Beliefs and Attitudes Survey Children & Families in the Child Protective Services System This is not a test and will not be a grade. This quick survey is intended to focus our thinking on our beliefs and attitudes about the children and families in the child protective services system. Take a moment to respond to the following statements. When you agree, check the box for if you don’t know, aren’t sure or cannot commit, select the box for sure”; “Agree”; “Not and if you disagree, select the box for “Disagree”. Foster children will be easy to please because Agree Not sure Disagree they will be relieved to be in a safe home. □ □ □ Providing a foster home is a way to rescue a child Agree Not sure Disagree from a difficult situation. □ □ □ Parents who abuse their children do not love Agree Not sure Disagree them. □ □ □ Fostering a child is a good way to adopt a child. Agree Not sure Disagree □ □ □ Most children who go into foster care go Agree Not sure Disagree home. □ □ □ Most children come into foster care because Agree Not sure Disagree parents physically abuse them. □ □ □ Foster parents can provide a better life for a Agree Not sure Disagree foster child than the child’s parent can. □ □ □ Parents that abuse their children have to prove Not sure Disagree themselves to get their child back. □ □ □ Parents of children in foster care are really Agree Not sure Disagree different from most people in the community. □ □ □ I have a lot in common with the children and the Agree Not sure Disagree parents in the foster care system. □ □ □
Beliefs and Attitudes Survey Children & Families in the Child Protective Services System This is not a test and will not be a grade. This quick survey is intended to focus our thinking on our beliefs and attitudes about the children and families in the child protective services system. Take a moment to respond to the following statements. When you agree, check the box for “Agree”; if you don’t know, aren’t sure or cannot commit, select the box for “Not sure”; and if you disagree, select the box for “Disagree”. Foster children will be easy to please because they will be relieved to be in a safe home. Agree □ Not sure □ Disagree □ Providing a foster home is a way to rescue a child from a difficult situation. Agree □ Not sure □ Disagree □ Parents who abuse their children do not love them. Agree □ Not sure □ Disagree □ Fostering a child is a good way to adopt a child. Agree □ Not sure □ Disagree □ Most children who go into foster care go home. Agree □ Not sure □ Disagree □ Most children come into foster care because parents physically abuse them. Agree □ Not sure □ Disagree □ Foster parents can provide a better life for a foster child than the child’s parent can. Agree □ Not sure □ Disagree □ Parents that abuse their children have to prove themselves to get their child back. □ Not sure □ Disagree □ Parents of children in foster care are really different from most people in the community. Agree □ Not sure □ Disagree □ I have a lot in common with the children and the parents in the foster care system. Agree □ Not sure □ Disagree □