Vol. 15, No. 2 • May 2011

Get In-Service Training Credit for Reading this Newsletter!

If you are a North Carolina foster parent you can enjoy reading Fostering Perspectives and earn credit toward your relicensure. Just write down the answers to the questions below and present them to your social worker. If your answers are satisfactory, you’ll receive 30 minutes of credit toward your in-service training requirement. If you or your licensing social worker have questions about this method of gaining in-service credit, please contact the N.C. Division of Social Services at 919/334-1176.

In-Service Quiz, FP v15#2

1. When is the best time to begin teaching young people the skills they need to be self-sufficient?
2. What happens in Raleigh on May 19, 2011?
3. It’s room cleaning time at your house. How would you give instructions to a child who has only a concrete understanding of what it means to clean his or her room?
4. “Helping Youth Reach Self-Sufficiency,” a life skills-teaching training, will be offered free to North Carolina foster parents this October. List three ways you and the young people you care for would benefit if you attended this training.
5. Describe the process Misty Stenslie went through after she left foster care. What difficulties did she experience? Where did she find support?
6. What is Futures Ready and how does it benefit youth with severe emotional disturbances, mental wellness issues, and/or co-occurring disabilities?
7. Why is it important for young people in foster care to learn about the issues of puberty?
8. Name three resources foster parents can tap to provide young people the information and experiences they need to select a possible career.
9. Give three examples of a “teachable moment.”
10. What is “family finding”?
    

Copyright � 2011 Jordan Institute for Families