There are many challenges that face children in residential care. Among those challenges is the little or no interaction between the children in residential care and their biological family. This study investigated if biological family involvement in the lives of children in residential care had any effect on the children's development while they were in care. The study was a comparison between children with biological family involvement and children without any biological family involvement. The comparison focused on two main variables, namely, academic performance and behaviour characteristics. This was qualitative, multiple case study research where triangulation was used as a tool for collecting information. Ten children participated in this study i.e. five children with biological family involvement and five children without any biological family involvement. Data used in this study was collected from children, their housemothers and from children's files. Findings from this research indicated that there was a difference between children with biological family involvement and children without such family involvement in terms of academic performance and behaviour characteristics. Children with biological family involvement performed better academically and displayed fewer negative behaviour characteristic than children without biological family involvement. Findings also suggested there was a need for further research on this topic in order to find ways to assist children in residential care to develop optimally. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

Contexte. De plus en plus d’enfants fréquentent les milieux de garde et y consomment leur repas. Les éducatrices présentes constituent des modèles dont les attitudes et les pratiques alimentaires peuvent contribuer au développement des habitudes alimentaires des enfants. Toutefois, peu d’études ont été menées sur le sujet. Objectifs. Décrire les attitudes et les stratégies d’éducatrices en milieux de garde au Québec à l’égard de l’alimentation des enfants et dégager les styles alimentaires dominants. Méthode. La collecte de données a eu lieu par sondage sur le site Web www.nospetitsmangeurs.org. À partir de 86 énoncés, la recherche a documenté les styles et pratiques alimentaires des éducatrices au moyen de huit mises en situation : mets principal non apprécié par l’éducatrice, aliment particulier non apprécié par un enfant, nouveau mets non désiré par les enfants, enfant difficile ne voulant pas manger, enfant qui n’a pas faim, fillette avec embonpoint, fillette de petit poids et enfant n’ayant pas terminé son repas. Analyse statistique. Des statistiques descriptives, des échelles de fiabilité et des corrélations ont été générées. Des tests de t pour échantillons appariés ont également été utilisés pour évaluer le degré relatif des styles alimentaires. Résultats. Au total, 371 répondants ont rempli l’ensemble du questionnaire. Globalement, les éducatrices étudiées utilisent le style alimentaire démocratique. Celles-ci mentionnent représenter des modèles pour les enfants. Elles encouragent aussi les enfants à manger et utilisent la division des responsabilités. Paradoxalement, la pratique alimentaire associée au style autoritaire la plus utilisée est la pression à manger, pratique en opposition avec le concept de division des responsabilités. Conclusion. Cette étude indique que les éducatrices démontrent des attitudes positives à l’égard de l’alimentation des enfants. Malgré certaines discordances à l’égard de stratégies utilisées, ces résultats sont encourageants, car le style alimentaire démocratique permet aux enfants de reconnaitre leurs signaux de faim et de satiété. / Context. More and more children go to daycare centres and have their meals in these settings. Caregivers are role models whose attitudes and feeding practices may contribute to the development of children's eating habits. However, few studies have been conducted on this subject. Objectives. To describe the attitudes and strategies of caregivers working in daycare settings with respect to children’s diets and identify dominant feeding styles. Methodology. Data collection was conducted by means of a survey on the www.nospetitsmangeurs.org website. A total of 86 statements were used to document the feeding styles and practices of caregivers as revealed through eight scenarios: a main dish not liked by the caregiver, a specific food not liked by a child, a new meal refused by children, a picky eater who does not want to eat, a child who is not hungry, an overweight little girl, a underweight girl and a child who has not finished his/her meal. Statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics, reliability scales and correlations were generated. T tests for paired samples were also used to assess the relative importance of feeding styles. Results. A total of 371 respondents completed the questionnaire. Overall, the caregivers use a democratic feeding style. They mentioned being role models for the children. They also encourage children to eat and they favor division of responsibilities. However, the most widely used feeding practice related to the authoritarian style is the pressure to eat, a practice contrary to the division of responsibilities concept. Conclusion. This study indicates that caregivers demonstrate positive attitudes towards child feeding. Despite some discrepancies with respect to strategies used, these results are encouraging since a democratic feeding style allows children to recognize their hunger and satiety cues.

