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<p>The purpose of this study was to give a picture of how some adults, who earlier was placed in foster homecare, experience that their childhood have affected them during their life. I also wanted to see how the relationship to the biological family has been and developed during the placement. The study has also purposed to receive a deeper knowledge of how it could be to grow up in foster care. To make the purpose of this study complete I chose to use qualitative interviews as a research method. Four adults who earlier were placed in foster homecare have participated in this study. When I analyzed the results I also looked at earlier research, attachment theory and developmental ecology theory. One conclusion of the study was that the engagement the foster parents have reflects the quality and the future for the children. The foster parents must be able to win the children’s trust so they can attach and find a secured base to develop from. Finally the study showed that all of the interviewed people thought that it had been safe to grow up in a foster family and that they during their childhood saw their family as a “normal family”.</p>

<p>Ett stort antal barn är idag placerade i fosterfamilj. Flertalet av dessa barn uppvisar ett asocialt beteende med dåliga sociala relationer. Multidimension Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) är ett program vars mål är att förändra barnets attityd. Det är en öppen vårdinsats där barnet placeras i en utbildad fosterfamilj. En kvalitativ studie genomfördes baserat på nio intervjuer. Syftet var att utifrån ett utvecklingsekologiskt systemperspektiv undersöka hur MTFC- familjer och biologiska familjer upplever effekten av behandlingen. Resultat visar att biologiska/fosterföräldrar upplevde programmet som ständigt närvarande med tydliga roller. Samtliga familjer bekräftar att programmet har positiva effekter på barnet beteende. Programmet upplevdes erbjuda fosterföräldrar en yrkesmässig relation till barnet och biologiska föräldrar en möjlighet att utveckla ett ökat självförtroende som förälder.</p>

This study focuses on the meaning of the Fatherhood of God in the counselling of the adoptee. A study of relevant literature has shown that the metaphor "God the Father" is seldom incorporated in pastoral counselling. This study explores the possibility of successfully incorporating the concept "Fatherhood of God" in the counselling of the adoptee. In order to do so, the perspectives of the basis theory and metatheory have been investigated. The basis theory has been developed through an exegetical study of Old Testament verses that speak explicitly of the Fatherhood of God, as well as the three Abba-texts of the New Testament. This indicates that the covenant is closely related to the Fatherhood of God. The metatheory has been developed after studying literature regarding adoption from the perspective of other disciplines. The matters identity, rejection and loss have been shown as significant issues in the life of the adoptee. An empirical study has been done in addition to the basis- and metatheory. This investigation has brought to light that the adoptee does in general sense not connect the concept "Fatherhood of God" to his adoption. In order to develop an own model, different existing models have been investigated. Thus it was decided to use the model of Eyrich and Hines as guideline. A model has been developed and proposed that successfully incorporates the research findings of this study. It seems that the concept "Fatherhood" of God can be successfully utilised in the pastoral counselling of the adoptee, especially regarding the issues of identity, rejection and loss. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Pastoral))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.

The purpose of this study was to give a picture of how some adults, who earlier was placed in foster homecare, experience that their childhood have affected them during their life. I also wanted to see how the relationship to the biological family has been and developed during the placement. The study has also purposed to receive a deeper knowledge of how it could be to grow up in foster care. To make the purpose of this study complete I chose to use qualitative interviews as a research method. Four adults who earlier were placed in foster homecare have participated in this study. When I analyzed the results I also looked at earlier research, attachment theory and developmental ecology theory. One conclusion of the study was that the engagement the foster parents have reflects the quality and the future for the children. The foster parents must be able to win the children’s trust so they can attach and find a secured base to develop from. Finally the study showed that all of the interviewed people thought that it had been safe to grow up in a foster family and that they during their childhood saw their family as a “normal family”.

Ett stort antal barn är idag placerade i fosterfamilj. Flertalet av dessa barn uppvisar ett asocialt beteende med dåliga sociala relationer. Multidimension Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) är ett program vars mål är att förändra barnets attityd. Det är en öppen vårdinsats där barnet placeras i en utbildad fosterfamilj. En kvalitativ studie genomfördes baserat på nio intervjuer. Syftet var att utifrån ett utvecklingsekologiskt systemperspektiv undersöka hur MTFC- familjer och biologiska familjer upplever effekten av behandlingen. Resultat visar att biologiska/fosterföräldrar upplevde programmet som ständigt närvarande med tydliga roller. Samtliga familjer bekräftar att programmet har positiva effekter på barnet beteende. Programmet upplevdes erbjuda fosterföräldrar en yrkesmässig relation till barnet och biologiska föräldrar en möjlighet att utveckla ett ökat självförtroende som förälder.

The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge and a picture of how foster parents perceive their task, the role of the placed children and their biological parents.  Even how they perceived their family have been affected by the mandates removal. Consistently showed the most positive experiences with strong ties to the children placed. However, there are experiences of the need for additional guidance, support, education and contact with the client to enhance a sense of competence in the task and prevent collapse. Burnout experienced often based in the placed child's difficulties in integration. That often grounded on the biological mother's lack of acceptance of the placement in the foster home. Aggression based on this lack of acceptance experienced by family homes to be something that the mother in the family home had to respond. By contrast, more children in the family home were something that the family home learns was positive and facilitated the integration of the placement. Furthermore, accountability of the role of foster parents experienced greater than accountability in the biological role of parents.

