Greeno, Elizabeth, Bethany Lee, Mathew Uretsky, Jessica Moore, Richard Barth, Terry Shaw.

Effects of a Foster Parent Training Intervention on Child Behavior, Caregiver Stress, and

Parenting Style. New York: Springer -Science, 2015. Website.

Summary: In their report, Greeno and her partners go in-depth about how important the training of a foster parent is. They write about how the majority of children in foster care have experienced some kind of trauma or abuse and have resulting emotional disorders. Due to those issues, some foster children are more difficult to care for due to behavioral issues. When these kind of behavioral issues get out of control, the kids are removed and placed in a different home, but the issue was never addresses leading to a repeat of the same situation. Greeno and her colleges also wrote about the KEEP program and the success it has had in various counties with behavioral issues.

Quality: Greeno and her co-workers put together a lot of information about the effects of proper foster parent training and I found it very helpful to my research on training in Fairfax County. Overall, the paper was very helpful and detailed.

Issues:  I found this paper to be a little hard to follow sometimes. While the writers go into great detail, I thought the topic bounced back and forth too many times. Overall it was a good resource. 

Chamberlin, Patricia. "KEEP Program." Child Trends. Child Trends, June 4, 2014. Website. Nov. 24,
2017.

Summary: The KEEP program is a supplemental training program aimed towards foster parents with elementary aged kids. This program is meant to provide extra training involving behavior management and parenting practices. The program focuses on positive reinforcement, effective praise, and proper discipline. This website not only explains the program, it also has the details of different studies completed on families who have been through the KEEP program. The studies provide proof that this program has been effective in the lives of foster parents and children.

Quality: I found that the website was very clear with any definitions, and with the way the studies were resented. It's a very well organized page and I could also find the contact information for the author of this article. The author was also one of the evaluaters of the program. She went on interviews with the foster families who had completed the KEEP training and talked about the improvement shown among the families who participated.

Issues: Personally, I have no issues with the source.

Key Words/Phrases:  KEEP, foster child, behavior, positive reinforcement, effective praise, child well-being