Mr De Han Foster Child Analysis

Mr. de Haan and his family live Evanston Alberta, Canada. He is a foster parent as well as a teacher. Also, he is a masters of education student at the University of Lethbridge. Mr. de Haan and his wife have been foster parents for about a year and half, the family consist of six-year-old Arlan, 5 yr. old Jesse, and 4 yr. old May and 15-month-old foster child name Shawn, who has been with the family since he was two weeks old. He states that he doesn’t have much experience when it comes to foster care.
Psychological Assessment:
Mr. de Hann states that he wants to describe how the experience has impacted his bio-kid’s life as well as living. He is hoping to gain insight on how they think, feel, the negatives and positives, and challenges that
He states that it was a burden when his wife and himself found out that they weren’t going to get provided with the knowledge or training to how to deal with their children asking questions about why Shawn or coping with him living with them. Mr. de Haan explained that it was very little impact and communication on how having a foster child would influence his bio-kids’ lives. He states how changing their routines caused a changed to their normal schedules, in which he states that they had nap and quiet times during the day. Mr. de Haan states that when Shawn their foster child was admitted into the Children’s Hospital that he underwent four surgeries that caused a huge challenge for his entire family from their jobs, family, and trying to spending their children to stay with family members. He stated that he noticed some
de Haan states that it is a lot of challenges that young bio-kids face when foster kid(s) come into their homes. And he states getting the bio-kids to understand is extremely important that’s why it is so important to communicate with bio-kids and other people about having child(ren) in foster homes. Mr. de Hann explains that individuals should know how to address this type of situation. Also, he states that the value of communication is very essential when it comes to talking with bio-kids. He states that he enjoyed interview with his kids because he was able to know what they were thinking and how they felt about foster care. Mr. de Haan explains that it is important that we talk to bio-kids constantly because their level of understanding changes constantly. He states that networking with other foster parents is valuable when it comes to connecting with other foster families who have young bio-kids and the impact it has on their lives.
Summary (Strengths, Needs, and Impressions)
Mr. de Haan stressed a lot about how communication is very important especially when it comes to young bio-kids. He also picked up on the different levels of the children and how their knowledgeability difference by the age of the child. Also, him viewing how networking can be beneficial to foster parents with young bio-kids because it will allow them to get feedback by other parents are dealing or have dealt with what they are going