Help for Foster Families
Siblings
The fostering and/or adoption process can be challenging for siblings already in the home as well as for the child new to the home. All relationships are going through transitions.
Transitions
Due to a child’s life being very chaotic or overly structured before adoption, he/she may have a difficult time managing transitions or change. The smallest change in their environment may
Challenging Behaviors
Remember where your child is coming from and to expect many challenging behaviors. Remember your child’s chronological age versus the developmental age. Discipline: Use positive scripting to verbalize what you
Food/Eating Issues
Children may come to our homes with many challenges surrounding food. Children may have spent time wondering when they would get to eat their next meal or may have fought
Biblical Principles of Caring for Children
Whether I’m teaching adoptive parents in the United States or caregivers in an orphanage, children’s home, or school in the international context, I’m able to instructionally hold to certain principles