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Needs of foster parent resource workers
- Authors:
- BROWN Jason D., ANDERSON Landy
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 46, 2014, pp.120-127.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Foster parent resource workers are those staff members in foster care who have dedicated support and monitoring functions. Resource workers in a large metropolitan Canadian area were asked the question “What do you need to be a good resource worker?” A total of 68 participants generated responses and those responses were analysed using the concept mapping method. The result was 7 concepts, including: good conflict management, understanding of family functioning, knowledge of policy and practice, voice in decisions, confidence, self awareness, and right kind of personality. (Publisher abstract)
Motives of aboriginal foster parents
- Authors:
- BROWN Jason D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 34(7), July 2012, pp.1298-1304.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Aboriginal children are overrepresented in care across Canada; despite only making up approximately 5% of the child population they make up a third of the children in care. However, there are very few Aboriginal foster parents. Understanding the motives of existing Aboriginal foster parents may assist in the development of targeted recruitment and retention efforts. In this study, 92 Aboriginal foster parents in a central Canadian province were asked to respond to the question ‘what motivates you to foster’. A total of 68 unique responses were made. Twenty of the participants were provided with a list of these 68 responses and asked to group them into concepts according to the concept mapping method. The findings revealed 7 concepts including: help Aboriginal children; gives me purpose; use my parenting abilities; meet community need; care for the next generation; personal benefits; and keep families together. Similarities and differences between the participants' experiences and the motives identified in previous literature are discussed.
Foster parent perceptions of placement success
- Authors:
- BROWN Jason D., CAMPBELL Melissa
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 29(8), August 2007, pp.1010-1020.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
In this study a random sample of 61 foster parents from a central Canadian province participated in a telephone interview that included the question: “What in your opinion is a successful foster placement?” A total of 71 unique responses were obtained and grouped together by foster parents. The grouping data were analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Six themes resulted: security for child, family connections, good relationships, positive family change, seamless agency involvement, and child grows. The results were generally consistent with the available literature. Differences between the literature and foster parents interviewed were discussed and implications made for foster care research.
Rewards of fostering children with disabilities
- Author:
- BROWN Jason D.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Social Work, 11(1), 2008, pp.36-49.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Results are presented from a survey of a random sample of parents fostering children with disabilities in a Canadian city who were asked about the rewards they received as a result. Fifty-seven unique responses were analysed using multi-dimensional scaling and cluster analysis. They indicate the following rewards: feeling needed by the foster child; learning from the child; seeing the child making progress; feeling they had made a difference; and having a caring relationship with the child. There were also some financial benefits to fostering. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Mental needs of Aboriginal foster parents
- Authors:
- BROWN Jason D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 31(6), 2014, pp.539-557.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Aboriginal foster parents were surveyed about their mental needs. Each was asked “What do you need mentally to be a good foster parent?”. A total of 58 unique responses were made. They were grouped together by participants and the grouping data were analysed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Seven concepts resulted from the analysis. The concepts included: knowledge, breaks, recognition, optimism, discipline, patience and determination. Results were compared and contrasted with the fostering literature. (Publisher abstract)
Foster parent perceptions of placement needs for children with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- Authors:
- BROWN Jason D., SIGVALDASON Nadine, BEDNAR Lisa M.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 27(3), March 2005, pp.309-327.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
A random sample of 63 foster parents from a central Canadian province was asked “What do you need for a successful placement for a child who has a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder?”. The responses to this question were edited for clarity and sorted into piles of like statements by foster parents. Two types of statistical analysis were applied to the sorting of the statements to describe the relationship between statements and their groupings. The major concepts were identified according to the contents of the cluster, and a map was constructed to provide a graphic representation of the conceptualization process. Foster parents described the need for social support, material support, a structured home environment, professionals, other foster parents, understanding of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, the right kind of personality, and organization skills. Discrepancies between the existing literature and study results were described, and suggestions for future research were made.