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Originally Posted by Lumpkin
Better yet, had the class been designed around the goals of the participants, maybe we would have had such a positive experience that we'd consider taking additional classes to become foster parents.
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Lumpkin, wasn't the class supposed to be about the children, not the participants?
My dh and I were in your situation and were not offered any classes of any kind. The ICPC was done and we had to fight the foster family for our (now) son, and then he came here. All I learned about lil guy's needs I paid a therapist to tell me. Sounds like the MAPP class would have been a wonderful place to learn and ask questions. If they blew you off in class that was awful--you deserved to be heard and have a response.
I was glad to hear the first and primary message was to foster parents that the goal is reunification. Apparently our lil guy's foster parents missed that part--they did all they could to interfere with the process without losing their license-was not helpful to the child in the long run.
Congratulations on being the wonderful person you are, to be there for your young relative. I'd love to talk with you about how things are going for you-how old your child is, etc.
Thank you for reading my response.