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Re: parenting measures for foster carers

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I am a parent advocate. Question<EM>&nbsp;</EM>I have is 
this: when parenting assessments are conducted that are based on observations of 
parent-child interaction, how is the assessment process affected by whether the 
parent and child are currently living together vs. interaction of parent and 
child when child has been removed? E.g. supervised visitation is often used as 
an assessment opportunity, particularly in early stages of the child's removal 
from home--often with legal proceedings still pending for the family.&nbsp;I 
know the topic was initiated with regard to foster care providers but the 
responses seem to refer to a range of parenting assessments including those used 
for natural parents. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There is an interesting paper that deals with the fact 
that visitation for children in care involves different agendas for parent and 
professional--e.g. the parent focused on the opportunity for parent-child 
intimacy, the professional focused on issues&nbsp;such as&nbsp;the parent's 
ability to discipline--and how these different agendas are often not 
acknowledged and can undermine the visitation process altogether. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Second question: personal observations (I have a son with 
multiple psychiatric diagnoses) have been that when emotional/behavioral 
checklists are used, school teachers are more likely to identify externalizing 
factors and parents (including foster parents) are more likely to identify 
internalizing factors. Is anyone aware of research into this phenomenon? I 
realize that different checklists are usually used for parents than for 
teachers, so I would think the design would control for this general difference 
in perceptions of a child's emotions and behavior. I have seen this happen with 
different types of checklist-type instruments. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sheri McMahon</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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