Indicators of the quality of the foster care

One of the difficulties in choosing the families who come to foster care is related to the lack of studies that indicate the features needed to support optimal integrated development of children in foster care and also help in the process both the family as the child to generate the necessary resour...

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Main Authors: Rosa J. Molero Mañes, Mª Dolores Gil Llario, Irene Mª Díaz Rodríguez
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Language:English
Published: Asociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y Discapacidad 2014-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.infad.eu/RevistaINFAD/OJS/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/463
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description One of the difficulties in choosing the families who come to foster care is related to the lack of studies that indicate the features needed to support optimal integrated development of children in foster care and also help in the process both the family as the child to generate the necessary resources. The sample consisted of 53 families with 80 children in foster care for three years. The aim was to identify characteristics that allow promote the development of the child. The results underline the importance of establishing secure links between the child and the foster family, the integration of the child in the foster family (the emergence of a sense of belonging), the existence of children in the foster family and a sense of satisfaction with welcoming, by the foster family.
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spelling doaj.art-fc4b41e1411d40119988191ebedc54d92023-01-02T17:19:04ZengAsociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y DiscapacidadINFAD0214-98772603-59872014-09-012147548210.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v2.463347Indicators of the quality of the foster careRosa J. Molero Mañes0Mª Dolores Gil Llario1Irene Mª Díaz Rodríguez2Universidad de ValenciaUniversidad de ValenciaCentro Atención Discapacidad Intelectual San ClementeOne of the difficulties in choosing the families who come to foster care is related to the lack of studies that indicate the features needed to support optimal integrated development of children in foster care and also help in the process both the family as the child to generate the necessary resources. The sample consisted of 53 families with 80 children in foster care for three years. The aim was to identify characteristics that allow promote the development of the child. The results underline the importance of establishing secure links between the child and the foster family, the integration of the child in the foster family (the emergence of a sense of belonging), the existence of children in the foster family and a sense of satisfaction with welcoming, by the foster family.http://www.infad.eu/RevistaINFAD/OJS/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/463acogimiento familiarvínculos afectivosintegracióndesarrollo
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vínculos afectivos
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vínculos afectivos
integración
desarrollo
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