Ask questions and insist on answers.

Understand the services the child can receive, and assist the foster parent in understanding those services.

Ensure that all available health information is provided to health care providers.

Be available to health care providers on a timely basis to discuss the child’s status and concerns.

Communicate with the foster parents about the child’s health care status and needs and the decisions that need to be made about the child’s health care.

Assist the foster parent as needed in getting the child to all scheduled health care appointments.

Make certain that the child receives appropriate health care when ill.

Understand the child’s medication needs and discuss the child’s medication with the foster parents.

Understand the child’s health status and needs by communicating with the foster parents and the health care provider when and if needed.

Communicate regularly with the foster parents about the child’s health progress.

Ensure that all information is transferred as the child changes placements.

Involve the biological parents to the fullest extent possible in the child’s health care.

Provide the child’s biological parents with information on the child’s health status and needs.

Help the child’s biological parents plan for the child’s health care upon his/her return.