Kentucky Therapist Reaches Out to Foster Kids, Foster Parents

Kentucky Therapist Carol Lozier provides wealth of information to foster parents through the release of two new books that delve into her more than 20 years of experience working with children impacted by poverty, abuse and neglect.
 
 
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Feb. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- Louisville, Kentucky — Therapist Carol Lozier recently announced her contribution to the new book, The Foster Parenting Toolbox, a book designed to be a resource and training tool for foster parents.

“As a therapist who works with foster and adoptive families, the book enables me to reach out to many parents in a supportive, educational manner through my articles on self-care and discipline,” Lozier said. “I am honored to be included in The Foster Parenting Toolbox, and I hope parents find my articles to be emotionally supportive and informative.”

For the more than 20 years, Lozier has worked specifically with patients impacted by the child welfare system. Seeing first hand the challenges many of the children present with, Lozier said she knows how critically important it is for foster parents to receive quality training and preparation for parenting kids in the foster care system.

“What I enjoy most about my practice is watching the transformation of the children and their families,” Lozier said. “Often, when I begin to work with a family their stress level and hopelessness is palpable, but by the end of treatment they are relaxed, connected, and hopeful.” 

Lozier, also the author of the recently released, The Adoptive & Foster Parents Guide: How to Heal Your Child’s Trauma and Loss, sees the The Foster Parenting Toolbox as an excellent tool for foster parents in their journey as professional parent. A compilation of stories from foster parents, social workers, biological parents, former foster youth and child welfare advocates, The Foster Parenting Toolbox provides a wide range of view points on various topics.

“The Foster Parenting Toolbox is written for the fostering community with issues specifically related to foster parents,” Lozier said. “I hope parents gain emotional support and a practical disciplinary strategy from my articles.”

From a step-by-step guide to becoming a foster parent and tips for protecting yourself against false allegations to helpful ways to transition kids and ways to work with birth parents, The Foster Parenting Toolbox is an all-inclusive guide to foster parenting. And woven between the nuts and bolts articles about foster parenting are stories from those who have lived the experience – foster parents who have had to say goodbye to children they loved, former foster youth who offer words of wisdom to foster parents, and caseworkers and support people who have learned from the daily interactions with caring, humble people who raise tough and traumatized children.

“This book is the culmination of more than 10 years of work as editor of Fostering Families Today magazine,” said Kim Phagan-Hansel, book editor. “I’m pleased to provide foster parents throughout the country with a resource they can use day or night, through hard times and joyous celebrations. My hope is that everyone who reads this book will come away with valuable insight into how to improve the lives of children who have the unfortunate experience of living in foster care.”

With a March release date, The Foster Parenting Toolbox is available online at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias... for $29.95.  

For an interview with Carol Lozier and Kim Phagan-Hansel or any of the contributors to the book, contact EMK Press at 732-469-7544 or by writing to info@emkpress.com

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