Foster Parent Collaboration : A Guidebook for Social Workers and Other Professionals

Foster Parent Collaboration: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Professionals argues that the foster care system is in crisis and one strategy for meaningful change is for social workers and other professionals to collaborate with foster parents.The collaboration will assist with increasing foster parent retention and the quality of care they can provide to children in their homes.The book provides practical suggestions supported by current research for how this can be done.The book provides information about the foster care system, children in foster care, and foster parents' vital roles.It couples the first-hand experience of a foster parent and social worker with current research.This combined lens provides a critical examination of the current realities of foster parents and social workers in foster care.Derived from both practice knowledge and empirical evidence, the book provides guidance to social workers and other professionals about how to effectively work with foster parent