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Empower Foster Parents Toward Caring Relations with Children

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Foster parents face many challenges in caring for children in foster care. Perhaps the major challenge is to achieve a caring environment for children who have experienced trauma and much change. Thus, this article provides ideas and strategies for nurturing foster parents toward a caring relationship with their children.

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  1. Instruction and Teacher Education, College of Education, University of South Carolina–Columbia, Wardlaw 107, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    Kevin James Swick

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Swick, K.J. Empower Foster Parents Toward Caring Relations with Children. Early Childhood Educ J 34, 393–398 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-007-0158-7

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