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Foster Parent Collaboration: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Professionals argues that the foster care system is in crisis and one strategy for meaningful change is for social workers and other professionals to collaborate with foster parents. The collaboration will assist with increasing foster parent retention and the quality of care they can provide to children in their homes. The book provides practical suggestions supported by current research for how this can be done. The book provides information about the foster care system, children in foster care, and foster parents' vital roles. It couples the first-hand experience of a foster parent and social worker with current research. This combined lens provides a critical examination of the current realities of foster parents and social workers in foster care. Derived from both practice knowledge and empirical evidence, the book provides guidance to social workers and other professionals about how to effectively work with foster parents. The goal is to promote change in the foster care system and improve the outcomes for children and families. It serves as a tool to help social workers and other professionals currently working in the foster care system improve their skills and better collaborate with foster parents. Foster Parent Collaboration contains numerous practice examples drawn from actual cases that offer insights into what social workers and foster parents navigate and how social workers best can work with foster parents. Each chapter includes a real-life challenge from a foster parent's perspective.

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Amanda Preston is the CEO and founder of Deer Creek Family Support & Therapy, supporting adoptive and foster families and parents raising neurodivergent kids. She also works at Foster Calgary, working in recruitment and screening for potential foster families. Lisa Schelbe serves as an associate professor at the Florida State University College of Social Work in Tallahassee, Florida. She is a faculty affiliate at the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. Dr. Schelbe is also director of the Child Well-being Research Institute at University of Kentucky College of Social Work. Chelsea Kwoka is a Los Angeles-based voice and on-camera actor known for her dynamic range and engaging performances. A Florida native, she earned her bachelor's degree in theater from Florida State University. She enjoys bringing rich characters to life and tends to voice strong female heroines with wit and warmth. Chelsea has worked extensively in both audiobooks and video games, where characters and story reign supreme. With her classical training she understands the nuance needed to bring individuality to each character when working in such complex worlds. Her work is most notably in romance, science fiction, and thrillers. Beyond voice acting, Chelsea produces and acts in films focused on female driven stories. Outside of her professional endeavors, Chelsea is passionate about hiking and camping in Southern California. She is currently studying French and teaches a stroller-Barre class for mothers in early postpartum. When she is not acting professionally, she is still performing for her two young children in their imaginative stories and games. Chelsea Kwoka is a Los Angeles-based voice and on-camera actor known for her dynamic range and engaging performances. A Florida native, she earned her bachelor's degree in theater from Florida State University. She enjoys bringing rich characters to life and tends to voice strong female heroines with wit and warmth. Chelsea has worked extensively in both audiobooks and video games, where characters and story reign supreme. With her classical training she understands the nuance needed to bring individuality to each character when working in such complex worlds. Her work is most notably in romance, science fiction, and thrillers. Beyond voice acting, Chelsea produces and acts in films focused on female driven stories. Outside of her professional endeavors, Chelsea is passionate about hiking and camping in Southern California. She is currently studying French and teaches a stroller-Barre class for mothers in early postpartum. When she is not acting professionally, she is still performing for her two young children in their imaginative stories and games.

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