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TIPS MAPP Meeting 3

3.  LOSSES AND GAINS:  THE NEED TO BE A LOSS EXPERT

This meeting explores the impact of separation and trauma on the growth and development of children as well as the impact of foster care and adoptive placement on the emotions and behaviors of children and parents. Examines personal losses (death, divorce, infertility, children leaving home) and how difficult experiences affect success as adoptive parents or foster parents. The meeting emphasizes the partnership roles of foster parents, adoptive parents, and social workers in turning separation losses into gains

TIPS MAPP Meeting 3 Handout

TIPS MAPP HOMEWORK

Meeting 3:  Strengths & Needs

Meeting 3:  Fertility Loss

VIDEO: Alliance Model

Information for those in our Foster Parent Pre-Service Training

Resource Family Consultants

Our staff includes Resource Family Consultants who specialize in one-on-one relationships, which provide foster parents with emotional encouragement, skill reinforcement, and parenting strategies unique to providing out-of-home care.

Scholarships

The Nebraska Foster & Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) offers scholarships to adoptive, foster, guardianship or kinship youth who wish to further their education beyond high school or GED.

Become a Foster Parent

There is an ongoing need in Nebraska for families willing to share their hearts and their homes with children who require temporary foster care. There is also a need for “forever” families for our waiting children, especially teens, who are available for adoption.