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A Child's Journey Through Placement Paperback – Illustrated, Feb. 15 2012

Children who are cared for in an out of home placement are in need of support and stability. This classic text offers information and advice for professionals and carers on how to help these children, who will often have attachment difficulties. Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D. shares her experience and expertise, outlining the significance of attachment and separation, the developmental stages specific to adoptive children and providing guidance on minimizing the trauma of moves. The book also features practical advice on case planning, managing behavior and direct work with children, and throughout are case studies and exercises which provide opportunities for further learning. A readable, compassionate and practical text, A Child’s Journey Through Placement provides the foundation, the resources, and the tools to help students, professionals, parents and others who care to support children on their journey through placement to adulthood.

• Print length 432 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date Feb. 15 2012
• Dimensions 17.6 x 2.6 x 25 cm
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jessica Kingsley Publishers; Illustrated edition (Feb. 15 2012)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781849058988
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• Item weight ‏ : ‎ 760 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.6 x 2.6 x 25 cm
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A Child's Journey Through Placement

By vera i fahlberg.

15th February 2012

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• Publisher British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
• Publication date 28 April 2008
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…the book attempts to fill a gap in the child-welfare literature by making the child the primary focus of attention…the child's relationship to his or her primary caretaker is undergoing a major, if not radical, change…Fahlberg spends about one-third of the text discussing the development of the attachment between a child and a caregiver from infancy through to adolescence…Case studies, often related in an anecdotal form, are raised frequently as illustrations and guidelines.

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Dr Fahlberg's insightful, empathetic, respectful, and nurturant stance toward the children, and toward the adults who are their guides on their journeys, enhance the value of her practical and action-orientated suggestions for minimizing trauma and dealing with the effects. The work is brought to life by stories of children going through their placement journeys.

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…this book… contains such valuable information about the needs of children that it would prove beneficial to anyone – parent of professional – working with children regardless of whether these children are at risk for psychological problems or not.

I was a single foster parent. I ended up adopting my first placement.

• I've always wanted kids but never found a partner to build a family with. 
• I became a licensed foster parent and four months later a 2-week-old baby was placed with me.
• Days before her first birthday I legally adopted her. 

I had always wanted kids. When it seemed like I would never find Mr. Right , I decided to build my family alone. I learned about fostering and became a licensed foster parent . I felt I had a good support team with my sister and a few close friends. Surprisingly, my boss said he was on board with the idea, though he wasn't much of a family person.

Just four months after being licensed, a two-week-old girl was placed in my home on a Friday afternoon in February. I was over the moon at the idea of raising a newborn though I knew it might be only temporary.

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After getting settled over the weekend, I had to figure out what to do about my job as a leasing agent for an apartment complex. I had very little PTO , and the baby was too young to go to day care. With my boss's approval, I decided to take her to work temporarily. The baby slept under my desk and my receptionist would watch her while I showed apartments to prospective tenants.

I almost lost my job

The arrangement only lasted a couple of weeks before my boss gave me an ultimatum: either find somewhere else to leave the baby, or I would lose my job. He refused to allow me to use my vacation time or unpaid leave, saying I was needed at work. Though I knew it was illegal to refuse time off for someone who had gone through childbirth, I wasn't sure fostering worked the same way. I had to find a solution now.

I found a day care that would take a 4-week-old baby, which allowed me to go back to work. I began job-hunting and soon found a position with a more understanding employer.

The birth mom eventually gave up her rights

My next challenge came with the baby's one-hour visits with her mother once a week. Though foster parents aren't required to transport the children to parental visits, my caseworker threatened to remove the baby from my care if I refused. My heart filled with fear, I agreed immediately though I didn't know how I could make it work. My sister later offered to help transport the baby every other week, solving another problem.

I had no idea what would happen with the baby in the long term. The mother wasn't meeting the requirements to have the baby returned to her and finally decided to give up her rights. The team changed the plan to adoption. As the foster parent, I had the right to seek adoption. In many cases, the foster parents are granted adoption rights, but I knew I had a challenge to prove I was a better choice than a two-parent home.

The process lasted several months, and I was anxious about losing this child I had come to love as my own. Though I had friends to share my struggles with, I still felt alone. They couldn't understand the overwhelming fear of loss that I dealt with. Fortunately, the team approved me as the adoptive parent.

On a warm, sunny day in February, two days before her first birthday, I stood with my little girl in front of the judge who approved the adoption . The challenges of the past year faded away as I held my new daughter in my arms.

Though new challenges awaited, I would face them with the same faith and determination as an example to my daughter about overcoming difficult odds together.

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