A criança abrigada e a sua família: marcas e trajetória

Abstract

This research had as general objective: understand perceptions of children served in shelters have in relation to their family background and their stay in the institution and specific objectives: to identify the precipitating reasons that led to the condition of the shelter and psychosocial profile of children in study; characterize the relationship of the family members with the child and with the institution during the period of institutional care; and analyze the perception of children about the shelter and its family of origin. The methodology was qualitative in nature. The primary data were initially collected by applying a semi-structured interview guide that included open and closed questions, called Situational Survey with professional psychology shelter, in which information was collected about the child, his family, and the reasons that generated the referral to the shelter and actions of the institution in the monitoring of children studied. In a second step, was performed a semi-structured individual interviews with the participants playful children, in which the following items were addressed: family background, your welcome and stay at the shelter and their perspectives on the situation in which the child is. This interview took the form of a booklet of activities entitled "Hey, we're here." To obtain additional data records and the routing folders and participant observation were used. Paralleling the condition of these sheltered children was made a connection that reality with the theoretical perspective of the bioecological model of human development of Urie Bronfenbrenner. The results achieved here, because they reflect the reality arising of children, allow the advancement in discussions, research and coping strategies to better target the residential care services.