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Social Study Survival Guide

...the definitive resource to help you prepare for a social study and home study.

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Get Ready for the Big Event!

If you are going through an Adoption or a Divorce with kids, you will have to complete a Home Study or Social Study.

Want to know what happens in a Home Study or Social Study? Want to know what questions are asked? Want to know how you should act? Want to know how you can prepare yourself and home for this experience?

It is the purpose of the Social Study Survival Guide to answer these questions and give helpful tips for communicating effectively with the Social Worker.

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The Goal
The goal in a Social Study or Home Study is to show your willingness and capability to be a parent. Knowing as much as you can about the process in advance can help you breeze through the study. The Social Study Survival guide gives you the tools to meet the goal.

Social Worker Scrutiny
The Social Worker is looking to see if you are able to support a child, physically, mentally and financially. The Social Worker will ask for a long list of documents, which to name a few are medical records of the child/children, medical records of the parents, school records (grades and attendance) of the child/children, child/children educator questionnaires filled out by their current teacher and possibly previous teachers, police reports, court transcripts (temporary orders, various court appearances), psychiatric records, counseling record. The Social Study Survival guide will give you the entire list of documents the Social Worker will request from you.

Questions Asked by Social Worker
The Social Worker will bombard you with a long list of questions. Here are just a few they will ask. How friendly are you with your neighbors? What kind of people live nearby? Is it a safe area? Why did you pick this neighborhood? Are you located conveniently to community resources, such as medical facilities, recreational facilities, shopping areas, and religious facilities? The Social Study Survival guide gives you the exhaustive list of questions the Social Worker will ask.

Discipline The Dreaded Question?
The Social Worker will want to know your style of discipline with children. This is always a touchy subject. The key to answering such a question is to express that discipline should be a balance of love (physical affection, kind words, comfort, and help) with appropriate boundaries and consequences. The Social Study Survival guide gives you more tips on how to effectively answer the Discipline The Dreaded Question.

The Process
The process of a Social Study or Home Study can make you feel overwhelmed, especially happening as quickly as it will. The key to overcoming this stress is to be prepared. The Social Study Survival guide will prepare you for The Process.