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Welcome to fostering, a guide to becoming and being a foster carer, edited by Andy Elvin and Martin Barrow ; foreword by Lorraine Pascale

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Welcome to fostering

edited by Andy Elvin and Martin Barrow ; foreword by Lorraine Pascale

a guide to becoming and being a foster carer

What should you expect when you're expecting to foster? This book is a guide to taking the first critical steps of your fostering journey, explaining what fostering is, how to become a foster carer and what it takes to thrive. Combining invaluable advice from veteran foster carers, the expertise of the professionals who support them, and priceless experiences of foster children themselves, this book explains the fostering process step by step. It tackles all the questions that you've ever asked yourself about fostering: What is fostering really like? What are the challenges? What kind of difference could I make? Comprehensive and accessible, this is the companion for first-time fosterers or those considering foster care

Machine generated contents note: 1.So You Want to be a Foster Carer? / Bev Pickering -- 2.Becoming a Foster Carer / Andy Elvin -- 3.How Do Children Become Fostered? / Louise Cox -- 4.Through the Eyes of the Foster Child / Andy Elvin and numerous foster children -- 5.Your First Placement / Martin Barrow -- 6.Training and Behaviour Management / Martin Clarke -- 7.Allegations -- How to Handle Them and What to Expect / Andy Elvin -- 8.Managing Contact / Andy Elvin -- 9.The Birth Parents' Perspective / A safeguarding survivor -- 10.Working with the Professional Network / Andy Elvin -- 11.Special Guardianship Orders / John Simmonds -- 12.Well-Being / Andy Elvin -- 13.Endings / Martin Barrow -- 14.`Heroes of the State' -- The Difference Fostering Can Make / Martin Barrow