Zum Verschwinden und Entwerten der Persönlichkeit, der eigenen Bedürfnisse und individuellen Erfahrungen

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Acknowledging the complexity of processes leading to foster care breakdown

Family-based solutions for children in care are the preferred option in European countries on the grounds of both cost and quality. Yet, too often, foster care placements intended to be long term are terminated unexpectedly early. Few studies have identified factors leading to unexpected breakdown and fewer still have translated such findings into practical guidance for professionals. This article outlines: (a) the ambiguity and contradictions in the use of terminology (e.g., instability, breakdown, disruption) in several international studies; (b) the adoption of a one-sided, file-based, systemic perspective in recent studies of foster care instability, breakdown, and disruption; and (c) empirical data collected from interviews with foster children. Foster care breakdown is shown to be a process that takes place on several levels. In addition to the actual breakdown event, the situation of the child before the placement, the situation during the placement, the emergence and development of the crisis and the consequences of the breakdown for all those involved are all part of the process. It is only in retrospect that the ending of a foster care process is perceived as a breakdown. Assessments of whether it was planned or unplanned, expected or unexpected, and desirable or undesirable are meaningful only from an individual perspective. Such a perspective must be clearly identified: different people experience and remember the same breakdown in different ways, and its significance for their personal biographies may vary.</jats:p

Care Farming - eine Systemanalyse : Schlussbericht

Farming families provide care for children, young people and adults. The terms ‘care farming’ (CF) and social agriculture are used to describe this service in the expert discourse. The development of these social care services varies in different European countries. It may be assumed that at least one percent of all agricultural family operations provide care services in Switzerland, including for children and young people. Accordingly, CF is a component of Swiss foster care. Against the background of the recent revision of the Child and Adult Protection Act (Kindes- und Erwachsenenschutzgesetz) and of the legal provisions in relation to foster care, a qualitative system analysis was carried out in three cantons in 2013. The aim of the system analysis was to describe the context and importance of CF and to identify the attitudes and working methods of central actors (i.e. the child and adult protection authorities and family placement organizations) in relation to placements in agriculture. As part of the study, documents were analyzed and expert interviews held with representatives of child and adult protection authorities and family placement organizations. It emerges from the study that the interviewed members of the placement authorities consider that placements in agriculture can be a viable option, in particular for young people, if the match between the client and foster family is suitable. According to the surveyed family placement organizations, the interest among farming families in offering foster places is considerable. The study presents CF as one care service within a complex support system for children and young people, and raises new questions for investigation by more detailed research projects.Bauernfamilien betreuen Kinder, Jugendliche oder erwachsene Personen. Im Fachdiskurs werden hierfür die Begriffe Care Farming oder soziale Landwirtschaft verwendet. In Europa haben sich diese sozialen Betreuungsleistungen in den verschiedenen Ländern unterschiedlich entwickelt. In der Schweiz geht man derzeit davon aus, dass mindestens ein Prozent aller landwirtschaftlichen Familienbetriebe Betreuungsleistungen anbieten, auch für Kinder und Jugendliche. Care Farming ist somit Bestandteil der schweizerischen Pflegekinderhilfe. Vor dem Hintergrund der kürzlich erfolgten Revisionen des Kindes- und Erwachsenenschutzgesetzes bzw. der rechtlichen Grundlagen der Pflegekinderhilfe wurde 2013 eine qualitative Systemanalyse in drei Kantonen durchgeführt mit dem Ziel, den Kontext und die Bedeutung von Care Farming zu beschreiben und Haltungen und Arbeitsweise zentraler Akteure (Kindes- und Erwachsenschutzbehörden und Familienplatzierungsorganisationen) hinsichtlich Platzierungen in der Landwirtschaft zu ermitteln. Im Rahmen der Studie wurden Dokumente analysiert sowie Expertengespräche Vertreterinnen und Vertretern von Kindes- und Erwachsenenschutzbehörden und Familienplatzierungsorganisationen geführt. Aus der Studie geht hervor, dass für die befragten Behördenmitglieder Platzierungen in die Landwirtschaft vor allem für Jugendliche eine Option darstellen können, sofern die Passung zwischen KlientIn und Pflegefamilie stimmt. Weiter geht aus der Studie hervor, dass gemäss den befragten Familienplatzierungsorganisationen das Interesse von Seiten der Bauernfamilien Betreuungsplätze anzubieten gross ist. Die Studie präsentiert Care Farming als eine Betreuungsleistung innerhalb eines komplexen Kinder- und Jugendhilfesystem und generiert neue Fragestellungen für weiterführende Forschungsprojekte

Wirkungsanalyse von Mutter-Kind-Angeboten im Kanton Zürich : die wichtigsten Ergebnisse und Herausforderungen

Auftraggeber Forschungsprojekt: Bildungsdirektion des Kantons Zürich, Amt für Jugend und Berufsberatun

Wirkungsanalyse von Mutter-Kind-Angeboten im Kanton Zürich : Schlussbericht

Auftraggeber Forschungsprojekt: Bildungsdirektion des Kantons Zürich, Amt für Jugend und Berufsberatun

Kindeswohl im Bundesasylzentrum?

Eine Studie identifiziert dringenden Handlungsbedarf für unbegleitete minderjährige Asylsuchende in Bundesasylzentren im Spannungsfeld zwischen dem Kindeswohl und dem Asylwesen

The LifeStories project: Empowering voices and avoiding harm-Ethics protocol of a long-term follow-up study of individuals placed in infant care institutions in Switzerland

Little empirical data exist to guide ethical decisions when conducting research with vulnerable populations. The current study assesses a protocol designed to mitigate risks in a population-based cohort of 246 individuals placed in care institutions as infants in a non-selective 60-year follow-up. In total, 116 (47%) individuals chose to participate, of whom 53 (55%) reported positive effects of participation such as the opportunity to fill some gaps in their life stories, to better deal with their past, and to understand previous family dynamics. Only three individuals (2.5%) explicitly reported negative short-term consequences such as feeling upset as a result of thinking about stressful times, but they nonetheless rated the usefulness of the study as high. For six participants (5%), psychological counseling sessions were initiated as a support measure. Our findings suggest that risk of harm can be managed with a rigorous ethics protocol when conducting research with a vulnerable cohort and therefore enable the voices of survivors to be heard. A step wise approach in which increasing amounts of information were presented at each step, clearly operationalized passive decline, and direct and consistent contact with highly trained staff were considered key to mitigating distress. Keywords: deprivation; ethics; institutionalization; long-term follow-up; vulnerable cohor