Handbooks for foster carers
Book bundle
£42.85
£38.00
Caring for children and teenagers is often not an easy task, but the outcomes can be hugely rewarding when carers see young people making changes to their behaviour, achieving little – or even big – things that matter to them, and starting to live fulfilling lives. Take a look at our handbooks for foster carers to help and support you along the way. We've bundled three of our foster carer handbooks for a discounted price. Get our handbooks about parenting teenagers, health and education for £38 (usually £42.85).
The foster carer’s handbook on parenting teenagers
Being a teenager can be difficult, frustrating, exhilarating and challenging – both for the young person and for their parents or carers! But young people who are fostered can come with extra challenges. Once young people who have experienced abuse, neglect, loss and separation reach the adolescent years, the usual teenage problems may be magnified as the young person’s changing brain reawakens trauma from their past. At the same time, they can be exposed to impulsivity and powerfully confusing feelings. How can teenagers in foster care best be supported to deal with the challenges that life has thrown at them? How can their foster carers help them to find effective ways to manage their behaviour, engage with their peers, make the most out of education, and find their way towards a fulfilling adult life? This handbook aims to support foster carers as they identify the unique needs of the young person in their care.
The foster carer's handbook on health
Health care is important for all children and young people, and for their parents or carers. But fostered children can experience extra health challenges. Children frequently enter the care system with a worse level of health than others, in part due to the impact of early abuse or neglect. Evidence suggests that they often experience common health risks to a higher degree than their peers. They may also have higher rates of disabilities or mental health needs.
As a foster carer, you have a vital role in supporting the health of the children in your care. But how best can you do this? What do you need to know about fostered children’s specific health needs, and how to manage them? How can you help children to understand their own health, and encourage them to live healthier lives, now and in the future? This handbook will support you to navigate through the health service, to ensure that children’s needs are met, and to be a role model for their health choices. It also provides advice on self-care, to help you ensure that you safeguard your own health in this demanding role.
The foster carer's handbook on education
How can foster carers best support the education of the children and young people in their care? Many children in foster care get on with school, enjoy it and do well, but some really struggle, their ability to cope with its demands affected by the impact of previous experiences of neglect, trauma and loss. They need understanding and extra support that is not always readily available.
Foster carers are likely to know the child well, and so will know whether she or he is settling into a new primary school or coping with the transition to secondary education. Teachers and other school staff can benefit from their guidance about how best to help the child feel safe and understood in the classroom. This handbook aims to support foster carers in that task, and so help children to have the best possible experience of education, right up to leaving care.