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In-Service Quiz, FP v26 n1

  1. What would you say to a young person in your care to persuade them to participate in NYTD surveys?

  2. Name five things resource parents can do to support parents coping with substance use disorder.

  3. What are natural supports, and how can resource parents maintain and strengthen children’s connections to them?

  4. Name three things you took away from the article “Cindy Hamilton Asks, ‘Who Wouldn’t Want a Family?’”

  5. Gaile Osborne offers ideas for what resource parents can do when they aren’t treated like part of the child’s team. Name three.

  6. Explain implicit bias and give two examples of it based on research.

  7. Name four things resource parents can do to engage fathers of children in their care.

  8. What should young adults who aged out of foster care at age 18 do to find out if they can get health insurance coverage through Medicaid?

  9. What are some of the possible benefits of remaining in foster care past the age of 18?

  10. List five of the things Kate Schultz asks resource parents to consider as they engage in shared parenting.

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