Vol. 6, No. 1• November 2001

Get in-service training credit for reading this newsletter!

Now you can enjoy reading Fostering Perspectives and get in-service credit that can apply toward your relicensure as a foster parent. Simply read this issue, write down the answers to the questions below, and present answers to your social worker. If your answers are satisfactory, you'll receive 30 minutes of credit toward your in-service trainig requirement. Questions about this method of gaining in-service credit? Contact the Staff Development Team Leader at the N.C. Division of Social Services at 919/733-7672.

In-service Credit Quiz, FP v6#1

1. What is the award for the first place winner of the Fostering Perspectives drawing contest? ?
2. What does Hannah do when she sings?
3. What percentage of the foster children who are adopted in North Carolina are adopted by foster parents?
4. How many children were adopted out of foster care in North Carolina in 2000?
5. How can foster parents help adolescents cope with the grief of being placed in foster care?
6. What was the first state to undergo the CFSR?
7. Some people are motivated to foster by a desire for companionship for their son or daughter. Why might this be an appropriate motivation? Why might it not?
8. Complete this sentence: "Under federal law, a child welfare system is required to initiate a proceeding to terminate the parental rights to any child who has been in foster care for 15 of the most recent ____ months."
9. How many scholarships will there be for foster parents wishing to attend the N.C. Division of Social Services' 2002 Children's Services Conference?
10. Name three things the N.C. Foster Parent Association is working on this year.

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