Parentalidad profesional en el acogimiento institucional

Propuesta para mejorar la atención a los niños acogidos en centros de protección

Bibliographic Data

ID19908155
AuthorsJosefina Sala-Roca (0000-0001-9829-5131, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, corresponding author), Josefina Sala Roca
Year2019
Issue34
Publication date2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePedagogia Social Revista Interuniversitaria (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1139-1723 • E-ISSN: 1989-9742
PublisherSociedad Iberoamericana de Pedagogia Social (SIPS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7179/psri_2019.34.07
OpenAlexW2971753865
LanguageES
Citations received7
References cited25

The studies conducted about children fostered in child protection centres find delays and issues in the majority of developmental areas which hamper their wellbeing and transition to independent living. These adverse effects have been partly attributed to the impoverished upbringing common in residential settings compared to family life. In this article, we propose a reconceptualisation of the role of the social educator as a professional parental figure as a way to overcome some of the limitations associated with institutional foster care. Through a literature review, the most important contributions supporting this proposal are examined. In the first part, the difficulties faced by fostered children and adolescents are analysed, along with the role played by residential foster care in these difficulties. After that, we explore the most significant functions of the professional parental figure, such as protection and stimulation of development, reparative affective bonds and guidance in resilience processes, and we compare them with the way institutional foster care has developed them. We propose replacing the concept of professional distance with that of optimal proximity, in which the social educator’s personal experiences become teaching resources in their educational undertaking

Foster care · Humanities · Pedagogy · Professional development · Psychological resilience · Sociology · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Sciences and Policies

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