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Abstract: India has around 20 million children living without families who need to be cared for through alternative forms of care. Udayan Care has an innovative group care model for children in need of care, utilising the indigenously developed LIFE (Living In Family Environment) strategy in its 13 UdayanGhars (Sunshine care homes). The model offers long-term permanent mentor parents to all children through the Carer team at its homes. Most often, children's direct input is not available to the management of care homes. To address this Udayan Care has developed the…
Abstract: The Family Based Care (FBC) program by SOS Children's Villages of India is a curative alternative care model for children who have lost parental care. The program is based on the principles of necessity and appropriateness under the UNCRC and is supported by four pillars; the mother, brothers and sisters, the home and the community. The non-biological mother is responsible for a smaller group of children, thus ensuring development and implementation of their individual care plans. Brothers and sisters create a safety net through mentoring, protecting and…
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The loss of parents and parental care at early childhood leads to disastrous consequences for an orphan in the later part of his/her life. Even though the child is provided an alternate option of being in a foster family or in an orphanage home a huge gap exists in the psychosocial need and psychosocial support. Several studies reported that this gap leads to psychological problems in the individual child in different forms. The aim of the current study was to find out level of self-esteem and of depression in adolescents living in orphanage home and to see the differences in self…
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) states that in order to reach full and harmonious development, a child should grow up in a family environment and whenever possible, with their biological family. If the biological family is unable to care for the child, she is best cared for in a family or family-like setting, rather than in an institution. This prioritisation of care options is reflected in all Indian child protection legislation including the Juvenile Justice Act (Child Care & Protection) 2015 and the Integrated Child Protection Scheme, 2014…
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The article is set in the backdrop of the continuum of alternative care, more aptly put as family-based care for children in need of care and protection. It begins by taking into account the emerging trends in deinstitutionalisation and alternative care avenues nationally and internationally. The earlier article published in this journal in March 2016 brought to light Miracle Foundation's Method as a way of transforming institutions into loving children's homes that provide family-like care for children in need of care and protection.
This article traces the journey of…
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Aim of the comparative study to find out social competence and quality of life. Most orphaned children are placed in foster care or orphanages. Children institutionalized are vulnerable to various forms of psychopathology including, behavioral and emotional problems (Ellis, 2004). Social competence is influenced by an individual’s social context and social skills. Orphans have very less opportunity to interact with the outside world which influences their ability to interact effectively .Their quality of life also influences their overall well-being.
This study compares the…
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To assess the impact of care at foster homes on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children living with HIV (CLHIV), attending a referral ART Centre, and to compare their HRQOL with children living in their own homes.
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A cross-sectional study was conducted in 144 CLHIV between 5 and 18 years of age, attending a referral ART Centre in South India to assess their HRQOL using the standard PedsQL™ 4.0 questionnaire. Data were then analysed to compare the HRQOL of children living in foster homes to those children living in their own homes. The…
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The present research investigated a study on self - esteem and academic performance of family reared and institutionalized orphan children. The sample of this study was composed of 160 children (80 children from orphan institutions and 80 children living with their both parents in their homes (father and mother). In present study non - probability purposive sampling method was used. Children of family reared i.e. living with their both parents (father and mother) were drawn from different private schools of Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir and orphan children were drawn from…
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Family is the core unit of society and a major source of the development of children. Every child has the right to a family. There are millions of children living in institutions worldwide. The best of institutions cannot substitute the care in a family of the child. In India there is a disturbing trend of young children, although having both parents, frequently being placed in institutional care for supposed education and a better life. There is proven recognition, worldwide, that institutional care is associated with negative consequences for children’s development. Yet…
This chapter appears in Child Maltreatment in Residential Care: History, Research, and Current Practice, a volume of research examining the institutionalization of children, child abuse and neglect in residential care, and interventions preventing and responding to violence against children living in out-of-home care settings around the world.
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In this chapter we present…