How Foster Parents Decided to Discontinue their Fostership?
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Chang, Ru-Syuan
Abstract
Abstract Foster families provide day-to-day care for children who are in need of out-of-home placement. However, there has been a high turnover trend among foster families which causes shortage supply in meeting urgent placement needs and matching options among children of out-of-home placement. Fostered children could face replacement or transition to another foster care arrangement when the high turnover rate continues. The purpose of this study is to explore why and how foster parents decided to discontinue their fostership. This study used a qualitative approach to indepth interviewing six former foster parents to inquire about their reason to discontinue providing foster care. This study found that the limited matching options of expected children age, the unexpected challenges in caring for difficult children, not enough training to cope with care difficulties, and not gaining enough support during difficult times from social workers. Adding up, foster parents decided to discontinue their fostership. Lastly, this study included research and practice implications on how to recruit and train foster parents.
Subjects
discontinuing foster family
foster parents
foster children
decision-making process
Type
thesis
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