Fostering Relationships with Children Who are 'Too Much to Handle'

Autor: Saralyn Ruff, Julia Baron
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy. 11:387-399
ISSN: 1940-9214
1528-9168
Popis: Parenting yields unique challenges for adolescent-aged foster youth. Given their age, past trauma, lack of social support, and lack of resources, foster youth are at increased risk for mental health problems, substance abuse, and homelessness compared with nonfoster youth. Many pregnant and parenting adolescent-aged foster youth are at high risk for perpetuating the same dynamics that they themselves experienced, specifically of having their children placed in foster care. This intergenerational trauma cycle will likely continue without interventions focused on the psychological, emotional, developmental, and social experiences of both parents and children. Moreover, interventions must also focus on those implementing the interventions and working with these youth. Staff working with foster youth have high burnout and turnover rates, resulting in inconsistent service provision and disrupted relationships for the youth. Fostering Relationships is a free, theory-based resource that works toward addressing t...
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