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Foster Parents Considering Adoption
What’s Inside:
• Differences between foster parenting and adopting
• Advantages of foster parent adoption
• Strategies for foster/adoptive families
• Conclusion
• Resources
• References
Published by:
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children’s Bureau/ACYF 1250 Maryland Avenue,
SW Eighth Floor Washington, DC 20024 800.394.3366
Email: info@childwelfare.gov
https://www.childwelfare.gov
Helping Your Foster Child Transition to Your Adopted Child
What’s Inside:
• Talking with children about the changes
• Helping children understand their histories and losses
• Helping children cope with trauma and loss
• Helping children transfer attachments
• Conclusion
• Resources
Published by:
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children’s Bureau/ACYF 1250 Maryland Avenue,
SW Eighth Floor Washington, DC 20024 800.394.3366
Email: info@childwelfare.gov
https://www.childwelfare.gov
Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted From Foster Care
What’s Inside:
• Federal Title IV-E Adoption Assistance
• State adoption assistance
• Arranging adoption assistance
Published by:
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children’s Bureau/ACYF 1250 Maryland Avenue,
SW Eighth Floor Washington, DC 20024 800.394.3366
Email: info@childwelfare.gov
https://www.childwelfare.gov
Survival Guide – For Parents
This book provides some of the knowledge needed to help you in your important role as a parent. Learning more about parenting and child development can make a world of difference for both you and your child. Increasing your understanding, together with your love for your child, can help you become a better parent – a very special person in your child’s world.
You expect a lot from your child … but your child’s age determines what you’ll get.
Parents somehow know that their child is not always going to behave perfectly. A child’s needs and actions change as he or she grows older, and all children develop at different rates. This is perfectly normal. However, knowing what to expect as your child goes through the different stages of life can help you a great deal. On the following pages you’ll find some behavior traits to expect as your child grows into an adult.
For Spanish version please click here.
Published by: Department of Children and Families
Helping Foster and Adoptive Families Cope With Trauma
The purpose of this guide is to support adoptive and foster families by strengthening the abilities of pediatricians to:
1) identify traumatized children,
2) educate families about toxic stress and the possible biological, behavioral, and social manifestations of early childhood trauma, and
3) empower families to respond to their child’s behavior in a manner that acknowledges past trauma but promotes the learning of new, more adaptive reactions to stress.
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© 2013 American Academy of Pediatrics and Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Sibling Issues in Foster Care and Adoption
What’s inside:
• Defining a sibling relationship • Legal framework for protecting sibling connections • The importance of siblings • Sibling relationships in abusive or neglectful families • Benefits of placing siblings together • Barriers to placing siblings together • Practices for keeping siblings together in placement • When siblings cannot live in the same home • Maintaining ties between separated siblings • Sibling issues within the foster or adoptive family.
Published by:
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children’s Bureau/ACYF 1250 Maryland Avenue,
SW Eighth Floor Washington, DC 20024 800.394.3366
Email: info@childwelfare.gov
https://www.childwelfare.gov
Adoption 101
This adoption awareness curriculum has been designed to help adoptive parent group leaders and others train child welfare, medical, legal, education, and mental health professionals, and other community members to be more responsive to the needs of adopted children and to work more effectively with their families.
North American Council on Adoptable Children
970 Raymond Avenue, Suite 106
St. Paul, MN 55114-1149
651-644-3036 FAX 651-644-9848
www.nacac.org • info@nacac.org
Diane Martin-Hushman, Parent Group Coordinator
hushman@nacac.org
Janet Jerve, Writer/Editor
janetjerve@nacac.org
State of New Jersey Department of Children and Families Division of Child Protection and Permanency Office of Adoption Operations Adoptive Parent Handbook
The Office of Adoption Operations is a licensed adoption agency within the State of New Jersey, Department of Children and Families, Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P). The Office of Adoption Operations is approved to provide adoption services to children in the public child welfare system, which includes placing children into adoptive homes as well as providing other adoption related services in New Jersey. Each year, the Office of Adoption Operations finalizes the adoptions of hundreds of children; the majority of whom are adopted out of the foster care system. Yet despite the success in ensuring permanency for many children, there are still children who are in need of an adoptive family. The decision to adopt a child and fully accept that child as your own is not often made with ease. There is a lot to consider before you make such a commitment. This handbook will provide you with important information regarding general characteristics of available children, who can adopt and a step by step guide regarding the adoption process.
New Jersey Department of Children and Families Office of Adolescent Services – Adolescent Resource Guide Addendum May 2012
Specific Programs and Information Regarding Permanency Programs, Life Skills Programs, Aftercare Programs, Wraparound Funds, Housing, Youth Advisory Boards (YABS), and DCP&P Policy/Forms.
This addendum is a supplement to the “CICIC Adolescent Resource Guide May 2012” and provides program and contact information for various adolescent services. In addition, this addendum will further detail wraparound funds (also known as Chafee funds), and Adolescent related DCP&P policy and forms.