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Children and youth may need
foster care home placements for a
variety of reasons:
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They have been emotionally, physically or sexually abused;
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The physical or mental incapacity of their parents;
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They are abandoned;
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They are neglected;
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The child’s behavioral or
emotional problems;
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The separation, divorce or death of their
parent(s).
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Children and youth needing foster
care home placement come from a variety of social and economic
backgrounds; ages ranging from birth to young adulthood.
All children and youth in foster
care require specific considerations from foster parents.
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Emotional considerations:
Separation from their home,
family and friends is traumatic – foster parents help ease the
hurt and pain that separation can cause;
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Behavioral considerations:
Separation reactions vary – some children
withdraw, others act-out at home, school and in the community –
foster parents help cope with the hurt, anger and grief the
child or youth is experiencing;
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Special needs considerations:
Some children and youth bring some special needs with them into
foster care placements – specific medical, emotional or physical
needs, pregnancy or other brothers and sisters needing a sibling
group placement – foster parents may need special training or
support services.
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85 N. Grant St., P.O. Box 72
Millersburg, OH 44654
(330)674-1111 or (800)971-7979
Fax:(330)674-0770 - TTY (330)674-0966
Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
(Extended hours available via appointment) |
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