Documentation & Working With the Team brings the foster care course together around collaboration and record-keeping. Foster care is a team effort built around a child, and your observations, documentation, and communication connect daily life in the home to the case plan, the team, and the court that shape a child's future. This course covers why documentation matters, what foster parents document, objective record-keeping, the case plan and the team, working with caseworkers, birth families, and the court, confidentiality, and advocating for the child. It ties together the rights, safety, and care covered throughout the course. The throughline: you see the child every day, which makes your observations and records vital. Good documentation and teamwork keep the child at the center and move them toward safety, permanency, and wellbeing.