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This diploma thesis focuses on the level of socio-emotional competencies, the ability of empathy and the prevalence of psychosocial problems amongst children in various forms of substitute care (biological families, institutional care, foster families). The aim of this thesis is to clarify the relations in between the variables and to find possible patterns bound to different kinds of care. The thesis also aims at the effect of the lenght od institutional care and of the strategies of emotional regulation and behaviour in social situations. The sample includes 34 respondents. The data were collected from the children themselves (IDS), from caregivers (EQ-C, SDQ) and from the file documentation (anamnestic questionaire). The results show a significant correlation between the variables. The effect of length of stay in institutional care has not been proven. As for comparisons across different forms of care, differences in empathy rates and the occurrence of psychosocial problems have emerged, but not at the level of socio-emotional skills. The subsequent analysis of strategies of emotional regulation and social behavior has pointed to an interesting tendency regarding the socio-emotional functioning of children in substitute care. My diploma thesis will serve as a pilot study on the upcoming research...

(in English): The aim of the thesis is to compare children's ideas about their future after leaving institutional facilities with the view of caregivers. The diploma thesis deals with forms of substitute care, specifics of children in institutional care including emotional deprivation, preparation and leaving the children's home. It analyses children's ideas about education, employment, finances, housing, relationships with the original family, partnership, parenting, and rescue network after leaving the children's home. The thesis combines interviews with children focused on their life ideas and questionnaires that were presented to their caregivers to assess the reality and the possibility of their fulfilment.

The summary goal of this thesis is to characterize how the issue of alternative child care in the Czech Republic is solved, to characterize the system of alternative child care and it's problematical areas, and also to analyze the role of non-profit organizations in the society generally, and specifically in the solving of issue of alternative child care in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part of this thesis deals with concept of civil society, with typology of its organizations and their functions in the society, and also with chosen theories which explain functions of non- profit organizations in the society, and also with the history and the present of these organizations in the Czech Republic. Afterwards this theses characterize the system of the care of endangered children in the Czech Republic, the system of the alternative care of children and also contemporary reform of the care of endangered chidren and its important concepts of psychological deprivation of the children in institutional care and of rehabilitation of family. In the empirical part of thesis is on the basis of qualitative analysis of texts and documents and realized semistructured interviews presented which form, in which fields and also which specific activities engage non-profit organizations in the solving of issue of...

The thesis on topic "The path of life of young adults after leaving children's home" deals with problems encountered by young people, who spent at least a part of their childhood in some form of institutional, as they now stand at the door-steps of their new, less structured life. The theoretical part of this thesis is oriented toward a description of the system of institutional upbringing, followed by detailing the various psychosocial needs of young people. Attention is also given to negative circumstances effecting the incorporation of such "institutional" children into a general population. The Practical part is concerned with monitoring and description of the new life beginnings undertaken by these young individuals from children's homes. With the help of semi-structured interviews, finding out the experiences and feelings of people, who were growing up in children's homes and their transition to the real world. This whole thesis is pointing out problems of people who are growing up outside of their nuclear family. Emphasis is put on their suitable incorporation into society.

Under flera år har svenska medier kantats av debatter kring vården på statens institutionsstyrelse där behandlingspersonal missbrukar makten och inte givit ungdomarna den vård som krävs för att de ska motiveras mot en bättre livsstil. Denna studie har som utgångspunkt att studera relationerna mellan behandlingspersonal och ungdomar som har tvångsvård enligt 3 § LVU. Studien riktar även sitt fokus på ungdomar som har NPF diagnoser samt svårigheter kring skapandet av relationer. Undersökningen mynnar ut i följande frågeställningar; Hur upplever behandlingspersonalen relationer med brukare på Statens institutionsstyrelse? samt Vilka faktorer påverkar relationen mellan brukare med funktionsnedsättning och behandlingspersonal? Undersökningen genomfördes med en kvalitativ ansats där vi genomförde semistrukturerade intervjuer med respondenter som arbetade som behandlingspersonal på statens institutionsstyrelse. Resultatet visade på att skapa relationer på sis är något komplicerat och kräver olika faktorer för att en relation ska fungera. Resultatet visade att personligheten är central faktor i arbetet, men även tidigare kunskaper och erfarenheter vid arbetet, speciellt inom avdelningar där ungdomar har en funktionsnedsättning. Vidare har resultat även påvisat att personal måste visa tillit och agera som rollmodeller för att ungdomarna ska få motivation att skapa relationer och lyckas med sin behandling. / For several years, Swedish media have been lined with debates about care at the state department board where treatment assistants abuse power and have not given young people the care needed to be motivated towards a better lifestyle. This study is based on studying the relationships between treatment assistants and young people who have compulsory care according to § 3 LVU. The study also focuses on young people who have NPF diagnoses and difficulties in creating relationships. The survey results in the following issues; How do treatment assistants experience relationships with users at the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care? and What factors affect the relationship between users with disabilities and treatment assistants? The survey was conducted with a qualitative approach where we conducted semi-structured interviews with respondents who worked as treatment assistants at the State Department Board. The result showed that creating relationships on sis is somewhat complicated and requires different factors for a relationship to work. The results showed that personality is a central factor in the work, but also previous knowledge and experience at work, especially in departments where young people have a disability. Furthermore, results have also shown that staff must show trust and act as role models for young people to be motivated to create relationships and succeed in their treatment.

