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Therapeutic Foster Home

Definition: A foster home in which the foster parents have received special training to care for a wide variety of children and adolescents, usually those with significant emotional or behavioral problems. Parents in therapeutic foster homes are more closely supervised and assisted more than parents in regular foster homes.

Also Known As:Treatment foster home

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Therapeutic Foster Care & Therapeutic Group Homes
Therapeutic foster care and group homes offer specialized care interventions for children and youth with severe emotional and/or behavioral challenges. Learn what they are, how they work, and how they compare.

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