我國每年有將近4,000名基於家庭功能喪失、遭受虐待抑或本身行為等因素而進入安置機構的兒童及少年，這些兒少是我們社會中最為弱勢的一群人之一，他們在機構內是否獲得必要之協助及照顧，對於這群兒少未來的成長及發展係至關重要。然而近年來國內許多學者針對機構內兒少權益遭受剝奪或侵害的問題已提出應有所變革的呼籲及建言，希望能獲得政府及社會的關注。本文希望能藉由對於國內相關法律規範之整理以及比較法的研究，對於社會工作研究者所提出 之種種涉及機構內兒少權益的問題提出法律面的觀點及思考。 聯合國1989年兒童權利公約已明確宣示兒童為權利的主體，此一宣示對於兒童具有劃時代的意義。兒童從過去歷史中「不被看見的人」轉而成為「被保護的客體」，如今已然具有「權利主體」的地位。依據聯合國兒童權利委員會就兒童權利公約所為之闡釋，唯有將兒童的法律地位由「被保護的客體」提升為「權利主體」，即所謂「典範移轉」(paradigm shift)的思維，方能具體落實兒童的權利主體性。藉由近年來英國學者對於英國法院就兒童權利之判解實務所提出之批評及思辨，筆者嘗試說明除應於法律制定時正視兒童各項權利及其保障外，在司法審判實務上，「典範移轉」所要求的是法院應將兒童的權利置於裁判的天平並確實加以檢視。在英國，法院長期以「兒童福祉」而非「兒童權利」作為判決考量中心點的做法，亦已引發學者批評為不符合兒童權利的思潮發展。 對於國家究竟應如何提供被安置兒少所需之安置服務以及應如何確保其權利，本文係以英國為比較法之借鏡，並說明英國兒童安置之法律規範係以兒童權利為核心，特別著重就安置服務的提供應彰顯兒童的個體性，以及兒童應獲得必要的協助以確保其權利的行使。具體而言，本文指出英國為保障被安置兒童之權益建置了諸多的法律機制，其中包括藉由不同位階之法律規範及指導方針縝密地規範安置保護的執行、安置事件中法律監護人的設置、地方政府與民間安置機構委外契約就兒童安置成果約定的具體化、被安置兒童申訴機制的完備、以及由獨立性外部機關來執行安置機構的評鑑等。本文最後並藉由國際公約及比較法的省思，對我國相關法制提出初步之修法建議。 / Around 4,000 children in Taiwan today live in residential institutions due to domestic violence, family dysfunction or as a consequence of their own behaviour. These children are among the country’s most vulnerable. In this thesis, I intend to consider the rights of children living in such institutions, with a view to recommending that Taiwan’s legal framework be based on a ‘child rights’ approach’. The importance of the status of children as rights-holders has long been recognised by the international community. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child stated that a ‘paradigm shift’ is needed to change the perception of children as ‘objects in need of assistance and protection’ to holders of non-negotiable rights. To bring about this ‘paradigm shift’, as argued by leading children’s law academics in England, I shall stress that not only is there a need for children’s rights to be given prominence in domestic legislation, but domestic courts, lawyers, social workers and those who work with children must also take children’s rights more seriously. In this thesis, in an overview of the English child-care legislative framework, I shall identify the key features of a child-care system that I believe is centred on children and their rights. I shall then reflect on the present state of institutional child care in Taiwan, placing emphasis on those aspects of the English model that I consider may be used as references for its development.

