ERIC Number: EJ1125832
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jul
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0736-8038
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Everyday Miracles: Supporting Parents of Infants in Foster Care
Wotherspoon, Evelyn; McInnis, Jan
ZERO TO THREE, v33 n6 p31-36 Jul 2013
This article describes a model for supporting parents and their infants during separations due to temporary foster care. Using a case example, the authors describe a model for visit coaching, including their process for assessment and strategies used for intervention. The lessons learned are: (a) that individual parents can present very differently when contextual risk factors are properly addressed; (b) that interventions need to target specific risk factors such as untreated mental health problems, unemployment, or housing problems before attachment-based interventions can be effective; and (c) attachment theory and practice has significant utility in supporting mothers and their infants in foster care.
Descriptors: Parents, Infants, Foster Care, Caregiver Child Relationship, Risk, Mental Health, Intervention, Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Caseworkers, Family Programs, Child Welfare, Separation Anxiety, Parent Attitudes, Child Safety, Stress Variables, At Risk Students, Stress Management, Coaching (Performance), Mothers
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Language: English
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