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Foster Parent College: Interactive Multimedia Training for Foster Parents

Foster Parent College: Interactive Multimedia Training for Foster Parents RESEARCH NOTE Foster Parent College: Interactive Multimedia Training for Foster Parents Caesar Pacifici, Richard Delaney, Lee White, Kelli Cummings, and Carol Nelson hildren are entering the child care system et al., 1998; Puddy & Jackson, 2003; Zukoski, 1999). with increasingly serious physical, behav- A comprehensive review of treatment foster care Cioral, and emotional problems (Barth, by Reddy and Pfeiffer (1997) showed that special- Freundlich, & Brodzinsky, 2000; Crase et al., 2000; ized training led to increases in placement perma- Fees et al., 1998; Zukoski, 1999). Foster parents, nency, as well as improvements in children’s social with high hopes and little or no specialized train- skills and psychological adjustment. According to ing, are unexpectedly confronted by children who Sanchirico and Jablonka (2000), parent training was explode with anger, set fires, lie, steal, are cruel to associated with increased foster parent involvement animals, mutilate themselves, have severe eating in keeping foster children connected to their bio- disorders, or act out sexually (Crase et al.; Delaney, logical parents, an important indicator of the 1997; McNamara & McNamara, 1990). Up to 40% children’s well-being. of new foster parents drop out of the system dur ing their first year (Rhodes, Orme, Cox, & Buehler, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Social Work Research Oxford University Press

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RESEARCH NOTE Foster Parent College: Interactive Multimedia Training for Foster Parents Caesar Pacifici, Richard Delaney, Lee White, Kelli Cummings, and Carol Nelson hildren are entering the child care system et al., 1998; Puddy & Jackson, 2003; Zukoski, 1999). with increasingly serious physical, behav- A comprehensive review of treatment foster care Cioral, and emotional problems (Barth, by Reddy and Pfeiffer (1997) showed that special- Freundlich, & Brodzinsky, 2000; Crase et al., 2000; ized training led to increases in placement perma- Fees et al., 1998; Zukoski, 1999). Foster parents, nency, as well as improvements in children’s social with high hopes and little or no specialized train- skills and psychological adjustment. According to ing, are unexpectedly confronted by children who Sanchirico and Jablonka (2000), parent training was explode with anger, set fires, lie, steal, are cruel to associated with increased foster parent involvement animals, mutilate themselves, have severe eating in keeping foster children connected to their bio- disorders, or act out sexually (Crase et al.; Delaney, logical parents, an important indicator of the 1997; McNamara & McNamara, 1990). Up to 40% children’s well-being. of new foster parents drop out of the system dur ing their first year (Rhodes, Orme, Cox, & Buehler,

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Published: Dec 1, 2005

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