Summary: Fostering Our Taonga - Children are our treasure as are those who care for them.
 Foster care today presents exceptional challenges as we struggle to care for those children who are the victims of social breakdown, parental incapability, child abuse of many kinds, and extreme social disadvantage. This conference focuses on these children and young people and those who care for them. While we each face different challenges in our own countries, research shows that common themes exist internationally, such as the increasing levels of trauma experienced by the children and their consequent high levels of psychological, emotional and behavioural disturbance. Additionally, research shows that sociological and economic change has affected the availability of the most precious resource, foster carers. How do we address these issues internationally and how can we learn from one another?
IFCO XV Biennial International Foster Care Conference
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http://www.ifconz07.org.nz/
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