How Do You Run A Respite Care Foster Home?
A respite care foster home gives attention and living support to children who have special needs due to a past traumatic experience or to children whose regular foster family needs some time alone. In addition to regular foster home certification, you need some special skills to run this type of residence. Meet all of the state requirements to become a foster care home. Pass all relevant criminal, driving and financial background checks and also take classes in first aid and CPR. This basic medical training may be mandatory for all adults in your home who will be left alone with the foster children. Ask foster care organizations about the kinds of resources they have for training respite care providers. You may be asked to attend certain workshops designed to educate respite care providers about different medical and social needs of the children. Schedule regular meetings with a psychologist or other professional to evaluate both the respite care child and your means of helping him cop
