose of this study was to gain insight into foster parents’ perceptions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) foster youth through a self-administered survey in an attempt to provide better care for these children. The pool of participants were varied in most areas including age, …

    csusb Repository record

  12. Foster Parent Adoption: A Comparison Of Attitudes And Perceptions Of Foster Parents And Child Welfare Workers.

    Stephens, Deborah Gardner

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  13. Emotional Intelligence: How it Impacts Depression Levels and Perception of Role Fulfillment Among Caregiver Foster Parents

    Farnell, Elysse

    … (El), depression, and role fulfillment among foster parents. It is believed that if a link between EI and the other variables is identified, programs can be developed to help build EI in foster parents, and thus aid them in becoming more effective caregivers. A convenience sample of foster …

    loma-linda Repository record

  14. Exploring the Experiences of Foster Parents Caring for Children with Complex Medical Needs: A Phenomenological Study

    Lassmann, HeatherUniversity of Kansas2022

    When children first enter the foster care system, most are placed in a foster home. These foster parents are tasked with ensuring the child is safe in a supportive environment designed to meet their emotional, healthcare, and educational needs. While no two children are the same, foster parents …

    ku Repository record

  15. Procedures and methods utilised by social workers within Gauteng during the selection process of prospective foster parents

    Murray, DaniëlleNorth-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus2016

    … with regard to the screening of prospective foster parents could be found. Inconsistency within foster care related services rendered by social workers results in the lack of standardisation. Foster care related decisions were found to be based on the intuition, experience and expertise of …

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  16. Experiences of foster parents caring for non-family related foster children in de Deur, Gauteng province, South Africa

    Emovon, Samuel OsarhiemenUniversity of Zululand2019

    … the Children’s Act 38/2005 allows and permits foster care placement in both family and non-family care. This is pertinent to the social welfare context and plays an important role as a major component of the various options for alternative care for orphaned, abandoned or at-risk children in the …

    zulu Repository record

  17. Retaining Foster Parents in San Bernardino County: Identifying and Accessing Resources and Support Services Since California’s Continuum of Care Reform

    Varadin, Charles A.2023

    <p>Foster care is a vast social justice issue that impacts nearly every local community. Yet, it receives relatively little attention due, in part, to the low social constructs of many of the most affected groups (Schneider and Ingram 1997). Thus, it should come as no surprise that foster care and …

    claremont Repository record

  18. A Case Study of Discipline Practices: Perceptions of Administrators, Teachers, and Foster Parents in Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) Schools in India

    Tashi, Thupten2022

    <p>School discipline is considered important worldwide, and volumes of books and journal articles have addressed school disciplinary problems and strategies. However, no research scholars have addressed Tibetan refugee schools’ disciplinary practices. This research study attempted to fill that gap. …

    claremont Repository record

  19. A comparison of attitudes between relatives and eighteen foster parents of mental patients at the Veterans Administration Center, Gulfport Division, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1960.

    Yaffe, Dorothy F.1961

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  20. Foster Parent Knowledge and the Need for Information - Sharing Technology

    Averbuch, Amy Lynne2023

    … actors are unable to successfully perform. Foster parents, a key stakeholder in the proper care of children, report being unable to successfully perform because they are raising children with significant needs and trauma while having to locate and navigate child welfare system laws, …

    national-louis Repository record

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