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What Every Houseparent Needs to Know!
or
I Wish Somebody Would Have Told Me!
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Christian Edition
A rebuttal to an E-mail I received about my "What Every Houseparent Needs to Know" articles
Agency Communication & The Supervisory Role -
By James Harris, Jr.: One of the main challenges that
residential placement agencies may encounter is internal communication. .........
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The Importance Of Physically Organized And
Therapeutically Structured Environments - By
James Harris, Jr.: The social worker did not know what to do. The house was
definitely filthy and John and Jeremy were stuck living there. . ..........
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Helping Youth in Care Deal With Issues of Grief and
Loss - By James Harris, Jr.: Children in
residential placement have been removed from their families of origin. In
some instances, their families abandoned them. (And, even in cases when a
child's parents did not abandon them, it still may very well feel that way.)
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Helping
Grieving & Distressed Children:
Talking with Them About Death and World Violence
- By James Harris, Jr.: As adults we have
learned that we will be confronted by, and have to learn to cope with,
losses (both natural and unnatural). In the world today we struggle to make
sense of such losses and to protect youth from the harsh reality of life in
America, and the world beyond. It is natural for caretakers to want to
protect their children.
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Non-Traditional Families May Be Typical American Family - By James Harris, Jr.:
There is no doubting that America has undergone transformations over the
past half century. This includes the makeover of the traditional American
family. While the long-established nuclear family still exists, it is now
joined by alternative households, including adoptive, foster, kinship, and
blended families. ...........
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You Can’t Compete with Birth Parents!
- Children tend to put their birth parents on a pedestal
and you can't compete with that.
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Using Birth Parents as an Example -
Don’t! - It will
only cause conflict with the child.
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Weaned on Nachos!! -
Children in residential and foster care can have some
strange eating habits.
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The Very First Time -
Doing things for the first time with the children in your
care.
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It’s Guaranteed to Happen
(Being Accused of Abuse) - If you work in
residential care long enough you will probably be accused of abuse by a
child. Click Here
My First Day as a Houseparent
- The Beginning of a most interesting week.
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My Second Day as a Houseparent
- It really got interesting on the second day.
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My First Week Continued
- As my week continues I learn a great deal about being a
houseparent and runaways. Click
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Our First Day Off as Houseparents
- After working a double shift our very first time,
without training or orientation we finally got a day off to keep my wife
from quitting. Click Here
Three Kinds of People
- In society and in houseparenting there are three kinds
of people and laws and rules are needed for two of those types.
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Chore Checklists
- Can help teach a child to do a chore properly and insure it is done. -
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Video Game System Timer
- I have done a way with fighting over the video game systems in
my house. I built a Video Game System Timer that controls the amount of
time our children use them. -
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Stock Car Racing Behavioral Chart
- Here is a Behavioral Chart that I created based on Stock Care Racing the
number 2 sport in America. The kids in my cottage have responded well to
it, and it has helped us teach discipline to our children.
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Hotrod Whiteboards -
How to keep your whiteboards looking sharp -
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Contests and Rewards (The Coffee Can Program)
A reward program I developed at my first facility -
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The Big Burger - Something fun
I did with kids that they absolutely loved.
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Vans & Vomit -
Traveling with children it is bound to happen -
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An Appropriate Apology
- Do you know what an appropriate apology is?
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Sentences and Essays as a Consequence
- Some advice on using sentences and Essays as
a consequence.
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IN RE GAULT 387 U.S. 1 - ARGUED DECEMBER 6, 1966. -
DECIDED MAY 15, 1967 - My commentary on a ruling
that has a great impact on Juvenile Justice.
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Secret Agent Houseparent
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Electronics can be a great aid in supervising children
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Month of Madness - The Holiday Season
- The Holiday Season in a Children's Home can be madness, read my story.
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Houseparents and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- A commentary about a Department of Labor Opinion Letter and how
it affects houseparents.
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Here
Houseparent Salaries!!
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A short article I wrote about houseparent salaries.
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Houseparent Salaries
- The Child
Welfare League of America publishes a quarterly newsletter. In the Spring
2003 edition, they have a summary of a scientific survey they did of member
agencies concerning salaries.
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here for details
Empty Chairs
(As a national workforce shortage strikes child welfare,
CWLA responds) - Here is an article I found on the Child
Welfare League of America website. It deals with the staffing shortage
that many facilities face.
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