Real Kids, Real Carers

About Real Kids, Real Carers

Real Kids, Real Carers is a continuing education resource for foster carers. It contains 6 booklets covering topics of importance to foster carers.

Real Kids, Real Carers is produced by ACWA, with funding from the NSW Department of Community Services.

Using the Real Kids, Real Carers booklets

Each booklet sets out a two-hour education session.

The learning opportunities will be enhanced if sessions involve an experienced foster carer as part of the training team as well as to include agency workers as participants These sessions provide an introduction to the topic under discussion, though follow-up sessions may be required to explore the topic in depth.

These sessions are designed for all carers, whether very experienced or currently in their first placement. Children of foster carers, particularly those who are older teenagers and young adults, will also benefit from participating in these education sessions.

Training Resources

These booklets provide detailed guides to all activities, including handout material to be photocopied for participants.

How to access Real Kids, Real Carers

Real Kids, Real Carers consists of six different booklets, each of which can be downloaded from this website. Just double click on the title of the booklet you wish to download.
(These are PDFs of between 500 and 800kb - you will need Acrobat Reader to view them)

The titles in the series

Independence and connections: Caring for adolescents

I'm an individual: children and young people with disabilities

Participation: creating opportunities for children and young people to contribute to decision-making

Reality fostering: the impact of fostering on carers and their families

Whose job is this?: team work in foster care

Whose problem is this?: managing and responding to challenging and difficult behaviour

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