Ecological approach to work with foster families in the USA and Europe

Современная зарубежная психология

关键词: ecological approach;    ecocultural theory;    ambiguous loss theory;    foster family;    biological family;    kinship care;    social support;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The article provides the review of contemporary practice in using ecological approach to work with foster families: investigation of peculiarities of their functioning and provision of social and psychological support. The issues of social support and facilitation of communication between the three main stakeholders — biological families, foster families and social workers — are discussed at the exosystemic level. The mesosystemic level is represented with the analysis of the issues of kinship care and provision of continuity in a child's life in the context of non-kinship care. Chronosystem is described as dynamic changes at all the levels of functioning: from child welfare reforms to a child's ontogenetic development. Interrelations between the ecological approach and other topical theories are briefly described.

【 授权许可】

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