(Taken from the Adoption Glossary) Therapeutic Foster Home: Sometimes referred to as a "Treatment Foster Home." A foster home in which the foster parents have received specialized training to enable them to provide care for a wide variety of children and adolescents, usually those with significant emotional or behavioral problems.... [more]
Helpful Adoption Terms to Know (1/00) Abandonment Desertion of a child by a parent or adult primary care giver with no provisions for continued childcare nor with any apparent intention to return to resume caregiving. Abuse and Neglect Physical, sexual and/or emotional maltreatment. Child...
I just received a phone call from my son in his residential treatment center. He is singing a familiar tune that goes “It’s not my fault.”
If you are the parent of a child with attachment issues, you are very familiar with this tune. Everyone is at fault but your child. I have heard this...
This is not a blog about children saying good-bye to birth families, foster families or adoptive families, although it easily could be. Instead, this is my good-bye. This will be my last blog.
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While I was reading my devotion today, I read the comments about the passage in the margin. I use the Women of Faith Study Bible and there are notes all through the bible about different passages, the women in some of the stories and about the books of the bible themselves.
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We do documentation on medication, school, family contact, medical appointments and treatment implemented in our homes that is quite extensive. We also have a daily calendar that is required for the clients to complete each day, ...
Therapeutic Foster Home: Sometimes referred to as a "Treatment Foster Home." A foster home in which the foster parents have received specialized training to enable them to provide care for a wide variety of children and adolescents, usually those with significant emotional or behavioral problems.
Professional Treatment Parents are remarkable people who open their homes and hearts to help ACS students on their journey toward a healthier lifestyle.
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J.D. is full of life! Spend just a few minutes with him, and you won’t understand why J.D.'s been in the foster care system since he was six years old.
J.D. has an extremely... [more]