FAW: Foster Care, Grief & Loss
In welcoming a child into your home, you become an essential part of their life. You provide love, comfort, care, safety, and stability. And you are keenly aware that the child entrusted into [...]
Grief & Loss: Making Space for Healing
While it may take six-eight weeks for a broken bone to heal, or five-10 days to be cured of the common cold, emotional healing often takes much longer. The day an adoption becomes finalized, for [...]
What Grief Looks Like for Children & Youth in Foster Care
The role of a caregiver and foster parent is a significant one with many responsibilities. This tip sheet has information and suggestions to help give foster parents new ways to understand, [...]
Is It Grief? Why Challenging Behaviors May be Signs of Grieving
Certainly, there can be any number of reasons why a child or youth may be acting out, but absent a precipitating factor or obvious trigger, it may be helpful to consider that your child may be [...]
The Challenges of Foster Care: Grief and Loss
Being a foster parent has many rewards. There also can be some experiences of grief and loss when a child moves from your home for the parent, the child, and any other children in the home. This [...]
