The Bachelor Thesis looks into the cultural identity of a Romany child in foster care in the so-called majority family. The theoretical part of my thesis is focused on foster care topic, and does not neglect any failure, problems or trauma that children bring into foster families from their previous life. It also describes basic terms of the mentioned issue, such as human race, ethnic group, culture, identity, role and status. The practical part deals with the analysis of interviews with the foster parents and seeks to answer the research question: What circumstances (categories) affect a Romany child in foster families from the majority society during the process of adaptation into a family and social integration?

The dissertation is about quality of life in children's homes and children referred to foster family care in Central Bohemian Region. Theoretical part charecterizes quality of life, needs and rights of a child, family and their functions. In next part it describes foster care, deals with foster family care, institutional care and question of transformation and unification of system of care of endangered children in The Czech Republic. The empirical part is pointed to comparison overall quality of children life in children's homes and foster care, their orientation in values, satisfaction in particular parts of their life. The results point to spheres where stated groups are different, where are the same and offer possibilities for next research in this area.

Children, who grow up in families, where their parents have decided to take care of a foster child on a commission of the social welfare services, are not often given the possibility to tell about their experience of having foster siblings, in research and other studies. The aim of this study was to give biological children, in these families, a chance to tell their narratives of growing up with foster siblings, creating opportunities for families, who might have plans to take care of foster children in the future. They can get a picture of how it could be for the family´s own children. The biological children got the opportunity to tell their narrative stories including the relationships in their families and how they were looking forward into their own future and family life. The used theory takes part in systemic thinking, looking at the family as an organization and how identities are created in relationships and in communication. The method was interviews with six “children” and analyze of the text material. The result is presented in short summaries and quotation. The result shows that the children have been influenced in different ways by living with foster siblings and they have a large empathize for their parents and the situation. It also shows that the relations between the biological children and the foster children can be lasting for their future and the biological children can see the foster child as a “real” sibling. Communication and the feeling of participation were important for the children. All stories are individual but some conclusions appear. One is that the children is involved in everything that happens around them and they have own strategies to handle it.

Children placed in foster care face considerable stress and trauma related to being removed from their homes and subsequently living in a new environment. They may exhibit severe disruptive or antisocial behavior as a consequence. Clinicians and researchers often have not considered that these behaviors may be due to children's underdeveloped cognitive control and response. Treatment approaches that offer more holistic perspectives on stress and the inclusion of individual and specialized therapies may help foster children to better control their responses and return to their biological families sooner. The purpose of this study was to focus on whether individual therapy and the inclusion of rehabilitative strategies decreased severe disruptive/antisocial behavior in children placed in foster care or foster homes. Using archival data, disruptive behavior tallies were compared between foster children who began individual therapy and then the same children with the inclusion of rehabilitative strategies. A significant decrease in disruptive behavior was found with foster children within three months of individual therapy and then again, three months after the inclusion of rehabilitative strategies, regardless of gender. Gender was found to have no significance in participants' response to treatment. Findings demonstrate the value of using multiple treatments for decreasing disruptive behavior in foster children. Using multiple treatments, clinicians may be better able to help children positively transform their lives as they navigate the foster care system, resulting in potential positive social change.

