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Foster parent perceptions of competency: Implications for foster parent training

Children and Youth Services Review, 2011
Abstract 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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Measuring Foster Parent Potential: Casey Foster Parent Inventory-Applicant Version

Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Objective: The Casey Foster Applicant Inventory-Applicant Version (CFAI-A) is a new standardized self-report measure designed to assess the potential to foster parent successfully. The CFAI-A is described, and results concerning its psychometric properties are presented.
Orme, John G., Cuddeback, Gary S., Buehler, Cheryl, Cox, Mary Ellen, Le Prohn, Nicole S.   +4 more
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Foster parents' coping style and attitudes toward parenting

Children and Youth Services Review, 2015
Abstract Foster parents have the greatest influence on the well-being of a foster child. A good selection procedure is needed to recruit capable and high quality foster families, and to reduce the risk of breakdown. Therefore we examined the coping style of foster parents and their attitudes toward parenting.
De Maeyer, Skrallan, Vanderfaeillie, Johan, Robberechts, Marijke, Vanschoonlandt, Femke, Van Holen, Frank   +4 more
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Parenting Stress and Well-Being Among Foster Parents: The Moderating Effect of Social Support

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2022
Elizabeth Sharda
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Foster parents teaching foster parents: Communication and conflict resolution skills training

Journal of Community Psychology, 1982
The purpose of the present study was to examine a model of foster parent training in which specific therapeutic parenting skills (communication and conflict resolution) were taught to foster parents by other previously trained foster parents. A comparison was made of how well these skills were learned under this condition as compared to when ...
Eloise J. Cobb, Harold Leitenberg, John D. Burchard   +2 more
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Parenting attitudes, foster parenting attitudes, and motivations of adoptive and nonadoptive foster parent trainees

Children and Youth Services Review, 1998
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes and motivations of adoptive and nonadoptive foster parent trainees toward parenting and foster parenting. Subjects were 44 adoptive female participants and 149 nonadoptive female trainees. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance revealed significant differences between adoptive and nonadoptive ...
Renee Gillis-Arnold, Sedahlia Jasper Crase, Dahlia F. Stockdale, Mack C. Shelley   +3 more
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Placement disruption in foster care: Children’s behavior, foster parent support, and parenting experiences

Child Abuse & Neglect, 2019
The majority of children in foster care 24 months or longer experience three or more placements. Children's behavior problems are a primary contributor to multiple moves, but little is known about how behavior problems and other stressors lead to disruptions. This study focused on foster parents' experiences of parenting a child at risk for moves using
Sonya J. Leathers, Jill E. Spielfogel, Jennifer Geiger, James Barnett, Beth L. Vande Voort   +4 more
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Foster Parent Collaboration

Abstract Foster Parent Collaboration: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Professionals argues that the foster care system is in crisis and that one strategy for meaningful change is for social workers and other professionals to collaborate with foster parents.
Amanda Preston, Lisa Schelbe
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Foster parents’ attitudes towards parenting.

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De Maeyer, Skrallan, Vanderfaeillie, Johan, Robberechts, Marijke, Vanschoonlandt, Femke, Van Holen, Frank   +4 more
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Foster Youth’s Educational Challenges and Supports: Perspectives of Teachers, Foster Parents, and Former Foster Youth

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2020
April M. Moyer, A. Goldberg
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