{"id":972,"date":"2016-06-27T19:26:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T19:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fptemp.wpengine.com\/?p=972"},"modified":"2016-06-29T15:30:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T15:30:25","slug":"parenting-special-populations-in-foster-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/?p=972","title":{"rendered":"Parenting special populations in foster care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pf\">\u201cSpecial population\u201d is a term generally used to refer to a disadvantaged group. People with disabilities, economically disadvantaged families, and children in foster care are often considered to be special populations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf para-style-override-2\">So if you\u2019re a foster parent, you already parent children who are part of a \u201cspecial population.\u201d But there are also special populations <span class=\"char-style-override-7\">within<\/span> foster care, such as children who identify as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning\/queer), those whose parents are in prison, and those who have conditions such as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf para-style-override-2\">If you\u2019re not prepared for it, caring for a child who\u2019s in a special population can be confusing and challenging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf para-style-override-2\">Thank goodness resource parents don\u2019t shy away from a challenge! Nor do they pass up a chance to learn something helpful or put another tool in their parenting tool box. In recognition of this fact, this issue of <span class=\"char-style-override-7\">Fostering Perspectives<\/span> explores ideas and strategies for understanding and parenting children who belong to special populations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf para-style-override-2\">We hope you find it helpful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSpecial population\u201d is a term generally used to refer to a disadvantaged group. People with disabilities, economically disadvantaged families, and children in foster care are [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"series":[1350],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","series-november-2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=972"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}