Shared Parenting Review Activity

Shared parenting is the process of developing and supporting partnerships between ___________________.

• A) the agency, the birth parents, and the kids

• B) foster parents, adoptive parents, kinship caregivers with a child's birth parents

• C) the kids, their friends, and teachers

What is one simple way that shared parenting can work?

• A) consistently sharing information

• B) waiting until court to update the birth parent

• C) keeping upcoming appointments a secret

What is the best practice timeframe for the initial shared parenting meeting?

• A) as soon as possible [within in 14 days]

• B) before the end of school

• C) after the first 5 appointments [within 28 days]

The county child welfare worker must prepare the foster parents and birth parents to exchange information essential to shared parental responsibilities between foster and birth parents.  What might this include?

• A)  what services the birth parent is completing

• B)  child’s strengths and needs

• C) why the maltreatment occurred

How can connections between children and their parent(s) be supported?

• A) encourage the caregiver to change the subject when a kid talks about their parent

• B) help kids think about how their parents have hurt them

• C)  encourage opportunities for communication between scheduled visits

The idea of shared parenting may seem frightening or ___________for all of the adults involved. Why?

• A) easy

• B) intimidating

• C) effortless

For a resource parent, the idea of being a caregiver for a child and family that may look or believe differently than you, can cause ______. Why?

• A) feelings of anxiety

• B) feelings of

  boredom

• C) feelings of rejection

Like their biological parents, children have their own needs including physical, emotional,_______, and more.

• A) social

• B) biological

• C) technical

When children are placed in kinship care, different types of grief may present because ________.

• A) a family reunion is coming

• B) family dynamics change

• C) children must change schools

One of the best tools for helping someone struggling with making a change is to help them complete a__________.

• A) decision balance chart

• B)  family eco map

• C) budget