Tip Sheets

The following tipsheets are written by the staff at the Foster Care and Adoption Resource Center. Each tip sheet has FCARC resources and other resources listed at the end for more in depth opportunities for learning. Please feel free to contact Oriana Carey at ocarey@wiadopt.org with any suggestions for tipsheets you'd like us to write in the future.

Fostering Basics

• Preparing Kids In Your Home For Fostering (6/10)
  
• Welcome Home Books: Building Connections (1/10)
  
• Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Youth in Care (10/09)
• The Challenges of Foster Care: Grief and Loss (9/09)
• By the Grace of Foster Parents: Fostering Pre-school Age Children (9/09)
• Shared Parenting: Putting the Needs of Children First (4/09)
• Foster Parents and Social Workers: Allies and Advocates for Youth in Care
• Is Fostering a Good Fit for Us? Things to Consider (3/09)
• Maltreatment Allegations
• Self Care for Families
• Working with Children Who Have Been Traumatized

Day-to-Day Issues in Fostering

• Stressed Out! (7/10)
  
• The 411 on Social Media, Networking, and Texting! (7/10)
• The Emotional Journey of Relative Caregiving (5/10)
  
• The Changing Role of Caregivers: Grandparents (4/10)
  
• Making a Positive Difference (3/10) 
• Finding the Right Fit: Contemplating a Change in Foster Care Agencies (2/10)
  
• You Hold the Missing Piece of the Puzzle: The Importance of Documentation (10/09)
• Life Books: A Life Long Priceless Treasure (1/09)
• Internet Safety Tips for Caregivers (2/08)
• Celebrating the Holidays With the Children You Foster
• Effective Management of Crisis Behavior
• Helping Kids In Care Change Schools
• Household Rules

Fostering Children With Specific Needs
(also see A Series of Adoption and Foster Care for more)

• Fostering Children and Youth with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (2/10)
• Fostering Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (1/10)
• Building on Social Skills: Fostering Success (1/09)
• Fostering a Child Who Has an IEP
• Advocating for LGBTQ Youth (6/08)
• Fostering a Child Whose Parent Is in Jail or Prison (3/08)
• Supporting Kids From Families Who Are Affected By Drugs
• Supporting Youth Who Transition Out of the Foster Care System at Age 18 (6/07)
• Autism Spectrum Disorders (2007)

Also visit Tip Sheets for Youth in Care, as well as ARW's Articles for Foster Parents page.