A GUIDEBOOK FOR RAISING FOSTER CHILDREN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction to foster care
Welcoming new foster children
Foster children as part of a foster family
The foster child's biological family
Abuse and neglect
Newborns and infants
Six- to twelve-year olds
School
Adolescents and teenagers
Helping foster children learn new behavior
Seriously abnormal behavior
Juvernile delinquency and juvenile justice
Common health-related problems in foster children
When the child is ill or injured
The chronically ill foster child
Particular concerns of foster parents
Particular concerns of foster children

AUTHOR INFORMATION
Susan McNair Blatt, M.D. is the Medical Director of the House of Good Sheperd, a child welfare agency, and is an Adjunct Professor at Utica College.