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Host care in the Czech Republic
Jílková, Anna ; Stretti, Sylvie (advisor) ; Cimrmannová, Tereza (referee)
The diploma thesis is focused on host care in the Czech Republic. The first chapter deals with attachment and its explanation. The second chapter describes alternative care in the Czech Republic. The list of alternative care forms and types of institutional care are included in this part. The third chapter is focused on host care and its legislative framework, forms, advantages, risks and the process of host care mediation. In the fourth chapter there are introduced specific examples of host care. The fifth chapter describes the survey methodology focused on host care. The sixth chapter contains thequestionnaire survey assessment. To define the issue, the author uses specialized literature aimed at substitutional family care and host care, Czech laws (i.e. Social-legal protection of the children law, Civil code, the law of institutional care accomplishment). She also derives from websites occupied by host care, such as civic association Děti patří domů, The Centre for Adoption and Foster Care. The aim is to verify theoretical facts followed from specialized sources and the description of host care in the Czech Republic.
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Visitor's care
Šmídová, Klára ; Zemková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Šiška, Jan (referee)
This thesis first introduces the theoretical background of host care, social and legal protection of children, and theories about the identity of the child. The initial chapters will deal with the principles of social and legal protection of children and characterize the available forms of family care. The third chapter is devoted to host care itself; defines it and its purpose in detail describes the so-called "hard-to-place" groups, for whom foster care is especially appropriate. Reference is made to the non-profit organizations that provide foster care and the process of service delivery is described. This research investigates the experiences and opinions of people who grew up in children's home. Analysis of discussions and conversations brought out some unexpected findings. We obtain views on the possible overuse of host care and also gain an understanding of the lives of children living in children's homes.
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The process of endorsement of applicants for the adoption
Novoveská, Lucie ; Poláčková, Věra (advisor) ; Vítečková, Michaela (referee)
Anotation: This work is dedicated to substitutional family care, especially adoption. It engages in comparation of institutional and family care, motivation for being parents, types of substitutional family care, adoption, its history, types, biological an psychological points of view and other aspects. The main subject is the process of endorsement of applicants for adoption that is compulsory for all applicants who decided to adopt a child. I analyzed the whole process and its particular parts. In the research I made an analyzis of experience of the applicants with this process. The last part of the work includes profiles of six families that show differences of the applicants and their family background.
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The Options of the Non-Govermental Organizations in the Substitutional Family Care
Růžičková, Ludmila ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (advisor) ; Moree, Dana (referee)
This thesis "The Options of the Non-Governmental Organizations in the Substitutional Family Care" deals with the description of the roles, functions and options of the non-governmental organizations in the field of the substitutional family care. First objective is to create a list of these organizations. Next objective is a description of the subtitutional family care system as well as a description of the roles and options of the nonprofit sector in this field from the non- governmental organization's employees point of view. This description is based on the analysis of interviews with these employees as well as the employees of the governmental organizations from this field. This thesis also focuses on the collaboration in the substitutional family care system. The last part offers a summary of the outcomes and some recommendations for the improvement of children at risk assessment system.
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Child in foster care and it's birth family
Kučerová, Marie ; Dobiášová, Karolína (advisor) ; Zrcková, Alžběta (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Child in the foster care and its birth family" deals with conditions which lead to realization a certain foster care and describes different types of understanding biological family of the child in the foster care. First part includes definitions of the most important terms that are incorporated in other parts of work. Second part of bachelor thesis describes steps that are necessary to accomplish the foster care in the Czech Republic. Work engages in procedures how to successfully become from an applicant of foster care to a foster career and a way of threatened child into a suitable foster family. Analysis of semi-structured interviews and analysis of documents are included in the third part. This part specifies major problems with contact of biological family and the child in the foster care. Birth family of the child in the foster care is perceived by foster careers and experts in two ways. Some experts and careers perceive birth family as a problematic and inappropriate part of the foster care. Some of them suppose relations between parents and child as an inseparable part of proper development of the child in the foster care. Different attitudes are based on different interpretations of term Best interest of the child. This term have not a clear definition yet. Clarification...
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Professional foster parents as part of the substitutional family care system in the Czech Republic
Vošahlíková, Radka ; Čabanová, Bohumila (advisor) ; Dobiášová, Karolína (referee)
The focus of Bachelor thesis "Professional foster parents as part of the substitutional family care system in the Czech Republic" are a temporary foster care and professional foster parents in the Czech Republic. It describes a system of substitutional family care in the Czech Republic as well as the professional foster care as a new option of childcare for those children who cannot grow up in their biological families. The institution is initially described in general terms: where it comes from, how it is supposed to work, what goals it tries to follow, and how the foster works abroad. Then the work focuses on professional foster care in the Czech Republic, its current state, how it is perceived by professionals in the area of threatened children, and what are its future opportunities. In the end, it is evaluated using SWOT analysis, while the work also lists two possible future scenarios of the professional foster care in the Czech Republic.
