Vol. 18, No. 2• May 2014

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 licensing social worker. If your answers are satisfactory, you’ll receive 30 minutes of credit toward your in-service training requirement. If you have questions about this method of gaining in-service credit, ask your worker.

In-Service Quiz, FP v18#2

1. This issue defines a lot of important terms. Define these two: (a) delinquent act and (b) crossover youth.
   
   
2. Name four things that reduce the likelihood of delinquent behavior.
   
   
3. Describe what happens in a normal brain during adolescence and what this means for how we should parent teens.
   
   
4. This issue encourages foster parents to attend court if a young person in their care is charged with a crime. Why?
   
   
5. If a young person is charged with a detainable offense in North Carolina, what is the longest amount of time they can be held in secure custody without a hearing before a judge?
   
   
6. What are the hallmarks of a good juvenile defender?
   
   
7. What challenges did Michelle Douglas face when she was involved with the juvenile justice system? What gave her hope?
   
   
8. What is "Raise the Age" and why does NC Foster and Adoptive Parent Association think it is important?
   
   
9. Name four things that Pergamit and Ernst learned from interviewing 50 youth who ran away from foster care.
   
   
10. What are the differences between custody, guardianship, and adoption??
    

~ Family and Children's Resource Program, UNC-CH School of Social Work ~