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Educational Needs of Foster Parents
Hoznauerová, Viola ; Kopecký, Martin (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
This master thesis deals with educational needs of foster parents. The main assumption of this thesis is that foster parents are despite all specifics among all parents. Therefore it firstly mentions competences, that are essential for good parenthood and relationship between parents as partners. Than it focuses on specific competences that are essential for foster parents. The main question then is how to encourage these competences during educational activities. In the next part this thesis describes the current state of education of foster parents, examples of good practice and present researches. The empirical part of the thesis consists of a qualitative research, which aims to describe the educational needs of foster parents, current deficiencies and suggestions on what to improve. The research is based on semi-structured interviews with foster parents and professionals in the field of alternative family care. On the basis of this research I propose a suitable educational programme for foster parents. KEY WORDS: education of foster parents, foster care, alternative family care, competences of parents

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