Vol. 13, No. 1 • June 2008

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. If you or your licensing social worker have questions about this method of gaining in-service credit, please contact the N.C. Division of Social Services at 919/334-1172.

In-Service Quiz, FP v13#1

1. Name two things you personally can do to help teens in foster care who are in need of a foster family.
   
   
2. Why are children sometimes reluctant to reveal that they have been sexually abused?
   
   
3. What are the three stages of birth parent grief Donna Foster talks about in her article?
   
   
4. Name two things that foster parents can do at each of these three stages to engage, motivate, and support birth parents.
   
   
5. What did Lynne Miller’s child’s foster mother do to help Lynne get her son back?
   
   
6. What advice do the young people who participated in this issue’s writing contest have for foster parents who are reluctant to care for teens?
   
   
7. Name four things the youth advocacy group SaySo will do in 2009.
   
   
8. Who is eligible to participate in the NC Reach Program? What are the benefits of this innovative program?
   
   
9. Name four things foster parents who do not currently have children placed in their homes can do to make a difference in the lives of children.
   
   
10. Why is it important for young adults who are “graduating” from foster care to have a personal support system of at least five caring adults, in addition to professional relationships?
    
    

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