#0298 On Separation and Loss:
A Handbook for Foster Families
Jacob R. Sprouse, Jr.
On Separation and Loss: A Handbook for Foster Families provides a common sense definition to generic separation and loss issues, a discussion with coping strategies for the foster family as it deals with its separation and loss realities of placements and an overview of the array of parenting difficulties and challenges in effectively coping with the behaviors of children and youth stressed by their own separation and loss issues.
On Separation and Loss: A Handbook for Foster Families provides a solid foundation for skills building either in a group training format or as a self-instructional program for foster parents.
The curriculum goals include:
* Establishing a clear and practical definition for separation and loss.
* Understanding the significance of separation and loss on the youth's personal relationship with the foster parents.
* Symptoms vs. Problems as a guide to behavioral interventions.
* The importance of patience.
* Attitudes and Values which will assist the foster family to better cope with separation and loss.
* Various interventions and skills to be used in recognizing and managing the stress of separation and loss.
* Actions foster parents can implement to take care of themselves as they experience separation and loss in the foster family and with the child in care.
Specific skill objectives of the training program include:
* Foster parents will be able to identify and implement coping strategies for separation and loss situations which are generally accepted as part of 'fostering.'
* Foster parents will identify personal values and attitudes which will enable them to successfully manage the realities separation and loss as they occur in the foster home.
* Foster parents will practice skills to be used to better understand and manage behaviors resulting from separation and loss issues for the youth.
* Foster parents will explore actions they can take to help themselves cope with family's separation and loss.
#0298 On Separation and Loss:
A Handbook for Foster Families $6.50 Ea. 10+ $5.55 Ea.
#0299 On Separation and Loss: Trainer's Guide
To support and enhance the group training process, the Trainer's Guide provides:
* information on adults as learners;
* suggested training format;
* specific trainer's tips in support of the workbook content;
* a set of transparency masters for the overhead projector or as a guide for preparing flip charts;
* a CD contaning the overhead masters in a PowerPoint presentation and a full color certificate of participation in .pdf form;
* a generic invitation to the training and a certificate of completion along with an evaluation form both designed to be reproduced and used by the trainer - all integrated within the workbook's content.
In addition, the Trainer's Guide contains a copy of On Separation and Loss: A Handbook for Foster Families.
#0299 On Separation and Loss: Trainer's Guide $25.00 Ea.