隨著女性大量投入勞動就業市場，家庭結構的轉變，核心家庭中的雙薪家庭盛行，兒童照護將不再是女性責任。托兒問題加上少子女化的現況，也已成為目前國家安全的重要課題。 本研究之研究途徑採用「行為研究途徑」，研究方法係採文獻探討法及問卷調查法，樣本來源以北、中、南勞工密集的工業區或科學園區鄰近的12家托育機構為主，總共發出500份問卷，回收443份問卷，刪除無效問卷42份，問卷有效回收率80.2%，分別以描述性統計、t檢定、單因子變異數分析、皮爾遜積差相關及多元迴歸分析等統計方法來探討各變項間之關係。 本研究結果發現： 一、企業提供彈性工時（地點）、托育津貼、員工親職教育活動、員工優質托育機構與資訊的選擇、組成員工托育的成長團體或支持團體對於「工作與家庭平衡」結果顯示有差異，另外，企業提供托兒福利措施中，「產假（陪產假）」對於「員工工作績效」結果顯示沒有差異。 二、企業托兒福利使用程度對於工作與家庭平衡與員工工作績效有顯著相關，並且有預測力。 三、工作與家庭平衡對於員工工作績效有顯著相關，並且有預測力。 四、工作與家庭平衡在企業托兒福利使用程度與員工工作績效之間產生中介效果。 / Nowadays, the structure of family has been changed because the huge numbers of woman are working in labor market. There are many dual-earner household among of nuclear family. Taking care of children is no longer the responsibility of woman, therefore, the current situation of childcare and low fertility have been the most important issues of national security. Behavioral research approach and the method of literature review and structural questionnaire method have been used in this study. The targets of samples included 12 child care institutions which are located in the work-intensive industrial or the neighboring science park among the area of north, middle and south of Taiwan. A total of 500 questionnaires were issued, 443 questionnaires have been recovered, 42 questionnaires are invalid which have been deleted. The effective rate of questionnaire is 80.2%. To find out the relationship among these materials, the method of Descriptive Statistics, t Test, One Way Analysis of Variance, Pearson, Product Moment the Correlation, Multiple Regression have been used in this study. The results showed that: 1. It affects work-family balance if the enterprise provides: flexible working hours (location), child care allowance, the activities of staff parenting education , the information of choosing a quality child care institution and the growth or support group composed of staff. In addition, the result shows that there is no difference if the enterprise provides "maternity leave, (paternity leave)" which is one of the measures of child care welfare. 2. It will affect and predict work-family balance and job performance if the enterprise provides corporate child care. 3. It exists remarkable relationship between work-family balance and job performance. The relationship is also predictable. 4. Work-family balance has become the mediation role of corporate child care and job performance.

In this research, I explore my belief that one the reasons for the continuing poor outcomes for Indigenous people was that State-wide and national programs ignored unique local Indigenous culture and did not actively involve local Indigenous people in the development of programs for their area. I chose to examine this perception through investigation of the tension between Indigenous culture and worldview and the dominant White values of the child welfare system (broadly defined), through description of Martu child rearing practices and beliefs in the remote Western Australian town of Wiluna. The Martu live in a remote environment of material poverty, high levels of unemployment, low levels of educational achievement and poor health outcomes. The research sponsored by the Ngangganawili Aboriginal Health Service and located in its Early Childhood Centre, uses an Indigenous research approach based on Brayboy's (2005) TribalCrit to explore Martu child rearing practices, beliefs and values. It uses the stories told by the Martu in Wiluna about the way they and their families were brought up and observations of Martu families to answer research questions around Martu definitions of children and families, their concerns for their children, ways of ensuring the well being of their children, and whether there is a Martu child welfare approach. The research then considers the implications of these Martu practices for the broadly defined child welfare system. The stories told by the Martu show that they have a unique way of bringing up their children that is different to those in the dominant White culture. This uniqueness is derived from a combination of the recent colonisation of the Martu, their culture and their post colonisation experiences. The implications of Martu child rearing for the child welfare system are based on the assumption that Martu are wholly dependent on poorly designed and targeted government provided or funded services, and the current ways of delivering these services is failing the Martu. The research concludes that the key to improving outcomes for Martu children and their families is for the agencies delivering these services to form close working relationships with the Martu; operate within, understand, appreciate, and respect Martu Law and culture; understand their (personal and agency) and Martu post colonisation histories; and allow for Martu control, definition of priorities and development of strategies to address the problems.