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Foster care termination prior to child's legal age
SEDLÁČKOVÁ VINKLEROVÁ, Blanka
In the Czech Republic, substitutional family care takes several different forms. The most frequent are adoption and foster care. This thesis concentrates primarily on foster care. The most important preconditions for placing a child into foster care are the child?s interest and the guarantee of a proper upbringing. Children in foster care maintain the ties with their biological family, and the parental responsibility remains with the biological parents. Foster care begins with the decision of a court and ends when the child reaches maturity. However, the court may terminate it sooner if there are relevant reasons. The reasons for terminating foster care before the child reaches maturity can originate either on the children?s or the fosters? side. In any case, the subsequent failure of foster care has a tremendous impact on the future lives of the children involved. This thesis aims on discovering reasons why foster care is terminated before the child becomes an adult. The secondary aim is to determine the influence of foster care on further life of children who were placed into it. The strategy used in reaching these aims was the qualitative analysis. The employed methods included the questioning, partially directed interview and document analysis. The first research sample consisted of a female and several males in the age of 20 to 27 who grew up in foster care which had to be terminated before they could reach maturity. The second research sample consisted of foster couples in whose families the members of the first sample had been growing up for some time. The results indicate that the reasons for premature foster care termination can indeed be found on the child?s as well as the foster?s side. On the part of children, problems are often caused by their age, their capabilities in school, genetic predispositions, and their ability to accept the values of the substitutional family. On the part of fosters, the most important factor of foster care success is their ability to accept the child with his/her specific needs and personal limitations which are given by his/her unfavorable family conditions and personal anamnesis. Due to unrealistic expectations of the foster family the children subsequently fall into undesirable behavior, and the combination of these factors endangers the stability of foster care. The motivation of fosters to conduct foster care is highly relevant as well. This research has also concluded that life of young people who spent some time in foster care is most definitely influenced by their stay in substitutional families. A positive influence can be seen in the experiences, opinions and values acquired in the foster families. These values have formed the children?s own view of life. They became aware of differences between normally functioning families including their foster families, and their biological families? way of life. This realization serves them well when building their own independent life. The author of this thesis is convinced of the severity of this topic because it has a direct impact on the lives of young people. The author believes it is necessary to focus on the selection of future foster parents in terms of their suitability to accept a specific type of child. Also, it is of paramount importance to take into account their moral profile. The results of this thesis may support a better selection of suitable fosters, creation of family ties, and better work with foster families. The thesis will be made available to a regional authorities which make decisions about the suitability of fosters, as well as to social workers from institutions that focus on social and legal protection of children with regard to foster care.
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Environment influence on child's artistic expression
KOLÁČKOVÁ, Jana
The study is dealing with the influence of environment to the children{\crq}s creative expression. Aim of the work is to find out, what is the difference between the creative expressions of the children from common families, those from problematic families, who are currently growing up in one of the facilities for children requiring immediate assistance and those who are being grown up in other institution or sanatorium. The study is not focused to the complex level of quality of creative expression only, but also to the level of formal part of the creative expression, and, first of all, to the contentual part of the graphics, especially when drawing topics are linked to the family. In the theoretical section, the basic terms linked to the given problems are defined. First of all, the problems linked with the life in the family, with the creative expression and methods of the family psychological diagnostics are concerned. Practical section is aimed to make clear, what is the difference among creative expression of the children between 6 to 12 years of age, who are growing up in different environment (children from common families, those from problematic families, who are currently growing up in one of the facilities for children requiring immediate assistance and those who are being grown up in the children{\crq}s house). For the needs of practical section the method of qualitative research was selected, where the main focus is to assess the creative expression of the individual children. For data collection purpose, the method of Family draw was selected, that was extended and modified for the need of the study. The main part of the study is comprised by the summary of the results and their interpretation.
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System of foster care in the Czech republic. Foster care advisory.
TROJANOVÁ, Jana
The thesis considers problems with foster care in The Czech republic. The theoretical part of my work outlines the questions of family environment, its importance, pathology of family, psychical deprivation, sub deprivation of children living out of their own families. It also adumbrates general overview of foster care system and its history, process of mediation of substitutional family care, forms of foster allowances and method of functioning of foster care families. Operative part of the thesis contains research through the medium questionnaires. Target group consist of fosterers living in administrative unit of The Municipal Office in Prachatice; the office with extended authority. The inquiry was made to find out their awareness of their rights and appealed claims, their satisfaction with current foster care system as well as what experiences the fosterers have with the attending their applications and what services or experts are missed by them in the region. This form of foster family care is very demanding. Appreciation belongs to all who wants to give abandoned children their helping hands and opened hearts. They are guided by love and endeavour to help.
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