Fostering: What it is and what it means

This colourful and informative booklet follows a similar format to Adoption: What it is and what it means and fulfils a similar need. It describes in accessible and jargon-free language:

• what fostering is;
• how fostering is different from adoption;
• the different types of fostering;
• how children come to be fostered;
• what foster carers do;
• identifying and then moving in with the right foster family;
• care plans;
• birth parents and contact;
• school and health matters.

It includes poems from young people who have been fostered plus quizzes about famous people and well-known fictional characters who were fostered which will entertain children and hold their attention. There are also useful addresses and phone numbers and space for agencies to add their own local information at the back.