scholarly journals Adaptation Issues in Disabled Children Deprived of Parental Care, Living in Foster Families

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.I. Shulga
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Relative Caregivers ◽  
Intervention Specialists ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Psychological Features

The paper focuses on revealing psychological issues in the adaptation of children, including the ones with disabilities, which are deprived of parental care and are raised in foster families. The paper describes psychological features of relative caregivers, outlines the specifics, dynamics and contributing factors of anxiety in children deprived of parental care as well as in biological children of foster carers. Also, the paper reviews the specifics of relationships between relative carers and children with disabilities, the former’s approaches to raising a disabled child. Much attention is drawn to the difficulties in childrearing and teaching experienced by the caregivers. The paper concludes that there is a strong need for support from social workers and family intervention specialists. Supported within the framework of the state task FGAU "FIRO", research topics of the 25.304.2016/NM "Complex social-psychological support of foster families who foster orphans and children left without parental care, including children with disabilities"

scholarly journals Foster family: from motivation to successful parenting

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1 (130)) ◽  
pp. 162-171
Author(s):  
Alla Yaroshenko
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Foster Family ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Child Socialization ◽  
The Family ◽  
Potential Success ◽  
Psychological Features ◽  
Family State

Nowadays, the problem of protecting the rights and interests of orphaned children and children deprived of parental care is gaining relevance. The family is viewed as a leading institution for child socialization, a guarantor of his/her harmonious development and satisfaction of his/her needs; therefore, foster families as a modern form of temporary family placement for children is currently deemed to be preferential. Experts gradually start to realize the necessity of transition to the “professionalization of care” in general and parenthood in particular, when care is considered as a special type of activity that implies possession of specific skills and abilities. Such activity may go beyond the domestic sphere and take place with the involvement of the family, state, market and non-governmental associations. In view of this, the development of family forms of placement requires creation of mechanisms for the selection and training of adults who intend to take children deprived of parental care into their family. The article presents motivational complexes and values encouraging parents to start a foster family. Replacement family models have been characterized in terms of the educational function implementation being successful or unsuccessful. Successful parenthood criteria have been defined at three levels: child-parent relationships, parents' interactions, interrelation between the family and society. Social and psychological features of foster parents have been analyzed, which features have an impact on successful adaptation of the family in the situation where a child is being taken into the family. The importance of taking account of additional factors that underlie potential success of a foster family has been substantiated. It is emphasized that such gender-related aspects of foster parenthood as the husbands' involvement in doing housework and looking after children, children's gender socialization, single foster parents, instances of domestic violence in foster families, etc. still have not been extensively covered in scientific literature.

scholarly journals Socialization Problems in Orphans and Children Without Parental Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 189-199
Author(s):  
I.A. Merkul ◽  
V.O. Volchanskaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Parental Care ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Methodological Tool ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Education And Employment

The process of social adaptation in graduates of orphan organizations occurs simultaneously with their socialization: as adolescents become involved in various life situations, they acquire new repertoires of social behavior or employ the ones they already have. Special attention should be paid to the specifics of development in adolescents brought up in socially deprived conditions since they tend to demonstrate asocial motivation, communicative deficits and try to avoid performing social roles. The article focuses on the problematic issues of socialization of orphans and children without parental care. To explore life situations typical for the period of independent living of graduates of orphan organizations, we used a special methodological tool: cases of life scenarios. We carried out the analysis of 452 cases of life scenarios in graduates aged 18—23 years, 262 male and 190 female. The analysis revealed the following problems of socialization and social adaptation of orphans and graduates of organizations for orphans and foster families: insufficient level of knowledge in matters of education, vocational education and employment, low goal-setting skills. We highlight the facts that are prototypical in the description of a life scenario, and these events are at the same time typical for graduates of various forms of foster care and orphan organizations.

scholarly journals The work of support specialists with adopted children with disabilities and their families. The problems of foster families support who have adopted children with ASD

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
N.M. Okoneshnikova
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Foster Family ◽  
Adopted Child ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

The desire of having a family is crucial for foster families and adopted children with disabilities. But the cases of refusing an adopted child with disabilities are not uncommon. A group of problems faced by foster families, who have adopted disabled child, are shown. The issues of comprehensive support for a foster family and their disabled children are considered. The importance of cooperation between specialists and a foster family for the socialization and development of a child with autism spectrum disorders is marked.

scholarly journals PSYCHOSOCIAL NANISM AS A RESULT OF ATTACHMENT DEFORMATION IN CHILDREN LEFT WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-78
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Valerevna Butyakova ◽  
Zhaniya Serikpaevna Tasbulatova
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Foster Family ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Residential Care Facilities ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Completion Task ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Story Completion

Background. An important feature of psychosocial nanism is its openness to corrective influences. However, in residential care facilities, it is possible to provide only external conditions that guarantee physical security but do not form a feeling of social attachment. A way to solve the problem can be sending a child to a foster family. Aim. The article deals with considering the phenomenon of psychosocial nanism in the context of social attachment in children left without parental care (hereinafter, LWPC children) and brought up in different conditions (in foster families and residential care facilities). Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the following premises: Sandyktau Orphanage (village of Sandyktau, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan), Esil Orphanage (Esil, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan), foster families of the villages of Baitus and Kenashchi (North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan). The sample consisted of the LWPC children of preschool age brought up in an orphanage (25 people) and in foster families (25 people). Results. In LWPC children from an orphanage, the type of attachment relationship in the final diagnosis has insignificant changes in comparison with the initial diagnosis. In LWPC children from a foster family, the type of attachment has a significant difference in comparison with the initial diagnosis. There are statistically significant differences in the growth rate of LWPC  children brought up in foster families and in orphanages. Anthropometric development in children raised in a foster family is faster than in children raised in an orphanage. The type of attachment was determined using a story-completion task. Statistical processing of the research results was carried out by calculating using a story-completion task. Statistical processing of the research results was carried out by calculating the criteria for the significance of the ᵡ² differences and Mann-Whitney using the Statistica v. 15.0 software. Conclusion. Psychosocial nanism as a functional feature of the body manifested in reduced body length compared with peers and being the result of adverse conditions of the external and internal environment is leveled into normal physical developmentprovided that there is an object of attachment, who will act as a stabilizer of emotional, psychological and physical safety of a child.

