Foster Care

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may or may not know the children being placed. These foster homes are committed to supporting the children and the children’s parents’ in hoping for reunification. These foster homes also are committed to become a forever family for the children if reunification is not possible. Non Relative Foster Care are homes that care for children that they don’t know. Kinship Foster Care are homes that care for children who are related to them or who have a close relationship to them. Foster Care for Developmentally Disabled Children are homes that require additional training and skills to provide the best care possible for disabled children. (Dakota County, MN, 2006).
There are several different factors why children get placed in foster care. Children are removed from their homes to protect them from immediate physical harm (Zuravin & DePanfilis, 1997). According to Simms (1991), substance abuse and the drug culture account for the majority of young children placed in foster care. ...

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happens. “Secure and stable attachments with a primary caregiver form the foundation for a child’s social, emotional, and cognitive development” (Smariga, 2007). Attachment begins at birth; during the first few months of life, babies start to show a preference for their primary caregiver. At about four months of age babies start to communicate with their primary caregiver by smiling, following caregiver with eyes and being able to settle down more easily with primary caregiver. When babies are between 7-14 months of age the attachment deepens. At this age babies become more upset when separated from the primary caregiver. When they become reunited with caregiver, babies at this ...

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