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Psychoeducational groups for foster parents of sexually abused children were successfully delivered. Groups with nonrelative foster parents required less basic behavior management training than groups for foster parents related to the children in their care. Relative groups also required considerable attention to issues of visitation with birth parents. The groups helped foster parents improve their ability to care for sexually abused children. Participants were highly satisfied with the groups. Additional program development and research is clearly warranted.
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Ms. Winterfelt is in private practice
The Project was supported by the Children's Bureau, ACF. DHHS.
Copies of the training curriculum and videotape are available from Ms. Yeaton, Dept. of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital, 747 52nd Street.
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Barth, R.P., Yeaton, J. & Winterfelt, N. Psychoeducational groups with foster parents of sexually abused children. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 11, 405–424 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01876590
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