scholarly journals Art therapy techniques in psychological correction of child-parent relations in substitute families raising children with disabilities

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-23
Author(s):  
Kseniya Vladimirovna Novikova
Keyword(s):  
Art Therapy ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Psychological Experiment ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Structure And Functions

The subject of this research is the child-parent relations in substitute families raising children with disabilities. The goal is to determine the areas of possible application of art therapy techniques in psychological correction of child-parent relations in substitute families raising children with disabilities. The theoretical-methodological framework contains subject-activity and systemic approaches, as well as provisions on the structure and functions of child-parent relations, views on child-parent relations of N. Y. Sinyagina; the concept of systemic art therapy by A. I. Kopytin. In the course of this study, the author applies the methods of testing, interview, psychological experiment, and observation. The theoretical importance of this work consists in systematization of theoretical provisions on the problem and substantiation of possibilities of application of art therapy techniques in psychological correction of child-parent relations in substitute families raising children with disabilities. The acquired results obtained can be valuable for psychologists dealing with foster families that raise children with disabilities, which defines the practical significance of this research. The scientific novelty lies in development of the program of art therapy classes for correction of child-parent relations in substitute families raising children with disabilities. The research results may significantly contribute to the extension of representations on capabilities of psychological correction of child-parent relations in substitute families raising children with disabilities via implementation of art therapy techniques. The author indicates the improvement in child-parent relations: alleviation of child’s the sense of deprivation; better emotional contact between parent and child; emotional closeness; increase of the authoritative strategy of family upbringing; higher level of parents’ acceptance; optimization of parenting

Early intervention for children without parental care in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a feasibility study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavica Tutnjevic ◽  
Jelena Vilendečić
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Parental Care ◽  
Standardized Testing ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Testing Procedure ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
One Year ◽  
Developmental Norms ◽  
Age Range

The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of an intervention created to stimulate the development of children under the age of seven, living in an institution for children without parental care in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the intervention was to match each child with one volunteer, trained to deliver three hours per week of individually tailored, play-based activities, for a minimum of one year. 16 children (6 boys) participated in the intervention. Three children dropped out after one month of the intervention due to their placement in foster families, so the final sample consisted of 13 children (4 boys). The children differed in terms of their current age (range 1 to 7 years), the age of admission (range 2 months to 6 years), and the number of years spent in the institution (range 3 months to 7 years). We applied the pretest-posttest design to assess the children’s development prior to the intervention and three months after the intervention started, using two standardized developmental tests. Each child’s development was compared with the developmental norms typical for their age. Additionally, the caregivers assessed the children’s progress attributable to the intervention via semi-structured questionnaires.The results showed that all children made clear progress in all developmental areas, except the self-care. The progress was highest in the domains of motor, cognitive and language development, respectively, and the results from both tests were in concordance with the caregivers’ assessments. The caregivers also observed changes in the children’s behavior that were not visible in the standardized testing procedure, mainly the importance of one-to-one relationships between children and their volunteers. The results are discussed with regard to the possibilities for early intervention shown by the study, and the usefulness of this intervention model for both the children and the volunteers.

scholarly journals Russian SOS Children’s Villages and Deinstitutionalisation Reform: Balancing between Institutional and Family Care

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Bogdanova
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
The Status ◽  
Children’S Homes ◽  
European University

  Elena Bogdanova – PhD (Kandidat Nauk) in Sociology, Research Fellow, Centre for Independent Social Research; Visiting Lecturer, University of Eastern Finland, European University at St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Email: [email protected]   This article examines how Russian SOS Villages are undergoing foster reform, which prescribes a transition from institutional care for children deprived of parental care to family care model. The article analyses the problems and transformations experienced by SOS Villages, outlining the aims, instruments, and priorities of the reform. Empirically, the article is based on qualitative investigation of two Russian SOS Villages. Officially, SOS villages have the status of non-state children’s homes. However, they were originally conceptualised as a means to implement family care by specially arranged SOS families (headed by SOS mothers). Comparing the activities of SOS Villages with the theoretical concepts of development, resilience, and attachment shows that children raised in SOS Villages avoid the typical problems associated with institutional care. SOS families provide favourable conditions for socialisation, protection, overcoming of social isolation, while maintaining sustainable contact with a significant adult. The normative context created by Decree 481, which changed the status of children’s homes, alongside innovations in family policy and the general upsurge of traditionalist discourse, has made SOS Villages vulnerable. As a result, they are forced to protect both forms of their existence: institutional and family. Despite their conceptual adherence to the goals of the reform, in the eyes of the state the SOS Villages remain institutional entities targeted for closure or transformation into temporary residences for children. My research shows that under these new conditions SOS Villages have developed various strategies of involuntary mimicry. The most significant is the re-registration of SOS families as foster families. This helps keep children with their SOS families but significantly increases the level of responsibility and risks for SOS mothers. SOS Villages have also developed new activities, which may be useful in these new conditions. The establishment of consulting service platforms is one of these. The transformations taking place with the SOS Villages show that the reform is directed mainly, or solely, towards correcting the institutional level of the system. Due to multiple formal conflicts with newly emerging conditions, one of the most successful and experienced providers of family care for children without parental care has been left in a vulnerable position.

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