Helping Foster Parents Cope with Separation, Loss, and Grief.

Edelstein, Susan B.; Burge, Dorli; Waterman, Jill

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Publication Date: 2001

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Helping Foster Parents Cope with Separation, Loss, and Grief.

Edelstein, Susan B.; Burge, Dorli; Waterman, Jill

Child Welfare, v80 n1 p5-25 Jan-Feb 2001

Discusses ways foster parents encounter loss and grief in their foster care experiences. Considers factors that affect the intensity of the loss and the healthy expression and resolution of the foster parents' grief; problems that can result when grief is not properly addressed; and ways professionals can help these caregivers with grief issues. (JPB)

Descriptors: Child Welfare, Coping, Foster Family, Grief, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Counseling, Parents, Social Services

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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