CAFS Parenting and Caring (Grade A)
Summary:
The CAFS Parenting and Caring note provides detailed information on the different types of parents and carers and their legal and social implications. It outlines the reasons for adoption and fostering and explains the four types of adoption, including inter-family adoption, which is adopting a child who lives in NSW by a step-parent or relative. The note also covers the different types of foster care and the reasons for fostering. Finally, it offers statistics on adoptions and explains the various programs running in 2013, such as local adoption and permanent care, out-of-home care adoption, and intercountry adoption.
Excerpt:
CAFS Parenting and Caring (Grade A)
HSC Core 3: Parenting and Caring
| Learn About | Learn To | Study Notes & Examples of Wellbeing and real-life scenarios |
| becoming a parent or carer
types of parents and carers ● biological parents
● social parents – Adoption – Fostering – Step-parenting – Surrogacy
● carers – primary – informal and formal |
● describe the different types of parents and carers
● explore the impact of legal, social and technological change on social parents by considering changes in: – legislation – community beliefs and attitudes – reproductive technology https://docs.google.com/doc ument/d/17cBV6Nt3IpNYzf KhB0li4NHZBGVhTh1znKV ZHhNMoxU/edit ● examine current research data on primary carers to determine the following: – the significance of age and gender |
TYPES OF PARENTS AND CARERS
Biological Parents Biological Parents = one who contributes genetic material as a result of sexual intercourse or Assisted Reproductive Technologies. ➔ Other options for biological parents include: ◆ In vitro fertilisation (IVF) ◆ Embryo Transfer (ET) ◆ Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT) ◆ Artificial Insemination (AI) Social Parents Social Parents = one who has parental responsibilities for a child they do not share a genetic relationship with. ➔ Can be associated with issues that have varied legal and social implications Out-of-Home Care = term used for the system where children and young people (up to the age of 18 years) are unable to live with their birth families due to a number of circumstances. ➔ Often results in adoption and fostering Adoption Adoption = the legal process where all legal rights and responsibilities are transferred from birth parents to adoptive parents. ➔ Reasons for adoption: ◆ Parents may have a low income ◆ Parents are unfit to look after a dependent due to substance abuse |
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