Impact of Adopting, Fostering, and Kinship Care
on Resident Kids

This curriculum will equip parents and caregivers to understand the benefits of welcoming a new child by adoption, foster care, or kinship care for the children already living in their home. They will also learn about common challenging impacts resident children often experience, along with the typical concerns that most parents and caregivers have about welcoming a new child to the family. Parents and caregivers will be presented with practical tools to help them buffer their resident children through the challenging impacts, including tips for establishing healthy family-wide communication. Parents will leave the support group with a better understanding of the following topics.

• Positive and negative impacts for resident children when a new child is added to the home through adoption, foster care, or kinship care.
• Common impacts of adoption, foster care, or kinship care on resident children and how to mitigate those negative impacts.
• Typical concerns of parents and caregivers about adding a new child through adoption, foster care, or kinship care and how to manage those concerns.
• Practical tips for managing the transition of a new child into a home where resident children already live, including how to build healthy family communication.

*This curriculum includes a video, facilitator guide, and handouts.