This thesis is a case study about the choices and constraints faced by women clerical workers in a labour market where they have very little autonomy in negotiating their pay and conditions of employment. On the one hand, clerical work has developed as a feminised occupation with a history of being low in status and low paid. On the other hand, it is an ideal occupation for women wanting to combine work and family across their life cycle. How these two phenomena impact upon women clerical workers ability to negotiate enterprise agreements is the subject of this thesis. From a theoretical perspective this thesis builds upon Catherine Hakim�s preference theory which explores the choices women clerical workers� make in relation to their work and family lives. Where Hakim�s preference theory focuses on the way in which women use their agency to determine their work and life style choices, this thesis gives equal weighting to the impact of agency and the constraints imposed by external structures such as the availability of part-time work and childcare, as well as the impact of organisational culture. The research data presented was based on face-to-face interviews with forty female clerical workers. The clerical workers ranged in age from 21 to 59 years of age. The respondents were made up of single or partnered women without family responsibilities, women juggling work and family, and women who no longer had dependent children and were approaching retirement. This thesis contends that these clerical workers are ill placed to optimise their conditions of employment under the new industrial regime of enterprise bargaining and individual contracts. Very few of the women were union members and generally they were uninformed about their rights and entitlements.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:46:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 OsvaldoGBJ_DISSERT.pdf: 3193184 bytes, checksum: ca780bee8b4a3753909311b0dba8feaa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-11-30 / With the trajectory that the problems related to child health are taking in our society, particularly with regard to infant mortality, beyond the process of decentralization of health and the implementation of the Family Health Strategy in the cities, where it has increased considerably performance of nursing staff in Primary Health Care, they can be considered essential factors for reflections on the care of nurse dispenses the health of these children. In order to check how it is organized the working process of the nurse in caring for these children in USFs as well as the difficulties found in the dynamics of this work, this research aimed to analyze the work processes of nurses in care Child Health in USFs, with emphasis on technologies used in producing care. This is a research exploratory and descriptive with qualitative approach, based on the theoretical reference in about Work Process and Composition Technique of Work. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews of 11 nurses who, at the moment, perform their functions for more than 01 year at USF. The guiding questions were based at theoretical reference. To analyze the results, was used the referential of content analysis, and was refer to thematic analysis. In situations that were involved closed questions of the interview, was used the aid of SPSS 15.0 program for Windows. The results indicated that the process of nurse work in health care of children, focuses on the preventive character, whose focus of the actions are healthy children, following the routines and protocols established by the Ministry of Health with a view to maintaining health them. When analyzing the data through theoretical references of Composition Technique of Work found that the core technologies of daily tasks of the nurse are directed for the use of technology soft-hard and hard, and the reason established between the Dead Working and Alive Working, there is prevalence of the first against the second in the production of this care. These situations contribute to the explanation of the emergence problems related to adhesion of mothers / caregivers to monitoring the CD, due to character prescriptive and normalizer of actions. The results also suggested the presence of "vanishing lines" in the make of nurses, confirming the self-governance of health professionals in daily work. These "vanishing lines" express the own execution of the Work Live in action, guided by the use of soft technologies, however, was not characterized as a process of technology transition. So, to get a better resolution to the problems related to child health, the nurse has reorganize your work process by focusing on the execution of work live in action. / Com a trajet?ria que os problemas relacionados ? sa?de da crian?a est?o tomando em nossa sociedade, principalmente no que se refere ? morbimortalidade infantil, al?m do processo de descentraliza??o da sa?de e a implementa??o da Estrat?gia de Sa?de da Fam?lia nos munic?pios, em que tem aumentado consideravelmente a atua??o dos trabalhadores de enfermagem na Aten??o B?sica ? Sa?de, podem ser considerados fatores imprescind?veis para reflex?es sobre o cuidado que o Enfermeiro dispensa ? Sa?de dessas crian?as. A fim de verificar como est? organizado o processo de trabalho do Enfermeiro no cuidado a essas crian?as em USF s, bem como as dificuldades encontradas na din?mica desse trabalho, ? que esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar o processo de trabalho dos Enfermeiros no cuidado ? Sa?de da Crian?a nas USF s, com ?nfase nas tecnologias utilizadas na produ??o desse cuidado. Trata-se de uma pesquisa explorat?ria e descritiva com abordagem qualitativa, fundamentada no referencial te?rico sobre Processo de Trabalho e Composi??o T?cnica do Trabalho. Os dados foram coletados por meio da entrevista semi-estruturada, em que foram entrevistadas 11 Enfermeiras que, no momento, exercem suas fun??es h? mais de 01 ano nas USF em atua??o. As quest?es norteadoras foram elaboradas com base no Referencial Te?rico utilizado. Para an?lise dos resultados, utilizamos o referencial de an?lise de conte?do, al?m de nos reportarmos a an?lise tem?tica. As situa??es em que envolveram quest?es objetivas da entrevista utilizou-se o aux?lio do programa SPSS 15.0 para Windows. Os resultados apontam que o processo de trabalho do enfermeiro no cuidado ? sa?de da crian?a, est? centrado no car?ter preventivo, cujo foco das a??es s?o as crian?as sadias, seguindo as rotinas e os protocolos preconizados pelo Minist?rio da Sa?de, com vistas ? manuten??o da sa?de das mesmas. Ao analisar os dados pelo referencial te?rico da Composi??o T?cnica do Trabalho se constatou que os n?cleos tecnol?gicos do fazer cotidiano do Enfermeiro est?o voltados para o uso das Tecnologias leve-duras e duras, e a raz?o que se estabelece entre o Trabalho Morto e o Trabalho Vivo, h? preval?ncia do primeiro em rela??o ao segundo na produ??o desse cuidado. Essas situa??es contribuem para a explica??o do aparecimento de problemas relacionados ? ades?o das m?es/cuidadoras ao acompanhamento do CD, devido ao car?ter prescritivo e normalizador das a??es. Os resultados apontam, ainda, a presen?a de linhas de fuga no fazer dos enfermeiros, confirmando o autogoverno dos profissionais de sa?de no cotidiano do trabalho. Essas linhas de fuga expressam ? pr?pria execu??o do Trabalho Vivo em ato, pautado pelo uso das tecnologias leves, contudo, n?o se caracterizou como um processo de transi??o tecnol?gica. Portanto, para se ter uma maior resolutividade aos problemas relacionados ? sa?de da crian?a, o Enfermeiro tem que reorganizar o seu processo de trabalho no cuidado ? sa?de da crian?a centrando-o na execu??o do trabalho vivo em ato.

