Third-party caregivers – that is, non-parent caregivers who care for children in some capacity – are very valuable in supporting the healthy development and wellbeing of children and families (Bronfenbrenner, 1990). Two populations of third-party caregivers – home-based childcare educators (HBCCs) and foster caregivers (FCs) – both currently face challenges...
Introduction: Youth in foster care face greater rates of trauma and subsequent mental health challenges (Bruce et al., 2009; O’Neill et al., 2012; Seltzer et al., 2012; etc.) that place increased burden on their caregivers (Daniel, 2011; McKeough et al., 2017), suggesting that these specific groups of youth in foster...