Vol. 19, No. 1• November 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 v19#1
- Define legal permanence, relational permanence, and cultural permanence. Why do these forms of permanence matter?
- Researchers Mark Courtney and colleagues tracked a group of 26-year-olds who had "aged out" of foster care. What are some of the outcomes these young people experienced?
- What are three things you can do to promote permanence for young people in foster care?
- What are the three parts of North Carolina's Permanency Innovation Initiative?
- What is reinstatement of parental rights in North Carolina? Why might this be an appropriate route to permanence for some children?
- Why does Donna Foster see life books as sources of healing and strength for people long past their 18th birthday?
- What are the goals of "Fostering Health NC"? What impact might this initiative have on foster parents and the children they care for?
- What is a CARS agreement and how can it help young people succeed as they transition to independence and self-sufficiency?
- What is adult adoption? What are some of its benefits for former foster youth and their families?
- How can youth who have aged out of care or who are about to age out of care get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act?
~ Family and Children's Resource Program, UNC-CH School of Social Work ~
