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Why Training?

Children enter the Foster Care System for a variety of reasons:

abandonment

abuse - sexual, physical, mental and / or neglect

violence

parental drug use

parental death

and / or their own mistakes (probation)

Foster Parents may face many difficult and very stressful challenges caring for these children.

Some of the challenges that they may face are:

behavioral issues

health & education issues

family visiting issues

licensing issues

allegation issues

Foster parenting, although challenging, can be and should be a pleasant and rewarding experience for both the child and the foster parents. Cosumnes River College "Foster Kinship Care Education Program" offers support and a diversity of classes to aid parenting foster and kinship children.

Children suffering from the effects of abandonment, abuse, neglect, violence, drugs and death, may "act-out", showing the following behaviors.

physical or verbal aggression

sleep problems and / or bed wetting

reverting to baby behavior

testing limits or manipulation

hyperactivity

withdrawal / depression

change in eating patterns

sexual acting-out

fire starting

If these behaviors persist, it is important to seek therapy for the children.

(It is advisable that you seek therapy for children who have been physically and / or sexually abused.)