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	Kinship Care Preview Description Testimonials Related Courses Share Joseph Crumbley, D.S.W. explores issues specific to kinship care. The course focuses on some of the unique problems and stressors related to this type of care. Dr. Crumbley offers caregivers insights and steps on kinship parenting, and he provides general steps for parents to consider when parenting these special foster children. Supplemental handouts are included. At the end of this course, you will be able to: identify two reasons for the increase in children in kinship and relative care identify three reasons why kinship/relative care is positive for the child state three challenges faced by kinship providers identify clinical issues or fears that can impact the behavior of a child in kinship care list strategies for helping a child develop respect for, trust in, and loyalty to the kinship family list ways to acknowledge a child's feelings and develop positive, appropriate ways to communicate identify steps for involving all family members in developing a plan for the child I really enjoyed the course and the speaker, Dr. Crumbley. As a relative caregiver trying to become a more effective parent, I got some ideas from this course that I'm going to follow up on. Alicia B. My wife and I have been taking care of her niece and nephew for a long time. .... When I completed this course it helped me and my wife to do better and be better parents. We know where our mistakes lie and we are willing to change them. Thank you for this course, it helped us out alot. Jack H. Trauma-Informed Parenting Explores how parents can care for a child while being sensitive to his or her past traumatic experiences. [Also available in Spanish] Substance-Exposed Infants Dr. Robert Nickel and Susan Edelstein, M.S. discuss the issues and challenges faced by parents who care for substance-exposed infants, including the effects of legal and illegal drugs, multiple substance abuse, working with the child's professional team, and successful parenting strategies. [Also available in Spanish] The Impact of Fostering on Birth Children Explores the challenges foster families face pre-placement, during placement, and post-placement and offers insights and advice for helping birth children through those challenges. [Also available in Spanish] It's My Marriage! Explores how resource parent couples can resolve conflict and promote intimacy in the family through improved communication. Share this with friends. Link to share: This course discusses several common issues in kinship care situations: family feuds allegiance to birth parents distance and defiant behavior in the kinship family 2 credit hours, $10.00 per person