Naslov
CHALLENGES OF FOSTER CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOR DISORDERS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EXPERTS

Autori
Laklija, M, Čičak, I,

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
BOOK OF ABSTRACTS: The 9th International Conference of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb / Hržica, G., Jeđud Borić. I. - Zagreb : Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2017, 208-208

Skup
The 9th International Conference of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 17.05.2017. - 19.05.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
specialized foster care, behavior disorder, experts perspective

Sažetak
The aim of the qualitative study is to gain insight into the challenges of foster care for children with behavioral disorders from the perspective of experts working with these children. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews (N=7). Thematic analysis was chosen as method for processing, analyzing and interpreting data. Both the interpretation and the conclusions of the analysis were subjected to the process of investigator triangulation (use of two researchers in the analysis). This paper discusses the challenges of foster care and expert’s experiences in the field of foster care for children with behavioral disorders, as well as their suggestions for improvement of foster care for children with behavioral disorders. The results show that the main problems of the practice of foster care for children with behavioral disorders is that there are no specialized foster parents who are specifically trained to work with those children, although there is some legal basis for this form of foster care. Experts described their experiences in the field of foster care for children with behavioral disorders by themes: undevelopment of specialized foster care, child placement instability, negative experience of placing a child in foster care, the factors which contribute to the positive experience of foster care and the limitations of social welfare system for children in care. As the challenges of foster care for children with behavioral disorders experts emphasize the lack of foster parents preparation for the foster care, difficulties related to the manifest behavior of the child, lack of assistance and support to foster parents and environmental risk factors that have influence on the child. Suggestions for the improvement of foster care for children with behavioral disorders are: to initiate a specialized foster care in practice, to set clear criteria for becoming the specialized foster parent, to organize systematic assistance and support for foster parents, to recruit new foster parents and the professionalization of foster care. The obtained results can be used as a starting point for further research, as well as a starting point for improving the practice of social work in the area of foster care for children with behavioral disorders, as well as the development of specialized foster care.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Socijalne djelatnosti

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