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The culture of family: supporting kin to support kids

The culture of family: supporting kin to support kids. Responding with Poll Everywhere. Pollev.com/coachsharedA886. Supporting Kinship Placements Agenda: 1) Put yourself in their shoes 2) identify barriers 3) identify benefits 4) identify supports 5) Practice. What is kinship Care?.

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The culture of family: supporting kin to support kids

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  1. The culture of family: supporting kin to support kids

  2. Responding with Poll Everywhere Pollev.com/coachsharedA886

  3. Supporting Kinship Placements Agenda:1) Put yourself in their shoes2) identify barriers 3) identify benefits4) identify supports5) Practice

  4. What is kinship Care?

  5. A Kinship Experience, Version 1: Click Here to play video

  6. Section 1: Put Yourself In Their Shoes

  7. In their shoes: Scenario 1The parent of the child in my care asked to spend the night at my home because they just lost their housing and have no place to stay tonight.What do you want? What do you need?

  8. In their shoes: Scenario 2The parent of the child in my care is talking about me badly to other family members and misrepresenting the case.What do you want? What do you need?

  9. In their shoes: Scenario 3The parent of the child in my care is making promises to the child that I know they won’t keep. What do you want? What do you need?

  10. In their shoes: Scenario 4Think of a situation a Kin Caregiver has brought up with you. For now, Think of it only from their perspective.What do you want? What do you need?

  11. In their shoes: What do you want?What do you need?

  12. in their shoes: understanding the Challenges • Family Dynamics • Change of Role • Lack of Time to Prepare for New Role • Lack of information about The System • Emotional Impact • Financial Stress • Permanency

  13. Dr. Joseph Crumbley Expert on Kinship Care Click Here to play video

  14. Section 2: Identify Barriers

  15. Identify barriers: Why don’t we give them what they need? • Caseload • Court regulations • No resources to offer • Unrealistic requests • Don’t know how to help

  16. A Kin Caregiver’s Perspective: Click Here to play video

  17. Section 3: Identify Benefits

  18. Identify benefits: what’s so great about kinship care? • Greater Stability • Fewer Behavioral Issues • Maintain Cultural Connections • Less Traumatic

  19. Section 4: Identify Supports

  20. IN Your Shoes: What do you want?What do you need? The parent asked to spend the night at their home... The parent is talking badly about them… The parent is making promises they know she won’t keep…. Your Example

  21. Identify supports: how can you help? • Concrete financial supports • Include in court and at meetings • Explain the benefits and process of licensing • Provide information on medical, developmental, and educational supports • Connect to training and support groups • Spend time up front to prevent disruptions later • Assess for Services Regularly

  22. Identify supports: Concrete Financial services

  23. Identify supports: Include in Meetings and at Court

  24. Identify supports: The benefits of licensing • Foster Parent Reimbursement Program • Foster Care Payment • Extended Foster Care • Support from Licensor

  25. Identify supports: medical services

  26. Identify supports: Educational Services • Early Intervention Services for children birth to three. • Early Childhood Education & Assistance Program (ECEAP) • Head Start Program • The Office of the Education Ombuds (OEO) • Treehouse Educational Services

  27. Identify supports: Connect to trainings and support groups • Local and Online Support Groups • Helpful Resources • Trainings

  28. Perspectives from Kinship Care in Washington: Click Here to play video

  29. Identify supports: spend Time up front to prevent disruptions later

  30. Identify supports: Ongoing Assessment of needs

  31. Revisiting the Kinship Experience Click Here to play video Click Here to play video Click Here to play video

  32. Section 5: Practicing the Conversations

  33. Always? Sometimes? Never? What do you discuss at initial placement? • Respite • Childhood Trauma • Discipline and Managing Behaviors • Visitation • Managing Family Dynamics • Permanency and Concurrent Planning • How the System Works • Keeping Kids Connected to Communities

  34. Dr. Joseph Crumbley Supporting Relatives through their Guilt and Shame Click Here to play video

  35. Practicing: how we talk to build understanding • Can I have the parents in the house too? • Why are you setting rules about my relationship with them? • Why should I work with the Tribe? • The child isn’t really Native. He’s never even met his father or the Tribe. • Why should I get licensed? • Is it worth it? How do I do it? • Why do we have visitation? • Do we have to? • Why should I consider adoption? • I don’t want to break the parent child bond.

  36. Today We covered:1) understanding the perspective of kin care providers2) identifying our own barriers to supporting kin care providers3) recognizing the strong benefits of Kinship care4) The real supports and resources we can share with kin care providers

  37. Please Write Down: • 2 Things You Learned • 1 Thing You Will Change Activity:

  38. Supporting Kin to Support Kids

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