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Recruitment Of American Indian Foster Parents, Donna Vig

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

• Help Family Connect meet the needs of Native American Foster Children.
• Increase the number of American Indian families who provide foster care for enrolled (or eligible for enrollment) tribal children.
• Educate all foster families by providing a cultural resource guide.

Attachment Behaviors Displayed By Children In Foster Care, Denise Cathleen Rice

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of attachment, secure or insecure, displayed by foster children after a minimal one-hour separation from their foster parent. The sample consisted of fifty foster parents (22 males and 28 females) who had foster children ranging in ages from 3-12. The foster children have lived in the current foster care placement for at least one month. To measure the foster child's level of attachment to the foster parent, the foster parent completed a demographic survey as well as the Parent/Child Reunion Inventory (Marcus 1988). Analysis was conducted using a variety of …