کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
344640 617434 2015 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Foster care assessment: A study of the placement decision process in Flanders
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
ارزیابی مراقبت یتیم خانه ها: مطالعه از فرایند تصمیم گیری قرار دادن در فلاندر
کلمات کلیدی
رفاه کودکان؛ کودکان نیازمند (خدمات برای)؛ مراقبت فاستر (خانواده)؛ تصمیم قرار دادن
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پریناتولوژی (پزشکی مادر و جنین)، طب اطفال و بهداشت کودک
چکیده انگلیسی

Family foster care placement decision-making has a weak scientific underpinning. Mostly a ‘variable-oriented approach’ is taken, which requires a lot of information that is not always available. The identification of clusters of foster children with similar characteristics may be a more viable decision strategy. In this study we investigated if foster children could indeed be clustered, which problems were identified at the time of placement, and the influence of placement history. It proved possible to group foster children into two clusters: (1) young children with familial problems and few behavioral problems, and (2) older children with prominent child problems and behavioral problems. For foster children with and without placement history, problems associated with placement proved identical. Considering that a foster care placement did not result in fundamental change in the problems present at time of placement, the importance is stressed of approaching foster care assessment as part of a decision making process which looks back as well as forward. Placement decisions should be based on an appraisal of the appropriateness of foster placement as a solution for the child. In conjunction with this appraisal a decision is required on how parents can be supported toward reunification. Or – if this is not an option – whether long term foster care is the best option for the child and if so, what conditions need to be met.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Child Abuse & Neglect - Volume 49, November 2015, Pages 119–127
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