The purposes of this study were: (1) to examine a select sample of both runaways and nonrunaways at six Oregon residential treatment facilities; (2) to determine the amount and type of preplacement visitation and counseling done within these agencies; (3) to determine the effect preplacement visitation and counseling has upon the studied sample of runaways and nonrunaways in decreasing or controlling the number of runs from the agencies involved; and (4) to determine significant characteristics between runaway and nonrunaway populations. Testing materials included a two-part questionnaire, part of which was developed with girls from one of the participating agencies. Running, which today is looked upon as a status offense, is costly in the effect it has upon the mind and emotions of the young runners, as well as the effect it has upon the budgets of the agencies involved. Running from a residential treatment program is also disruptive to the treatment plan which has been set up for that particular youth. The work which has been done to date in this area is sketchy and incomplete. It does not clearly tell us whether or not preplacement counseling actually reduces the desire to run and helps to create a more comfortable atmosphere for the teen-ager. Our sample consisted of both runners and a random sample of nonrunners from the participating agencies for the month of October.

National movement and local demands indicated the necessity of training programs for child care workers (herein referred to as CCW's) in Oregon. In 1966, the "First National Survey of Children's Residential Institution" was done by Pappenforst & Kilpatrick. This survey showed that the primary concern of directors of children's institution was the quality of CCW's. A national conference was held in Cleveland in 1967 to study the characteristics essential to excellent performance and make recommendations for training programs of CCW's in residential treatment for children.There have been numerous expressions of the demands for training programs in Oregon by directors of agenciesas well as the Oregon Association of Child Care Workers. (herein referred to as OACCW). The objective of this research was to study residential child care in Oregon as a service delivery system, and to study the manpower element of the system in relation to the development of a feasible training program for CCW's serving now or in the future in various private or public residential child care agencies in Oregon.

The goal of this thesis is to understand and map how elderly people cope with adversity that this stage of life unavoidably brings with it. The first part of the thesis - the theoretical background, is based on literary sources that try to define concepts like "resilience", "old age", "institutional care for the elderly" and "visual disorders". The empirical data has been obtained through semi-structured deep interviews with four selected clients of the Retirement home för visually impaired people "Palata". The evaluation of the data has been done thanks to the qualitative approach of the interpretative fenomenological analysis that helps us comprehend how a person creates meaning of one's lived experience and thus understand the individual point of view on subjective experiences. The interviews have enabled us to define the categories that have appeared most frequently and represent a significant source of mental resilience - family, social interactions, display of gratitude towards staff, responsibility/external support, acceptance/satisfaction, moral values, leisure activities, accentuation of small life events and integrity. These categories have been described in more detail based on specialized literature. As a conclusion we have summarized the major findings from our interviews and literary...

En placering på Statens institutionsstyrelses (SiS) särskilda ungdomshem förekommer i de situationer då frivillig vård inte anses tillräcklig för ungdomen och tvångsvård ses som det enda alternativet. SiS har under många år kritiserats gällande de särskilda ungdomshemmen och fortsätter att visa på allvarliga missförhållanden och brister. Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur tvångsvården på samtliga SiS särskilda ungdomshem i Sverige fungerar ur ett personalperspektiv, vilket ämnar komplettera befintlig kunskap. Det insamlade materialet grundar sig i tolv semistrukturerade intervjuer med både verksam och icke verksam personal på olika nivåer inom SiS. Genom att identifiera faktorer som personalen upplever påverkar deras möjlighet att utföra sitt arbete har tre åtgärdsförslag med utgångspunkt i tidigare forskning genererats. Dessa berör behovet av förbättrad kommunikation, kompetens och enhetlighet inom verksamheten. Studiens åtgärdsförslag ämnar därmed att bidra till en förbättring av verksamheten samt ökad kunskap om upplevelsen av att arbeta inom SiS. / A placement in the special youth homes operated by the National Board of Institutional Care (SiS) occurs in situations where voluntary care is not sufficient for the youth and compulsory care is seen as the only alternative. SiS has been subject to criticism for many years regarding the special youth homes and continues to show serious shortcomings and deficiencies. The aim of this study is to examine how the compulsory care functions in SiS special youth homes in Sweden from a staff perspective, aiming to complement existing knowledge. The collected data is based on twelve semi-structured interviews with both active and non-active personnel at different levels within SiS. By identifying factors that staff perceive as impacting their ability to execute their work, three proposed actions have been generated based on existing research. These proposals address the need for improved communication, competence, and consistency within the organization. Therefore, the study's recommendations aim to contribute towards enhancing SiS and the understanding regarding the firsthand experience of working within the organization.