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Helping Foster Children In School explores the challenges that
foster children face in schools and offers positive and practical
guidance tailored to help the parents, teachers and social workers
supporting them. Children in care often perform poorly at school
both in terms of their behavior and their academic performance,
with many failing to complete their education. They will have often
experienced trauma or neglect which can result in a number of
developmental delays. By looking at why children in foster care do
not perform as well as their counterparts, John DeGarmo, who has
fostered more than 40 children, provides easy-to-use strategies to
target the problems commonly faced. He emphasizes the importance of
an open dialogue between teacher, parent and social worker, to
ensure that everyone is working jointly to achieve the best outcome
for the child. An invaluable resource for foster parents, social
workers and educators alike, this book encourages a unified
response to ensure foster children are given the best chance to
succeed at school.
The Foster Parenting Manual is a comprehensive guide offering
proven, friendly advice for novice and experienced parents alike.
Distilling many years' experience into one book, John DeGarmo
combines his own wisdom with that of fellow foster parents. He
describes what to expect from the process, how to access help and
how to ensure the best care for your child. He tackles thorny
issues such as children's use of the Internet and social media,
managing contact with birth parents and how to support your child
at school. Most importantly, he provides advice designed to help
your child feel safe, secure and loved. The Foster Parenting Manual
offers seasoned, sympathetic advice that will be valued by foster
parents and the professionals who support them.
A sensitive picture book to help ease the anxieties of foster
children aged 4 to 10 entering placement. In A Different Home,
Jessie tells us her story of being placed in foster care. At first
she is worried and has lots of questions. The new home is not like
her old home -- she has a different bedroom, different clothes, and
there's different food for breakfast. She also misses her family.
When Jim and Debbie, her foster parents, answer her questions she
begins to feel better and see that this different home is kind of
nice. Written in simple language and fully illustrated in color,
this storybook is designed to help children in care, or moving into
care, to settle in and answer some of the questions they may have.
Accompanied by notes for adults on how to use the story with
children, it will be a useful book for foster parents and
caseworkers, as well as social workers, teachers and anyone else
working with children in foster care.
Many people say being a parent is the toughest job there is. John
DeGarmo, foster and adoptive parent, tells us just how tough it can
be, having parented over 40 children. At times he and his wife,
Kelly, have cared for up to nine children at a time, many with
severe trauma and learning difficulties. Love and Mayhem is an
honest and open account of the struggles, sadness and joy that
comes with the job of being a parent to a traumatized child. From
the sleepless nights with babies withdrawing from drug-addiction,
to the heartbreak when a child moves on to another home, and the
loving chaos that comes with a large and blended family, John
DeGarmo fights for the many children who have come through his
home. Ideal for foster families, general readers, fostering
agencies and social workers who are looking for a true to life
memoir of what it really is to be a foster parent.
Foster children are more likely than other children to be involved
in risky activities online due to backgrounds of neglect and abuse,
an absence of supportive adults, lower self-esteem, and greater
exposure to drugs and alcohol. Covering all the dangers of online
technology that your foster child might encounter, from
cyberbullying and "sexting", to child grooming and online hoaxes,
this book pays particular attention to dangers unique to foster
families, such as the difficulties internet access poses for
maintaining formal arrangements for contact with birth families.
DeGarmo equips foster parents and professionals with strategies to
keep foster children safe online, giving tips on establishing
expectations for internet usage, advice on how to prevent
inappropriate contact and protect personal information, and
explaining the importance of "netiquette". An indispensable guide
to negotiating online dangers, this is required reading for all
foster families as well as residential child care workers, social
workers and other professionals working with children in care.
There are success stories in America's foster care system --
stories of former foster children who have beaten the odds despite
overwhelming obstacles. The few who overcame the failings of the
system battled tremendous odds. They now stand as a beaming light
of hope, optimism, and faith for not only the hundreds of thousands
of Inspiration to millions across the nation. Fostering Hope for
America is a unique book in the foster care world. The authors is a
former foster child and a survivor with the exceptions two
advocates. These ten individuals come from a variety of backgrounds
and from different places in the country. Yet, these ten authors
bear one thing in common. They each grew up in the system, and
suffered varying degrees of sadness, dangers, and tragedy. They
have come together to share their stories with the nation in hopes
of saving other children from living a life of despair. These
former foster children collectively strive to provide emotional
healing and support to those heroes who are currently trying to
make a difference in the lives of children who have been removed
from unspeakable situations and entrusted to the care of the state.
The authors hope that this book will serve as an inspiration and
challenge for those who work in child welfare, juvenile court
intervention, residential foster care treatment centers, foster
children, foster parents, agencies and nonprofits. Fostering Hope
for America will take foster parents, caseworkers, and all readers
through the heart and the mind of a foster child, forever opening
their eyes and hearts to the many challenges, barriers, traumas and
maltreatment often experienced by our children in foster care.
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