• Child Welfare System and how it works
• Primary purpose to "ensure the protection and well-being of at-risk children"
• Laws
• Courts
• Process that brings a child into care
• BCFS System including the role of workers
• Looked at your role as an foster or adoptive parent
• Read the Mark, Jane, and Crystal's story as well as Carlos' story that illustrated the foster and/or adoptive parents role
• Considered your expectations about bringing a child into your home
   

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Session 2 Review:

Session 2 Assignment :
	Read the Mark, Jane, and Crystal story
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	Identify some challenges that the system presented to this foster family:
	Read Carlos' Story
	What are your thoughts about Mark and Jane's decision not to adopt Carlos? Was there anything else they could have done to ease his transition to the adoptive home?

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