tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882506867316780027.post7475883021881739342..comments2023-06-16T02:45:28.265-07:00Comments on The Final Maze: Improving the Foster Care System - Part XIVFosterAbbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431773317761777407noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882506867316780027.post-49981388064601958172011-05-01T14:07:55.697-07:002011-05-01T14:07:55.697-07:00Thank you very much for your interesting blog.
I ...Thank you very much for your interesting blog.<br /><br />I read your blog with great interest because it gives an insight into the day-to-day reality of foster parenting with traumatised children. I am sure it is not easy and might drain you of all your energy.<br /><br />Do you think, with regard to your experience, that people who are not professionals in dealing with traumatized children can Ilanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292365558266518895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882506867316780027.post-63721529566726461612011-02-21T13:56:42.264-08:002011-02-21T13:56:42.264-08:00You wrote something that struck me, "Require ...You wrote something that struck me, "Require social workers to be scrupulously honest. This means that they must be honest in their dealings with birth parents, foster parents, children, service providers and the court." As a foster parent, I attended every court hearing my foster child had or the bio-parents had. I heard what their attorneys, the bio-parents, the SW and the GAL had Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882506867316780027.post-17653547608307484262011-02-18T14:12:09.535-08:002011-02-18T14:12:09.535-08:00Another thing that is important is that foster fam...Another thing that is important is that foster families and social workers need to stop lying to the foster children.<br /><br />If social workers know that reunification isn't going to happen, tell the child at an age appropriate level. Don't claim you don't know, or that maybe... Be upfront and honest with them.<br /><br />When it comes to older children, listen to what they want inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882506867316780027.post-74719978054162510122011-02-18T09:30:15.618-08:002011-02-18T09:30:15.618-08:00Hear, hear! Our son was just as traumatized by th...Hear, hear! Our son was just as traumatized by the moves and changes in social workers as he was by his birth parents. His memories of the moves consist of being met by his current social worker at school with all his stuff already packed, never saying goodbye to the foster parents until the time he moved in with us, his permanent home. If his SW was changed, same MO. No warning, no info, Barb Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160363075076811996noreply@blogger.com