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Adaptation of the child in foster family environment
TŮMOVÁ, Veronika
The main objective of this work is to explore the factors that influence the child's adaptation to the environment of the foster family. In the theoretical part the current forms of Substitute Family Care in the Czech Republic are mapped and also the process of arranging foster care applicants from the application to the creation of a new family. Below is an overview of the main factors involved in the adaptation of both the child into the family and the mutual adaptation of all the family members themselves. Due to the recently approved amendment to the social and legal protection of children act we will also mention the main impact of the amendment on foster care. The practical part of my thesis is based on the knowledge that I gained in contacts with foster families mainly through interviews, observations, children's drawings and play activities. The knowledge gained is then compared to these factors from the theoretical part of this work and summarizes the patterns and potential problems in the adaptation of children in foster family environment and its findings may possibly be applied as a prevention.
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What type of children do the applicants of foster care desire
ČERNÁ, Klára
This bachelor thesis deals with a substitute care in the Czech Republic. It shows differences between substitute family and educational care. The substitute family care is divided to adoption and foster care. At the forefront of this work is the process of adoption or foster care in practice, when an integral part of it is a role of regional office. The objective of this work is to identify and evaluate details from questionnaires for those who are interested of foster care at regional offices, how tolerant they are and what children they would ideate for their families. The theoretical part describes family and its importance for child developing, it points to problems of psychological deprivation at children, distribution of substitute educational and foster care including the historic definition. It focuses on the description of all forms of alternative cares with a focus on foster care and finally characterizes the mediation system of foster care in the Czech Republic. The practical part deals with data analysis of applicants for foster care, from which comes the thesis title ?What children the applicants for foster care want? at the regional office in Ceske Budejovice for the year 2011.
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Use of activities in the presence of a dog for children in an institutional care
PAPEŽOVÁ, Zdeňka
Abstract Use of activities in the presence of a dog for children in an institutional care The canistherapy is currently an actively used supportive rehabilitation technique than it was in previous years. The canistherapy operates in many areas relating to children, adults with a certain type of a disadvantage or also seniors. Research works have not so far addressed an effect of the canistherapy to a very specific group of clients, i.e. children in an institutional care specifically in children´s homes. Children placed in the children´s homes are generally a high risk group in terms of an action of socially undesirable phenomena and a psychical deprivation. Above all for the reasons of those risks the canistherapy is an interesting and suitable method for an inclusion in the program of activities in the children´s home. The theoretical part of the bachelor thesis is divided into two areas, from which one represents a theoretical knowledge from areas of the institutional care and then it deals with the psychical deprivation. The other section of the theoretical part deals with questions of the canistherapy, its definition, methods and specifically focuses on the development of the child´s personality and the need of the presence of a dog during its development. An attention is also paid to concrete activities with dogs. The aim of the bachelor thesis was to define activities with the dog in the area of an improvement of social relationships and emotional experience at children in the institutional care. For a reason of the specific area of the research, the author chose a qualitative research, which is characterized by an in-depth description of the studied problem. The research technique was a direct participant observation in the chosen children´s home and then semi-controlled interviews with canistherapeutists and tutors. The research results present activities proven within the improvement of the social relations and emotional experience of the children. The activities are especially focused on an increase of their confidence, responsibility and evoking of pleasurable feelings. A completion of short and long term objectives at individual children was proved only partially for a reason of a short research period, some tasks require a longer field of an exposure and they will be continued even after the end of the research. This thesis should serve as an example of a good practice for using of the canitherapy in the children´s homes and in the other types of facilities within an institutional care.
