Module Five: Supporting Relationships Between Children and Their Families

Session 1: Respecting and Supporting Child/Birth Ties
We begin to recognize cultural, spiritual, social and economic similarities and differences between own family and child's family. We examine techniques to help manage loyalty conflicts. We come to understand respect and support connections to siblings and extended family. We learn to help the child accept relationships with birth family, and assist child in managing feelings and relationships.

Session 2: Supporting Contacts between Children and their Families
We explore supervised and unsupervised visits and other contact with child's family. We look at techniques to help prepare children for visits, provide support during visits, and provide care after visits. We learn how to help a child to manage feelings in response to visits and how to support contacts other than visits.

Session 3: Becoming Partners in Parenting
We learn to support, work with and help the birth family in a partnership model that empowers all parties appropriately.