Vol. 8, No. 2• May 2004

Get In-Service Training Credit for Reading this Newsletter!

If you are a North Carolina foster parent you can enjoy reading Fostering Perspectives and earn credit toward your relicensure. Just write down the answers to the questions below and present them to your social worker. If your answers are satisfactory, you’ll receive 30 minutes of credit toward your in-service training requirement. Questions about this method of gaining in-service credit? Contact the N.C. Division of Social Services at 919/733-7672.

In-Service Quiz, FP v8#2

1. How old is Kay Gillis’ goddaughter?
   
   
2. What is the purpose of the ten-day camp Passage to Adoption?
   
   
3. Name four things social workers can do to support foster parents when placements end.
   
   
4. The majority of children who are adopted from foster care are eligible for adoption assistance. What things are usually covered under adoption assistance?
   
   
5. What are Elizabeth Cassedy’s concerns about using food as leverage in parenting foster children?
   
   
6. What is “Undy Sunday” and when is it?
   
   
7. Name three things that Caroline likes to do.
   
   
8. What did the NC Foster Parents Association do last year that proved its advocacy efforts have a real and positive impact on North Carolina’s foster parents?
   
   
9. What project is SaySo undertaking as its contribution to Make A Difference Day?
   
   
10. What are some of the ways foster, relative, and adoptive parents can help restore physical boundaries for youths who have been sexually abused?

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