This newsletter is published by Foster and Adoptive Family Services (FAFS). FAFS’ mission is to provide advocacy and enriching programs and services to empower families and youth to thrive. We hope that you will find this information to be both interesting and informative. To learn more about ...
Since then, NJ’s child welfare system has made huge improvements, including in the area of recruiting and retaining foster parents. Now, NJ has approximately 7,500 licensed foster, adoptive and kinship parents compared to the 6,900 children in out-of-home placement. Child welfare experts stres...
Using Bowlby's attachment theory as the theoretical framework, this quantitative study examined the contributions of foster and adoptive parents' own attachment characteristics, the child's type of special need, and the child's age at the time of placement in predicting placement duration. A ...
But it’s one of the most beautiful parts of being a foster and adoptive parent. Slowly, bit by bit, they change. Right before your eyes. As we love them through the behaviors, as we pull them close, as we help them wrap words around the hurt and confusion they feel, they become t...
In countries such as Australia, the UK, and the USA, growing numbers of LGBTQ people are becoming foster parents. This chapter summarizes what is known from the research evidence, primarily focusing on lesbian and gay foster parents given the dearth of research on bisexual, transgender, and quee...
Foster Care, Adolescence Abstract Many youths are unable to live with their original birth or adoptive parents and become the custody of the public welfare system. The impact of the early trauma or abuse leading to disruption from their homes of origin, and the impact of subsequent foster care...
Gay and Lesbian Adoptive and Foster Care Placements: Can They Meet the Needs of Waiting Children? Although the number of children in need of adoptive homes is growing, the number of prospective adoptive parents is decreasing. On the basis of an extensiv... B Devon,G Sheryl - 《Soc Work》...
Barth, R. P., Crea, T. M., John, K., Thoburn, J., & Quinton, D. (2005). Beyond attachment theory and therapy: Towards sensitive and evidence-based intervention with foster and adoptive families in distress.Child and Family Social Work,10 ...