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	Working Together with Primary Families Preview Description Testimonials Related Courses Share A child in care has two families: the primary and the foster family. Research has shown that when these families work together, the child's confusion and anxiety are decreased and the likelihood of reunification increases. Nonjudgmental and respectful communication can be challenging, especially when histories and backgrounds differ or when abuse and neglect are part of the child's past. This course offers foster parents strategies for developing positive communication with and understanding of the primary family. At the end of this course, you will be able to: define "primary family" describe the importance of the foster family's relationship with the primary family describe the benefits and challenges of shared parenting state the role of the child protection team identify typical issues that bring primary families to the court system give examples of grief and ambiguous loss understand the role of empathy in foster care This was an amazing course!!! We have been foster parents over 12 years now and watched the system change from keeping foster and primary families seperate to what this class discusses. Our last foster child we had, this is exactly how we approached them. I hadn't seen this yet but obviously this is the "New" way to foster. Mark L. Understanding Birth Family Relationships Explores the range of openness in adoption, the birth connection, and birth relationships. Grief & Loss in the Care System Charley Joyce, LICSW, discusses grief and loss related to removal and placement of a child, and how grief and loss impacts the child, birth parents, and foster caregivers. [Also available in Spanish] Working with Birth Parents: Visitation What to expect before, during, and after visitation with birth parents and strategies for helping the foster child transition back to their foster home are examined in this course. Share this with friends. Link to share: This course examines the relationship between primary and foster families including: primary families shared parenting grief and ambiguous loss 4 credit hours, $20.00 per person