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  Chapter 11: Therapeutic Foster Parent:
 
 
Title: Chapter 11: Therapeutic Foster Parent:
Author: Baker, Juanita N.
Appeared in: Child & youth services
Paging: Volume 12 (1989) nr. 1-2 pages 149-158
Year: 1989-09-14
Contents: Training can help foster parents manage reactions to the foster child, avoid stress and burnout, and cope with the difficult times so that placement is sustained. Training is necessary so foster parents will not take the child's aggressive behavior personally, will avoid becoming embroiled in power struggles, and will be less likely to become hurt or embarrassed by the child's behavior. Training will involve individual consultation by the social worker as well as participation in a foster parent group. Staff will assistn foster parents to develop behavioral management and communication skills as well as their own coping and self-control skills. Foster parents are given permission to take care of their own needs, are assisted in developing stress management skills, learn how to increase their own self-esteem, and learn to use cognitive approaches to handle their own emotions. Foster parents develop an understanding that they cannot change the child's behavior but can only change the way which they respond to the child, which may provide the child opportunities to change his or her own behavior.
Publisher: Routledge
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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