(4/2018) Coping Skills and Stress Management Areas for consideration: Life experiences of loss and/or trauma Infertility (if applicable) Coping strategies and stress management Impact of life experiences on current functioning Sample Questions: Many of the most successful foster/adoptive parents have experienced loss and trauma in lives that has helped them become the people they are today. Has this occurred in your life? What impact has it had on you then and now? What challenges has it posed for you? When experiencing challenging times, what resources do you use to cope? Who helps you? How do you know when you are getting stressed out; what cues do you notice, physically, socially, cognitively?
(4/2018) Coping Skills and Stress Management Areas for consideration: Life experiences of loss and/or trauma Infertility (if applicable) Coping strategies and stress management Impact of life experiences on current functioning Sample Questions: Many of the most successful foster/adoptive parents have experienced loss and trauma in lives that has helped them become the people they are today. Has this occurred in your life? What impact has it had on you then and now? What challenges has it posed for you? When experiencing challenging times, what resources do you use to cope? Who helps you? How do you know when you are getting stressed out; what cues do you notice, physically, socially, cognitively?
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