Ecological approach to work with foster families in the USA and Europe
The article provides the review of contemporary practice in using ecological approach to work with foster families: investigation of peculiarities of their functioning and provision of social and psychological support. The issues of social support and facilitation of communication between the three...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Современная зарубежная психология |
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| Online Access: | http://psyjournals.ru/jmfp/2012/n3/56569.shtml |
| Summary: | The article provides the review of contemporary practice in using ecological approach to work with foster families: investigation of peculiarities of their functioning and provision of social and psychological support. The issues of social support and facilitation of communication between the three main stakeholders — biological families, foster families and social workers — are discussed at the exosystemic level. The mesosystemic level is represented with the analysis of the issues of kinship care and provision of continuity in a child's life in the context of non-kinship care. Chronosystem is described as dynamic changes at all the levels of functioning: from child welfare reforms to a child's ontogenetic development. Interrelations between the ecological approach and other topical theories are briefly described. |
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| ISSN: | 2304-4977 |