THE ADOPTION PROBLEMS OF ORPHANS
The paper is dedicated to the placement problems of the children who lost custody of their biological parents. In the paper various ways of orphans' placement into families, i.e. adoption, custody, foster care, are presented in detail. 102 replacement families taking charge of the children participated in the experiment. The results of the study of social and psychological characteristics of replacement families revealed the difficulties in establishing contact with an adopted child, and the need of replacement families for targeted supervision by psychologists and teachers at all stages of an orphan's placement.
Keywords: replacement families, placement of children left without parental care, supervision by psychologists and teachers, adoption, custody, foster carereplacement families, placement of children left without parental care, supervision by psychologists and teach
Issue: 8, 2009
Rubric: Pedagogy: Theory and Practice
Pages: 59 — 62
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