Summaries in Afrikaans and English / The aim of this study is to investigate the developmental deficits among milieu disadvantaged pre-schoolers in a multicultural learning environment and to identify the cause of these deficits. The availability of school readiness programmes and whether these programmes fulfil in the needs of milieu disadvantaged pre-schoolers are investigated. In the light of the theoretical and empirical research it appears that the profile of milieu disadvantaged pre-schoolers is in a process of change. Developmental shortcomings are experienced with regard to the following developmental aspects: Emotional Physical Cognitive Social, moral and aesthetical development According to the theoretical and empirical research these developmental deficits are caused by factors due to the home environment, the school as well as socio-demographic and socio-economic factors. From the research recommendations regarding the following were generated: The parents The pre-primary school The primary school The Department of Education Further researchSee file / Die doel met die onderhawige studie is om te bepaal watter ontwikkelingstekorte by milieubenadeelde kleuters in 'n multikulturele leeromgewing voorkom en om die faktore te identifiseer waardeur hierdie tekorte veroorsaak word. Daar word 'n breedvoerige blik gewerp op beskikbare leergereedheidsprogramme en in hoe 'n mate dit die ontwikkelingstekorte van milieubenadeelde kleuters aanspreek. Aan die hand van die literatuurstudie en 'n empiriese ondersoek blyk dit dat die beeld van milieubenadeelde kleuters besig is om te verander. Ontwikkelingstekorte word veral ten opsigte van die volgende aspekte ervaar: Emosionele Fisieke Kognitiewe Sosiale, morele en estetiese ontwikkeling Uit die literatuurstudie en die empiriese ondersoek blyk dit dat bogenoemde ontwikkelingstekorte veroorsaak word deur huislike, skolastiese, sosio-demografiese en sosio-ekonomiese faktore. Uit die ondersoek word aanbevelings ten opsigte van die volgende gegenereer: Die ouerhuis Die pre-primere skool Die primere skool Department of Education Verdere navorsing / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Sieklundige Opvoedkunde)

Through the centuries the parental authority has dwindled from the absolute power of the father to the rights of autonomy of the child. At present in the South African law the parental authority is still largely determined by the common law and can be described as the sum total of rights and obligations which parents enjoy in relation to their children. Guardianship and custody are the separate incidents of parental authority. The Child Care Act 74 of 1983, The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 108 of 1996, The Guardianship Act 192 of 1993, The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996, the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 by South Africa on 16 June 1995 and case law have contributed to increasing limitations on the exercise of parental authority. A balance needs to be found between the parental authority and the rights of the child to ensure that neither is absolute. Parents need to respect the evolving capacities of the child and children need to respect the guidance of the parents. / Jurisprudence / LL.M

This research explores the training needs of nannies in the United Kingdom in terms of the content and structure of introductory training. The research question formulated for this study is: What are the introductory training needs of nannies in the United Kingdom? The researcher approached the study qualitatively and empirical data was collected by means of a focus group discussion with a group of nannies. Empirical data indicates that nannies need training regarding: • The professional aspect of nannying; • the physical, emotional, and intellectual needs of children; • the various developmental levels of children and the role of the nanny within each phase; • working with parents; • different religions and cultures and their childcare practices. It was found that nannies need training that is structured in an affordable, brief, specific and practical way. The study therefore reveals that nannies have specific needs regarding both the content and structure of childcare training. / Thesis (M. Ed.)