Exposés à de multiples facteurs de risque avant et pendant le placement, les enfants placés présentent une prévalence élevée de troubles intériorisés. Ces troubles peuvent entraver leur intégration familiale, sociale et scolaire. L’objectif de ce mémoire est de tracer un portrait des enfants placés présentant des troubles intériorisés afin de mieux les repérer pour ainsi mieux les soutenir, ainsi que les adultes qui en prennent soin. L’échantillon est composé de 62 enfants, âgés de 10 à 12 ans, placés en famille d’accueil régulière et impliqués dans le projet S’Occuper des Enfants (SOCEN). Les données analysées proviennent du Cahier d’évaluation et de suivi (CÉS-C2), outil clinique (avec mesures standardisées) dans lequel l’intervenant, le parent d’accueil et l’enfant inscrivent des informations sur différents aspects du développement de l’enfant. Des variables relatives au placement ainsi que d’autres portant sur l’intégration familiale, sociale et scolaire de l’enfant placé sont mises en relation avec les scores de la sous-échelle des symptômes émotionnels du Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire à l’aide de corrélations de Pearson et d’ANOVA. Près de 19% des 62 enfants éprouvent des symptômes émotionnels élevés. Les résultats révèlent la forte présence de troubles extériorisés (troubles hyperactifs, troubles de la conduite) chez les enfants placés présentant des symptômes émotionnels élevés. Ces enfants éprouvent aussi plus de problèmes avec les pairs. Ceux qui ont vécu plus de trois placements présentent davantage de symptômes émotionnels élevés. / Exposed to multiple risk factors prior and during the placement, foster children have a high prevalence of internalizing disorders. These disorders can interfere with their ability to integrate with their foster family and to participate in social and school activities. The aim of this thesis is to draw a picture of children with high emotional symptoms, a proxy of internalizing disorders, in order to better identify and to better support them as well as adults who care for them. The sample consists of 62 children, aged between 10 and 12 years old in family foster care and involved in the project Looking After Children (LAC). The analyzed data come from the Assessment and Action Record (AAR-C2), a clinical tool (with standardized measures) in which the social worker, the foster parent and the child recorded information on various aspects of child development. Variables related to placement of foster children, along with other variables related to their familial, social, and school integration were related to the scores of the emotional symptoms subscale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire with Pearson correlations and ANOVAs. Nearly 19% of the 62 children experience high emotional symptoms. The results reveal the strong presence of externalizing disorders (hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder) in foster children with high emotional symptoms. These children also experience more problems with peers. Those who lived more than three placements have more severe emotional symptoms.

The diploma thesis is concerned with the long-term foster care; particularly with the experience of foster carer's own children. It provides knowledge of the alternative care system in the Czech Republic and the particularities of foster families. It describes how own children of foster carers experience the period of time before their foster sibling's arrival, what are their feelings and reactions after the arrival, how their positions in the family change, how their relationships are formed and how they perceive their parent's decision retrospectively. The theoretical part is followed by empirical part which is composed of quantitative and qualitative research. The results of quantitative research introduce the experience of biological children and create a basic idea of the situations in foster families. The conclusions of the qualitative research are then an addition of the quantitative part and help to a better imagination of the life in foster families. This thesis should contribute to foster care applicants, their children and specialists who work with foster families. Key words alternative family care, foster care, foster family, biological child, foster children, foster carers training, siblings

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:17:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Walkyria Acquesta Dias.pdf: 812326 bytes, checksum: 964e011f0bc5578664096f19b599121a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study discusses the practice of a pilot project of family foster care in the light of concepts considered relevant to the subject: ethical-political suffering, bond and attachment, family, resilience and social policy. It also refers to studies on the specific theme of foster family works in Brazil in recent years. From the monitoring of a child and a teenager during a process of formal family fostering, it tries to understand the contribution of this proceeding as they return to their birth families. It especially shows how the experience of living together was set up considering the relationship between the individuals as well as how the learning and other gains, both for the individual and the family, were developed during the process. It discusses the experience of living together, both within the birth and the foster family, as well as between the families themselves, highlighting the subject of affective ties in contexts of social vulnerability. In this regard, it is highlighted that the previously established relationship with the birth family is not affected by the new ties built with the foster family, the latter, moreover, providing itself as another reference of respect and affection for both the individual and their family. Being a pilot project designed for a public policy, it deals with structural issues, relating them to ideas concerning the experience of living in a family. Accordingly, the study addresses cross-sectoral issues when implementing the measure, demanding a democratic management and clarity of roles, so that the actions of various institutions involved ensure the aims of the proposal, without overlapping themselves or neglecting the families and their children. Despite some difficulties it is concluded that the results indicate elements of the experience that can contribute to the construction within the municipalities of a more comprehensive action in order to guarantee the right of children and adolescents to live with a family and a community / O presente estudo discute a prática de um projeto piloto de acolhimento familiar, à luz da contribuição de conceitos julgados pertinentes ao tema: sofrimento éticopolítico, vínculo e apego, família, resiliência e política social. Referencia-se, ainda, em estudos sobre o tema específico dos trabalhos de acolhimento familiar realizados no Brasil nos últimos anos. A partir do acompanhamento de uma criança e de um adolescente durante um processo de acolhimento formal, busca-se compreender a contribuição dessa medida para seu retorno às respectivas famílias de origem. Revela, sobretudo, como o conviver foi se configurando, a partir das relações estabelecidas entre os sujeitos, bem como os aprendizados e outros ganhos, tanto individuais como familiares, foram se compondo durante o processo. Discute-se a convivência, tanto internamente às famílias de origem e às acolhedoras, como entre ambas, ressaltando a questão dos vínculos afetivos em contextos de vulnerabilidade social. Nesse aspecto, destaca-se que o vínculo anteriormente estabelecido com a família de origem não é comprometido por novos vínculos firmados com a família acolhedora, podendo esta última, ainda, constituir-se como outra referência de relação e afeto tanto para o indivíduo acolhido como para sua família. Tratando-se de um projeto piloto, dentro da formulação de uma política pública, abordam-se questões estruturais, relacionando-as a reflexões acerca do conviver em família. Nesse sentido, o estudo aborda questões relativas à intersetorialidade na execução da medida, o que exige uma gestão democrática e clareza de papéis, para que as ações das várias instituições garantam as finalidades da proposta, sem sobreporem-se ou negligenciarem as famílias e seus filhos. Apesar de algumas das dificuldades constatadas, conclui-se que os resultados indicam elementos presentes na experiência que podem contribuir para a construção, no âmbito dos municípios, de ações mais abrangentes quanto à garantia do direito das crianças e adolescentes à convivência familiar e comunitária

