FROM SHELTER TO INDEPENDENCE: WHAT THE ADULTS THAT LIVED ON SHELTER INSTITUTIONS HAVE TO SAY. BRIEF METHODOLOGICAL NOTES

Authors

  • JOÃO PEDRO GASPAR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2013.5271

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a description of the methodology used in a comprehensive study of the transitions of adults and young adults who have lived a long time in Homes for Children and Youth - foster homes for children and youth at risk, according to their prospects. It is intended to illustrate an articulation of technics and procedures used in the analysis of the challenges of empowerment of ex-institutionalized and their integration in different contexts of life (social, professional and family). In this study, we discuss the surveying of the reality of the country - Portugal, international comparisons and also the evolution of legislation from a historical perspective. This underscores the importance of adaptability of the investigator to assess understandings as vast as the relationship between the support and training provided while institutionalized and their subsequent integration into society, through descriptions auto-biographical.

Keywords: Children and Youth in Foster homes; Institutionalization; Transitions; Methodologies

Author Biography

JOÃO PEDRO GASPAR

Professor no Ministério da Educação e Ciência, Investigador do Instituto de Psicologia Cognitiva e Desenvolvimento Vocacional e Social da Universidade de Coimbra e Pesquisador Associado do LIPIS. Doutorando em Psicologia da Educação, Mestre em Geociências pela Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra

Published

2013-03-19

How to Cite

GASPAR, J. P. (2013). FROM SHELTER TO INDEPENDENCE: WHAT THE ADULTS THAT LIVED ON SHELTER INSTITUTIONS HAVE TO SAY. BRIEF METHODOLOGICAL NOTES. POLÊM!CA, 12(1), 7–21. https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2013.5271

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Section

LIPIS - Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa e Intervenção Social