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The actual questions of The Foster Care in the Czech Republic
JELÍNKOVÁ, Hana
The topic of my thesis is called Current Questions about Foster Care in the Czech Republic. European Union organizations and UNICEF organizations, due to the information from experts, have been drawing attention to the fact, that there is a high percentage of children under the age of three years living in various institutions. It is therefore necessary for the state to increase the support for substitutive family care. The theoretical part describes the function and defects of a family, psychic deprivation of children, the history of foster care, the institution of foster care and its new forms and other. The target of the research and hypothesis is stated in the practical part. The target of the thesis is an attempt to clarify all the reasons why children live in institutions and why finding a substitutive family for them is difficult. The targeted sample was represented by 110 children from all regions of the Czech Republic except the South Bohemia region. These children{\crq} s collection of documents was forwarded in the second half of the year 2007 to the Regional Council of South Bohemia Region. In accordance with the target of the work following hypothesis were determined: Hypothesis no. 1: Most of the targeted children have serious disabilities. Hypothesis no. 2: The targeted sample were mainly children between 7 {--} 10 years old. Hypothesis no.3: The most frequent reason why children stay in institutions is the fact that their parents are not able to look after them. Hypotheses have been refuted. Characteristic of research sample processed.
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The Tree Test and The Draw A Person Test at Children from Children´s Homes
VĚTROVSKÁ, Václava
The bachelor thesis is considered by a description of way how chidren from children´s homes solve The Tree Test and The Draw A Person Test. In the Theoretical part of the thesis, it has given an explication about projective metods and drawing tests. This also shows the specifics of alternative care in Czech Republic and psychological development of child living in Children´s home. The Empirical part is focused on differences between elaboration of The Tree Test and The Draw A Person Test at the group of children from children´s homes and elaboration of these tests at children living with both parents at home.
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Art Therapy Workshops in Children's Homes
POHOŘELSKÁ, Alena
The bachelor's thesis deals with the use of art therapy with children living in children?s homes. The theoretical part deals with the specifics of the behaviour of such children. It focuses on deprivation disorders and the Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) Syndrome and presents the artwork produced by the affected children. The practical part attempts to characterize the artwork of deprived children. A particular case of one child is presented along with the analysis of her artworks. Lastly, the feasibility of using art therapy in children?s homes is discussed.
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The care of endangered children and children living autside of the innate family
PŘIBYLOVÁ, Marta
This diploma thesis is focused on psychosocial issues related to vulnerable and lonely children, especially with regard to the threat of emotional deprivation. Theoretical part provides definitions of key terms, such as child needs, upbringing, family and its background, psychological deprivation and its consequences; substitute family care, socialization, etc. The aim of theoretical part is to outline development and education of children in out-of-home care facilities in comparison with the care of child in its own family environment. These differences have been analyzed in the research part of the work. The main goal was to contact several involved experts and learn their approaches and opinions regarding the vulnerable children situation in the Czech Republic, which has been facing these issues. Semistructured interview conducted by me with the above experts was focused mostly on asking questions regarding existing {\clqq}imperfections`` in the Family Code and Act on social & legal protection of children, as amended, to highlight the indicators which have negative impacts on successful psychosocial development of children. To provide better picture of the researched issue, the work is complemented by the casuistics of a family with adopted child.
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Issues of SOS Villages with a Special Focus on Psychological Issues
TOMEŠKOVÁ, Renata
The thesis deals with issues of SOS villages with a special focus on psychological problems. Its goal is to point out the psychological problems related to mental deprivation. The work is divided into the theoretical and the practical part. In the theoretical part, the activities of SOS villages are presented. Further explained is the notion of mental deprivation, its origin, historical development and examples, and it familiarizes with different kind of substitute family care. The practical part introduces a research by the method of questionnaire examination, which was conducted among foster mothers from the SOS village and retired foster mothers.
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Subdeprivation and its consequences for a school development of the child
ČÍŽKOVÁ, Eva
Dissertation serves for a cognition of a syndrom called psychological deprivation and subdeprivation. The theoretical part is used as defining specification the basic terms referring to the psychological deprivation, its characteristics and its manifestation. Part of the dissertation is also devoted to the subject of a substitute family case and children?s home as well. The practical part deals with the concrete research. There are two groups compared here ( children from the children?s home and children from functioning families ). These groups are mutually compared and evatuated on the basis of results achieved in a research of Prof. Matějček.
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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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