Icebreakers: Building Relationships Between Foster and Birth Families 2018 (CA Fp)

1. Which of the following could be a challenge to building a relationship between the foster parent and the birth parent?

The bio parent may be concerned for their own safety

The bio parent may be concerned that the foster parent is trying to keep their child

The birth parent may learn alternative ways to respond to their child’s behavior

The bio parent may have contact with their child for more than one or two hours per week

Icebreakers: Building Relationships Between Foster and Birth Families 2018 (CA Fp) - Quiz

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2. Case Managers can help foster parents make a connection with birth parents by ______________________.

Asking the foster parent to send a note to the parent letting them know their child is ok

Emailing the birth parent with directions to the foster parents’ home

Ask the foster parent to invite the birth parent over for dinner

Tell the foster parent to meet the birth parent in a neutral location to discuss the removal

3. Which of the following should NOT be discussed at the Icebreaker meeting?

The reason for the removal of the child from the birth home

Visitation guidelines and schedules for contact

Discussion about the child likes and dislikes

Clarification of roles of the players in the system

4. When the foster parent and the birth parent establish a relationship and work together _______ can benefit.

Everyone

Only the foster parent and the birth parent

The child

The case manager

5. What do foster parents and birth parents have in common?

Care and concern for the child

Mutual disregard for the child welfare system

A desire to keep the child

A longing to work in cooperation with the system

8. Which of the follow is usually NOT the reason for lack of father involvement in the child welfare system?

They just don’t care about their children

They aren’t aware they have children

They have a poor relationship with the mother

They are incarcerated

9. In the Icebreaker meeting video, the meeting made it difficult for ____________________.

The child to manipulate the birth and foster parents

The birth and foster parents to communicate with the case manager

The birth parent to understand why the child was removed

The foster parent to establish boundaries for the child

10. The Case Manager can benefit from the foster parent and birth parent establishing a relationship because __________________.

The case manager can get information about what the birth parent is doing via the foster parent

The case manager doesn’t have to be involved in supervising visits and attending appointments for the child

The case manager can use the foster parent to teach parenting skills to the birth parent