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An Exploratory Study on Decisions by foster Parents to care for Children with Special Needs : The Case of 'H' Foster Agency  

Kim, Bong-Sun (Department of Social Welfare, SungKyunKwan University)
Jung, Hee-Young (Department of Sociology, SungKyunKwan University)
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Journal of Families and Better Life / v.24, no.5, 2006 , pp. 141-159 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is generally blown that foster children often have special needs such as disability and psycho-behavioral problems. It is also known that foster parents will provide better care with those children when they are coping well with foster children with special needs. The purpose of the study was to explore the perceptions foster parents have and what factors affect their decisions to care for children with special needs. Literature review reveals that successful foster parent care is related to the foster parents' motivation, role perception, and social support systems. foster parents' motivation is related to 'altruism toward foster child', 'the egocentrism of the foster parent', 'previous experience with adoption' and 'the past experiences of the foster parent'. Role perceptions of the foster parent consist of 'supporting the internal system of the foster child' and 'supporting the external system of the foster child'. The social support system is characterized as the limited notions of a family oriented concept. In addition, a foster parent's decision to look after special-needs children is related to their motivation while the decision to foster disabled children is related to the levels of available social support systems as well as motivation. The results of the study implies that the motivation level and that of social support system are closely related to different aspects of the special-needs foster child; this factor should also be considered when recruiting foster parents or placing special needs children.
Keywords
foster care; foster parents; motivations; special needs;
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