A training manual for respite
By: Will Foran, project coordinator, editor ; Norene Gonsiewski, Richard Sanders, technical editors.
Contributors: Foran, Will.; Gonsiewski, Norene.; Sanders, Richard, 1931-; Project AFIRM.; Oregon Health Sciences University. Oregon Institute on Disability and Development.
Publisher: Oregon Health Sciences University
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Subjects: Respite Care; Caregivers; Developmental Disabilities -- rehabilitation; Disabled Children; Adoption; Family
Other titles: AFIRM training manual; Project AFIRM :
Description: Manual is for respite providers and families who are adopting children with special needs.
Notes: "Project AFIRM, Adoptive Families Individualized Respite Model, a project of the Oregon Institute on Disability & Development"--Cover.

Gift from OIDD: Oregon Institute on Disability & Development.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Legal issues.; title: Communication.; title: Adoption, bonding and attachment.; title: Activity planning for children with special needs.; title: Behavior management of children with special needs.; title: Next step: family's direct training of providers.; title: Forms.; title: Respite training: a leader's guide.