Continuing on with the different types of foster care.

Also under therapeutic care falls most Mentally Retarded children or in some states they would fall under medically fragile..

Medically Fragile is a area of care that deals with children that have severe medical needs, ongoing illness and chronic condition (ex: cerebral palsy, Spinal bifida, seizures disorder, cancer, HIV, etc)
This requires prolonged hospitalization, ongoing medical treatment and monitoring. These children usually take a number of different medications and have a number of devices to assist them in their life. The paperwork on this type of placement can be overwhelming. You need to be very organized. You will have to take medical classes or training.
With therapeutic and medically fragile care you will have to attend more training in the beginning or also have to do more training hours annually.

Basic care - This is where most children in care will fall under. Foster families (most) working directly with CPS are licensed to do basic care. These children will mostly have the standard doctors visits and also may require therapy (not to the degree of therapy for a therapeutic child). These children will still have great needs with daily living skills, school issues, coming to terms with their abuse and such more. These are not easy children, but not as difficult as the other types.

To be Continued........

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