本研究採用質性研究方法來探討寄養家庭親生子女對於家庭寄養服務的感受及其經驗，研究共選取九位寄養家庭親生子女進行深度訪談。本研究的研究目的為：第一，了解寄養家庭親生子女對於家庭寄養服務的感受；第二，了解寄養家庭親生子女對於寄養兒少的看法；第三，了解家庭寄養服務經驗對寄養家庭親生子女所造成的影響以及衝擊；第四，了解寄養家庭親生子女獲得哪些協助，以減緩寄養兒少所帶來的衝擊。本研究與台灣世界展望會台北家庭服務中心以及台灣兒童暨家扶基金會合作，選取符合的寄養家庭親生子女參與研究，研究結果如下：一、大致而言，寄養父母親以及寄養家庭親生子女在寄養安置之前的事前準備工作是缺乏的；二、本研究主要從「寄養前」以及「寄養後」來了解親生子女對於寄養服務的感受，在「寄養前」親生子女可能會主動「開心且期待」的接受，但也可能是被動「遵從但不反對」來面對父母親擔任寄養家庭的決定；「寄養後」，親生子女以「一體兩面」、「樂在其中」、「置身事外」來詮釋自己在寄養服務經驗過程中的感受；三、寄養家庭親生子女主要以「家人」、「朋友」的方式來看待寄養兒少，其中親生子女會因「彼此的年齡差距」、「寄養兒少性別」、「寄養家庭親生子女同享的想法」、「寄養兒少的行為問題」而影響自己對於寄養兒少的態度與互動；四、寄養經驗對於寄養家庭親生子女會造成「家庭生活」以及「個人層面」上的影響；五、針對寄養家庭親生子女所需的協助與需求提出相關的建議。最後，根據本研究結果，針對寄養實務提出相關建議。 / This study utilizes qualitative research to investigate feelings and experiences of biological children of foster parents in the foster family. Nine biological children of foster parents have been selected for in-depth interviews. There are four objectives of the current study: First, biological children’s feeling to the family foster service; Second, biological children’s opinion to foster children; Third, the impact of the experiences on the biological children; Fourth, what services are provided to help the biological children? The World vision and the Taiwan Fund for children and Families assist and provide subjects for the research. The findings are as followed: 1. In general, foster parents and biological children are lack of preparation for the placement of the foster children; 2.The feelings of the biological children are different between “ before” and “after” of the foster. “Before the foster”, biological children may initially accept it, but they may passively obey and silence to face it; “after the foster”, biological children may explain their feeling or experience by “one integrity with both sides”, “enjoy in it” or “ stay out of it”; 3.The biological children of foster parents regard foster children as their parents or friends in the family. The attitude is affected by age difference, foster children’s gender, opinion of the biological children, and problem behavior of the foster children; 4.The impact of experiences on biological children has been twofold: the family life level and the individual level; 5.Finally, the help of the service need are suggested. The study may provide some suggestions based on the research result for future foster family those who engage in foster services and practices.

