Experiences of counselors participating in an innovative project to develop a training program for specialized foster parents of youth (13–18 years) [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 BackgroundChildren placed in foster care represent a vulnerable and distressed group that requires a high level of care. However, good training programs designed to address specific problems presented in specialized foster care are not easily accessible ...
Pravin Israel +6 more
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‘Caring for children who have experienced trauma’ – an evaluation of a training for foster parents [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2020 Background Foster children, mostly maltreated in their birth families, may be fostered by parents who know little about the impact of traumatic experiences.
Carolien Konijn +5 more
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Supporting adoptive and foster parents of adolescents through the trauma-informed e-Connect parent group: a preliminary descriptive study [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionAdolescents in adoption and foster care are likely to show internalizing and externalizing problems and affective dysregulation, leading to a lower quality of parent–adolescent attachment relationships and high levels of strain for parents ...
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A Systematic Review on Foster Parents’ Psychological Adjustment and Parenting Style—An Evaluation of Foster Parents and Foster Children Variables [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Silvia Salcuni, Elisa Mancinelli
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Processing the Removal and Managing the Moves or Removals of Foster Children: A Qualitative Exploration of Foster Parents’ Experiences [PDF]
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2020 Jennifer Cantu, Morgan E Cooley
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IS FOSTER CARE THE SAFE PLACE WE BELIEVE IT TO BE? IF NOT, WHY NOT?
Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2021 Foster care is an important part of the child protection system; however, it seems that some foster children are not protected – they are abused and neglected.
Rankwe Reuben Masha, Petro Botha
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Социальная психология и общество, 2021 The objective. The purpose of the empirical study presented was the study of social perception and the identification of structurally-substantive features of the mental image of the adopted child in foster parents. Background.
Aldasheva A.A. +2 more
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Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2016 This article describes the factors contributing to the breakdown of foster care placements of adolescents from the perspective of the foster parents and adolescents involved.
Mnisi, Rosina , Botha, Petro
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Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2017 The high demand for substitute care in South Africa, and in particular foster care, poses challenges for statutory social workers in rendering developmental social services.
Dhludhlu, Sandile , Lombard, Antoinette
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GROOTMOEDERS IN KAYAMANDI SE ERVARING VAN FAMILIEPLEEGSORG
Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2006 Pleegplasings by familie as vorm van substituutsorg, is die vinnigs groeiende kindersorgdiens in die Verenigde State van Amerika (voorts genoem die VSA) as gevolg van ’n afname in geskikte pleegouers (Wilson & Chipunga, 1996:387).
Dora van Rensburg, Sulina Green
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