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Parental monitoring by foster parents, youth behaviours and the youth–foster parent relationship
Child & Family Social Work, 2021AbstractYouth in foster care overwhelmingly display heightened risks for both internalizing and externalizing behaviours. Few studies document how and under what conditions foster parents effectively respond to child behaviours. The overarching purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between foster parents' parental monitoring, youth ...
Morgan E. Cooley +3 more
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Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1976
A parenting course for foster parents was described with a follow-up evaluation utilized to determine its effectiveness. The content of this broad-based course included learning theory, principles and techniques, communication skills, methods of conflict resolution, developmental considerations, and information about community services.
N W, Freeling, S, Kissel, L, Surgent
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A parenting course for foster parents was described with a follow-up evaluation utilized to determine its effectiveness. The content of this broad-based course included learning theory, principles and techniques, communication skills, methods of conflict resolution, developmental considerations, and information about community services.
N W, Freeling, S, Kissel, L, Surgent
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Foster parenting together: Foster parent couples
Children and Youth Services Review, 2014Abstract Almost two-thirds of children in non-relative foster care live in homes headed by married couples. However, the literature includes little about either the role of foster fathers or the complexity and importance of the marital context for fostering.
John G. Orme, Terri Combs-Orme
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Impact of the parenting style of foster parents on the behaviour problems of foster children
Child: Care, Health and Development, 2014AbstractBackgroundFew studies have analysed the effects of the parenting style used by foster carers on children's behaviour problems. This study examines the role played by the quality of the emotional relationship with foster carers and the kind of discipline they use as regard internalizing and externalizing problems among foster children ...
M J, Fuentes +3 more
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Parental acceptance and foster parents
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 1981Abstract Parental acceptance is generally regarded as an important parental attribute, yet has been investigated only minimally. In the studies reported here, the Porter Parental Acceptance Scale was used to study foster parents’ acceptance of children as it relates to demographic factors, aspects of their personal history, and their history as foster ...
Louise F. Guerney, Miriam Aberg Gavigan
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Journal of Family Social Work, 2008
ABSTRACT Foster parents play a pivotal role in the child welfare system. A study that employed focus groups with foster parents was conducted at a private foster care agency with the initial purpose of understanding the characteristics of foster children that foster parents both preferred and not preferred.
Mitchell Rosenwald, Laura Bronstein
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ABSTRACT Foster parents play a pivotal role in the child welfare system. A study that employed focus groups with foster parents was conducted at a private foster care agency with the initial purpose of understanding the characteristics of foster children that foster parents both preferred and not preferred.
Mitchell Rosenwald, Laura Bronstein
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Foster parent perceptions of competency: Implications for foster parent training
Children and Youth Services Review, 2011Abstract Studies have examined factors that impact successful placements in foster care. Absent from this body of research, however, are factors that promote foster parent competence. The purpose of this study was to assess perceived competency of foster parents, subsequent to pre-service training, in tasks of foster parenting across 12 domains of ...
Morgan E. Cooley, Raymond E. Petren
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Foster Parent College: Interactive Multimedia Training for Foster Parents
Social Work Research, 2005Children are entering the child care system with increasingly serious physical, behavioral, and emotional problems (Barth, Freundlich, & Brodzinsky, 2000; Crase et al., 2000; Fees et al., 1998; Zukoski, 1999). Foster parents, with high hopes and little or no specialized training, are unexpectedly confronted by children who explode with anger, set fires,
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