At the end of last week we met with two fine folks from
Guidestone, one we had met before and the other, a supervisor, was new to
us. During our discussion we determined
that the types of children and level of disability that we had specified in our
original application to Belmont County were acceptable to Guidestone and they felt
that they had children in their care that would fit that description. This was important to both of us but
especially to me because I didn’t want to feel pressured to take in children
that were more difficult than we had planned.
With this understanding we felt that we should continue toward our re-certification with Guidestone.
Despite our new understanding regarding the type of children
that we could expect, there was one new wrinkle. Local county agencies refer children to Guidestone
when they have children that are technically “more difficult.” Although this still fits our original
description, we now will have to upgrade our foster home certification to be a “therapeutic
foster home” instead of a “family foster home.”
What that means is
another twenty hours of training.
Yippee…
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