Description
Listening to children is a vital aspect of social work practice.
‘Let’s talk to Barney; Listening to foster children’s voices about staying connected
with family’ is written in a child friendly manner. It is an activity book, suitable for
professionals to use with foster children in the age range 5-10 years. It is the type of
book which encourages professionals to engage in an interactive manner with foster
children.
Its primary aim is to let the voices of foster children be heard in relation to how they
feel about maintaining a relationship with different members of their birth family. It
focuses on the story of a dog.
The material obtained by social workers through using this tool can then be used in
contact planning and when reviewing contact plans.
