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Foster Family Survival: Defensive Parenting
Foster Family Survival Defensive Parenting Author:Jacob R. Sprouse Jr. Designed for a six to nine hour in-service training program, Defensive Parenting may be integrated into any current educational program or offered independently as either a group training opportunity or individual foster family self-study. — Accepting the perspective that the potential of allegations of abuse" comes with the territory" of fosteri... more »ng, we must, as foster families, develop strategies that (1) reduce the potential that allegations will be made, and (2) once allegations have been made, reduce the damage to the foster parents and their family. The five modules of Foster Family Survival: Defensive Parenting present the opportunity for foster families to "fine-tune" their "family business" to both continue quality foster care services to children in care and to reduce both the potential for and impact of allegations of abuse.« less