Familjehemsplaceringar är en viktig insats i den sociala barnavården. Efterfrågan på familjehem är stor medan svårigheterna att rekrytera nya familjehem ökar. Synen på familjehemsvården har förändrats från att ha varit ett permanent ersättningshem till att bli ett kompletterande hem för barnet. Detta innebär att det placerade barnet skall uppmuntras till att ha kontakt och umgänge med de biologiska föräldrarna och målet är att barnet skall flytta hem. Detta innebär att fosterföräldrarna skall samarbeta med barnets biologiska föräldrar. Syftet med denna studie är att förstå hur fosterföräldrarna upplevde sin roll, och hur de samarbetade med de biologiska föräldrarna och vilken roll socialtjänsten hade i detta samarbete. För att få svar på detta så gjorde vi kvalitativa intervjuer med åtta familjehem. Som teoretisk utgångspunkt har vi valt Goffmans (2006) dramaturgiska perspektiv som belyser samspelet mellan olika aktörer. Fosterföräldrarna upplevde att de hade höga krav på sig själva, socialtjänsten och allmänheten. Resultatet visade att respondenterna hade olika erfarenheter, både positiva och negativa, av samarbetet med de biologiska föräldrarna och socialtjänsten. Fosterföräldrarna påtalade att det många gånger var problematiskt att samarbeta med de biologiska föräldrarna och att socialtjänsten hade stor betydelse för att samarbetet skulle bli bra. Fosterfamiljerna lyfte fram att de upplevde det svårt att få en kontinuerlig kontakt med sina socialsekreterare. / Family home placement plays a contributing roll in social childcare. The demand is great for family homes and the need in finding new homes is ever increasing. The way in which family homecare is looked upon has changed and it is no longer regarded as a permanent replacement home but instead as a complementary home for the child. This means that the child who is placed in a family home must be encouraged to have contact and spend time with the biological parents in the aim that the child will return home. Therefore cooperation is necessary between foster parents and the child's biological parents. The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of how the foster parents see their roll and how they interact with the biological parents, as well as the cooperation they receive from social services. In order to answer these questions we have implemented qualitative interviews with eight family homes. We chose to use Goffman's dramaturgical perspective as our theoretical basis in order to highlight the interplay between the different actors. Foster parents felt that they had high expectations of themselves, of the social workers and of the general public. The results of this study show that the respondents had different experiences, both positive and negative in regard to cooperation between the biological parents and the social services. Foster parents complained of difficulties working with the biological parents and that the social services played an important roll in making sure that cooperation between both parties was achieved. Foster families revealed that they found it difficult to uphold regular contact with their social secretary.

<p>Familjehemsplaceringar är en viktig insats i den sociala barnavården. Efterfrågan på familjehem är stor medan svårigheterna att rekrytera nya familjehem ökar. Synen på familjehemsvården har förändrats från att ha varit ett permanent ersättningshem till att bli ett kompletterande hem för barnet. Detta innebär att det placerade barnet skall uppmuntras till att ha kontakt och umgänge med de biologiska föräldrarna och målet är att barnet skall flytta hem. Detta innebär att fosterföräldrarna skall samarbeta med barnets biologiska föräldrar. Syftet med denna studie är att förstå hur fosterföräldrarna upplevde sin roll, och hur de samarbetade med de biologiska föräldrarna och vilken roll socialtjänsten hade i detta samarbete. För att få svar på detta så gjorde vi kvalitativa intervjuer med åtta familjehem. Som teoretisk utgångspunkt har vi valt Goffmans (2006) dramaturgiska perspektiv som belyser samspelet mellan olika aktörer. Fosterföräldrarna upplevde att de hade höga krav på sig själva, socialtjänsten och allmänheten. Resultatet visade att respondenterna hade olika erfarenheter, både positiva och negativa, av samarbetet med de biologiska föräldrarna och socialtjänsten. Fosterföräldrarna påtalade att det många gånger var problematiskt att samarbeta med de biologiska föräldrarna och att socialtjänsten hade stor betydelse för att samarbetet skulle bli bra. Fosterfamiljerna lyfte fram att de upplevde det svårt att få en kontinuerlig kontakt med sina socialsekreterare.</p> / <p>Family home placement plays a contributing roll in social childcare. The demand is great for family homes and the need in finding new homes is ever increasing. The way in which family homecare is looked upon has changed and it is no longer regarded as a permanent replacement home but instead as a complementary home for the child. This means that the child who is placed in a family home must be encouraged to have contact and spend time with the biological parents in the aim that the child will return home. Therefore cooperation is necessary between foster parents and the child's biological parents. The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of how the foster parents see their roll and how they interact with the biological parents, as well as the cooperation they receive from social services. In order to answer these questions we have implemented qualitative interviews with eight family homes. We chose to use Goffman's dramaturgical perspective as our theoretical basis in order to highlight the interplay between the different actors. Foster parents felt that they had high expectations of themselves, of the social workers and of the general public. The results of this study show that the respondents had different experiences, both positive and negative in regard to cooperation between the biological parents and the social services. Foster parents complained of difficulties working with the biological parents and that the social services played an important roll in making sure that cooperation between both parties was achieved. Foster families revealed that they found it difficult to uphold regular contact with their social secretary.</p>