Sagerat Scribbles

• Jul. 6, 2006 - Foster Care Training ~ Respite Care

Posted in Adoption

My Dear Man and I became parents to medically fragile infants. These babies can be especially wearing on your emotions and energy. A drug affected baby that has a high-pitched cry and refuses to go sleep during the withdrawal period can cause any parent to have a break down.

Respite care relieves a foster parent from their regular duties for a weekend up to a couple of weeks. This in no way reflects badly on a foster parent. (At least in a good system.) Even adults who take care of their elderly medically fragile parents need a break now and then.

A respite home is certified by the same program that you are licensed under. You cannot leave your foster child with an unlicensed family. (Interestingly there are no requirements on the public school system you leave your foster child with.)

For the most part my Dear Man and I did not use the respite home. Not because we are wonderfully patient, but because there just wasn’t a need. We did use it though! If you have family coming over to stay, or you want to go out of town respite care is an option.

When you do leave a child in respite care the stipend you receive from the program will reflect this. The money is then given to the respite home. In a way, you pay the respite parents.

If you think you might like to be a foster parent, but feel you can’t do so full time, see if you can do respite care. Not only will you be helping foster children, you will be helping foster parents.

This article is linked to Adoption Options ~ Our Journey Through Foster Care Part III, Training Classes

• Jul. 5, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by chickadee

thanks for bringing this to my attention. i wasn't aware we had this type of foster program available.

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• Jul. 6, 2006 - Maybe I'm just daft

Posted by authorDonna

Um...I don't know how this happened, but when I logged onto my site, your post on adoptions was on my post page--as though I had posted it. I'm not sure how that happened or where all my other posts went but I thought I'd let you know. Have a great day.

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• Jul. 6, 2006 - Divine intervention

Posted by

It was really strange because I just signed on and everything was back in order with my site. I think it might be divine intervention because the posting was about foster care and the respite program and since our youngest can't have children, she's looking at options. She just mentioned foster care this week. I think I'll let her have a gander at this posting of yours. If anyone could handle respite weekends, it's her. God bless and thanks.

P.S. Thanks again so much for the emailed suggestion. I did another stupid and didn't read the email through a couple of times (I'm pretty sure I'm ADHD) so the first email I sent to Dana was kind of not relevant to what she had said but I corrected myself in a second email. Boy it's a good thing you guys are all so patient. You'd have me booted out of this site on my ear otherwise :) Have a great day.

Edited by authorDonna on Jul. 6, 2006 at 10:50 AM

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• Jul. 6, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by nsremom

I hadn't even thought of that as an option. Just this week I mentioned yet again how I'd like to be foster parents. This might be something to pray about. thanks.

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• Jul. 6, 2006 - Blogger of the Week

Posted by PinayMom

- Hey... I thought I'd tell you that I actually found me in the Front Porch before I got the comments from you that I have been featured blogger of the week! So before I see your comments and found out I was blogger of the week, after my husband got this frantic call from me thinking we won a million dollars kind of voice..lol I said, I had to find out how I can get that famous emblem in my blog and I did! So no need to email you.. just thought I'd let you know here, hopefully you would be able to read it. In any case let me get out of here and go over to your blog..

Blessings,
~ Melanie <><

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• Jul. 6, 2006 - In answer to Tia the Editor wondering why..lol

Posted by PinayMom

Ok... so here's what happened then. I knew about blogging in Friendster and started writing there but it is so lonely and wordly there..haha Then I found HSB and it was LOVE AT FIRST READ..hehe So what I did is copied my posts in Friendster and move it here then said goodbye to Friendster. So that is my story and I am sticking to it..ROFL

Blessings,
~ Melanie <><

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• Jul. 6, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by drewsfamilytx

I had no idea there was such a thing-- thanks for the info!

Love,
Marsha

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