Sabina Zdráhalová, Alice Gojová
Contacts between Children Considered Neglected and Their Parents after Placement Outside Their Own Family in Czech Republic
Číslo: 1/2024
Periodikum: Sociální práce
Klíčová slova: social work, substitute care, support for contact between parent and child placed in substitute care, child neglect
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Anotace:
OBJECTIVES: The main research objective is to determine how parents interpret the setup,
support, and evaluation of regular face-to-face contacts with their child following placement in
substitute care on the grounds of neglect. THEORETICAL BASE: The theoretical background
is constituted by the findings on the importance of children’s need for contact with their own
parents and neglect as a social construct. METHODS: The qualitative research consisted of
in-depth interviews with actual parents selected using purposive criterion sampling. Data were
processed using Grounded Theory analytic procedures. OUTCOMES: Research findings indicate
that parents perceive setup and support of contact as a complicated and lengthy process that,
particularly in the child’s adjustment phase, threatens parents’ mutual right to parenting and the
children’s right to their care. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The research results provide
social workers with suggestions for the quality setup, evaluation, and support of contact between
children and their biological parents.
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support, and evaluation of regular face-to-face contacts with their child following placement in
substitute care on the grounds of neglect. THEORETICAL BASE: The theoretical background
is constituted by the findings on the importance of children’s need for contact with their own
parents and neglect as a social construct. METHODS: The qualitative research consisted of
in-depth interviews with actual parents selected using purposive criterion sampling. Data were
processed using Grounded Theory analytic procedures. OUTCOMES: Research findings indicate
that parents perceive setup and support of contact as a complicated and lengthy process that,
particularly in the child’s adjustment phase, threatens parents’ mutual right to parenting and the
children’s right to their care. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The research results provide
social workers with suggestions for the quality setup, evaluation, and support of contact between
children and their biological parents.