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Reforma systemu pomocy dziecku i rodzinie w Polsce
Reform of child and family services in Poland

Author(s): Marzena Sendyk
Subject(s): Education, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uczelni Jana Wyżykowskiego
Keywords: Family support; family foster care; residential care; reintegration; care and educational centers; children deprived of parental care; child and family services

Summary/Abstract: Modern child and family services in Poland have to focus their attention on supporting troubled families, to be able to provide a child with adequate educational conditions.However, if these operations are not effective, it is necessary to place the child, at least temporarily, in foster or residential care.Th e fundamental directions of reform in the area of child and family services inPoland are discussed in the text. These directions express themselves in the process of de-institutionalisation. Th e statistical data illustrating the degree of assumed changes is also presented.

  • Issue Year: 1/2017
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 161-177
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish