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The foster parenting manual : a practical guide to creating a loving, safe and stable home / John DeGarmo ; foreword by Mary Perdue.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013.Description: 160 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781849059565 (paperback)
  • 184905956X (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.874 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ759.7 .D44 2013
Contents:
Foster care: children, parents, and caseworkers -- The history of foster care -- Training -- Placement: how to prepare -- Problems foster children face -- Creating rules and expectations -- Your foster child and his development -- Foster children and school -- Working with caseworkers -- Birth parents and you -- Protecting yourself and your family -- Finding help as a foster parent -- When a foster child leaves -- Adoption.
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Book Book La Retama Central Library La Retama Central Library Nonfiction 306.874 DEG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33185014355655
Book Book Owen R. Hopkins Public Library Owen R. Hopkins Public Library Nonfiction 306.874 DEG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185000539138
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Includes bibliographical references (page 142-143) and index.

Foster care: children, parents, and caseworkers -- The history of foster care -- Training -- Placement: how to prepare -- Problems foster children face -- Creating rules and expectations -- Your foster child and his development -- Foster children and school -- Working with caseworkers -- Birth parents and you -- Protecting yourself and your family -- Finding help as a foster parent -- When a foster child leaves -- Adoption.

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