Are you thinking about becoming a foster carer?
Read on to find out whether fostering is right for you, where to begin and the processes involved.
You will also find information about looking after a foster child and the support available to you.
Fostering books
All Books
Thinking about fostering?
Packed with essential information and advice, this book provides a realistic and honest insight into what it means to look after other people’s children and provide a safe and supportive home.
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Promoting resilience
This bestselling guide contains inspirational ideas and suggestions for promoting resilience in day-to-day work with children and young people in care, adopted or in need.
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Managing difficult behaviour
This guide aims to provide foster carers with new skills to help them manage a child’s behaviour and improve their relationship with him or her.
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Being a foster family: what it means and how it feels
This short, colourful booklet is part of CoramBAAF’s series of publications for children and young people, which aim to explain concepts in adoption and fostering that they may find difficult to understand.
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Parenting Matters
CoramBAAF’s Parenting Matters series explores many of the health conditions commonly diagnosed in looked after children. The guides provide expert knowledge coupled with facts, figures and guidance presented in a straightforward and accessible style.
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