Foster Parenting

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Children harmed while in foster care Whitley Bland RES/110 June 9, 2011 Missie Usry Children harmed while in foster care Many children are being abused while in foster care due to the some Foster parent What is a foster parent According to research discovered a “foster parent is a person who cares for children/youth who are not in their custody, children and youth who have entered the foster care system”. (Strengthing the heros, 2006) Foster parenting has given many adults the opportunity to become temporary parents by accepting children into their homes. Some of the responsibilities are caring and nurturing for children placed in their home. Foster family care is a temporary arrangement until children’s permanent plan is achieved,…show more content…
While the home study is underway, you will attend an 8-10 week Model Approach to Parenting Preparation (MAPP) training. Through MAPP you will improve your parenting skills and assess your own strengths as a foster parent. You will learn how to work with birth parents and how to help children adjust to their temporary home. You will also learn about the subsidies you will receive for the care of the child and you will find out about your rights and responsibilities as a foster caregiver. Step 6: Become a Certified Foster Parent. Upon the successful completion of your home study and training, you become a certified foster parent. This means that you can now care for foster children in your home. Step 7: A Child is Placed in Your Home. When you are certified, you will begin receiving calls from your agency to place children in your home. If the match is right, the child(ren) will come to stay with you on either a short-term or longer-term basis. Before a child is placed in your home, the caseworker will tell you about visitation schedules with birth parents and siblings, and will give you information that will help you provide the best care for the child”.( NYC administration for children services, 2010). Why children are placed in foster…show more content…
Either they are sexually, physically, mentally, neglected or exposed to maltreatment by foster parents, their children, relatives or friends. According to Ms Sanford more children are sexually abused than any other type of abuse. Ages ranging from 6-15 year old. Although it is more common for a girl to be sexually abused there has been reports of boys being abused also. (A. Sanford, 2010) Statistics on children abused On September 30, 2006, there were an estimated 510,000 children in foster care. Almost a quarter (24 percent) were in relative homes, and nearly half (46 percent) were in non relative foster family homes. Almost half (49 percent) had a case goal of reunification with their families. The percentage of children who left the system to be reunited with their families or placed with relatives remained about the same from 2000 to 2006 (70 percent and 69 percent, respectively). Almost half of the children (49 percent) who left foster care in FY 2006 were in care for less than 1

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