Exposés à de multiples facteurs de risque avant et pendant le placement, les enfants placés présentent une prévalence élevée de troubles intériorisés. Ces troubles peuvent entraver leur intégration familiale, sociale et scolaire. L’objectif de ce mémoire est de tracer un portrait des enfants placés présentant des troubles intériorisés afin de mieux les repérer pour ainsi mieux les soutenir, ainsi que les adultes qui en prennent soin. L’échantillon est composé de 62 enfants, âgés de 10 à 12 ans, placés en famille d’accueil régulière et impliqués dans le projet S’Occuper des Enfants (SOCEN). Les données analysées proviennent du Cahier d’évaluation et de suivi (CÉS-C2), outil clinique (avec mesures standardisées) dans lequel l’intervenant, le parent d’accueil et l’enfant inscrivent des informations sur différents aspects du développement de l’enfant. Des variables relatives au placement ainsi que d’autres portant sur l’intégration familiale, sociale et scolaire de l’enfant placé sont mises en relation avec les scores de la sous-échelle des symptômes émotionnels du Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire à l’aide de corrélations de Pearson et d’ANOVA. Près de 19% des 62 enfants éprouvent des symptômes émotionnels élevés. Les résultats révèlent la forte présence de troubles extériorisés (troubles hyperactifs, troubles de la conduite) chez les enfants placés présentant des symptômes émotionnels élevés. Ces enfants éprouvent aussi plus de problèmes avec les pairs. Ceux qui ont vécu plus de trois placements présentent davantage de symptômes émotionnels élevés. / Exposed to multiple risk factors prior and during the placement, foster children have a high prevalence of internalizing disorders. These disorders can interfere with their ability to integrate with their foster family and to participate in social and school activities. The aim of this thesis is to draw a picture of children with high emotional symptoms, a proxy of internalizing disorders, in order to better identify and to better support them as well as adults who care for them. The sample consists of 62 children, aged between 10 and 12 years old in family foster care and involved in the project Looking After Children (LAC). The analyzed data come from the Assessment and Action Record (AAR-C2), a clinical tool (with standardized measures) in which the social worker, the foster parent and the child recorded information on various aspects of child development. Variables related to placement of foster children, along with other variables related to their familial, social, and school integration were related to the scores of the emotional symptoms subscale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire with Pearson correlations and ANOVAs. Nearly 19% of the 62 children experience high emotional symptoms. The results reveal the strong presence of externalizing disorders (hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder) in foster children with high emotional symptoms. These children also experience more problems with peers. Those who lived more than three placements have more severe emotional symptoms.

Orientador: Leila Meza Alegranti / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T07:02:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Moreno_AlessandraZorzetto_D.pdf: 2082183 bytes, checksum: abdb6a65d458b286fb3b74bc161dcff3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Na cidade de São Paulo, a assistência pública à crianças e jovens órfãos e abandonados surgiu no ano de 1825 com a organização de uma Casa de Expostos e Órfãos. No período anterior, os pais e mães que não podiam, ou não queriam ficar com os filhos, contavam somente com o auxílio particular oferecido por pessoas que recebiam e criavam a prole alheia. Amplamente difundida na América Portuguesa, a prática do acolhimento domiciliar de crianças e jovens era uma das faces de um complexo sistema de redes sócio-culturais. O objetivo desta tese é analisar essa prática sócio-cultural na cidade de São Paulo, entre 1765 e 1822, buscando delinear as motivações ao acolhimento e as relações estabelecidas entre acolhedores e acolhidos / Abstract: In the city of Sao Paulo, the public assistance to children and young orphans and abandoned emerged in the year of 1825, with the organization of a Casa de Expostos e Órfãos. In the previous period, the fathers and mothers who could not or did not want to stay with their children, included only with the aid offered by particular people who had created the childrens¿ others. Widely broadcast in Portuguese America, the practice of welcoming home for children and young people was one of the faces of a complex system of sociocultural networks. The objective of this thesis is to examine the socio-cultural practice in the city of Sao Paulo, between 1765 and 1822, seeking outline the reasons for the reception and the relationships established between receivers and accepted. / Doutorado / Historia Cultural / Doutor em História