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Children in Residential Care (시설아동의 현황 및 쟁점에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyung-Hee;Kang, Hyun-Ah;An, So-Young
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.405-416
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    • 2009
  • Almost 18,000 children were protected in 285 residential facilities all over the country in 2008 in Korea. The recent trends of the residential care include downsizing, and emphasizing independent living programs for aging out youths. Since the 1990s when the active research on the children in residential facilities has begun, the study focus has extended to the issues of developmental status and outcomes of the children, and recently, to the independency of the youths discharged from the facilities. The practical and policy issues are development of therapeutic programs for the children in care, increase of counseling staff, extension of programs for restoring children's relationship with their families, and planning of various policies to support the independence of discharged youths.

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Child Care in Korea : A Look to the Future (보육)

  • Kim, Sun-Young;Shin, Na-Ry;Kim, Hyang-Eun
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.267-279
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    • 2009
  • Child care in Korea has been officially institutionalized due to the legislation of the Child Care Act in 1991. Since then, the predominant social phenomena such as growing female workforce, more intensified female education, and the low birth rates have led the stronger demand for child care at the national level. Accordingly, the supply of child care services and the demand of families using the services have increased dramatically, producing enhancement of the quality of child care via improved and extended laws and regulations. Such movements have arisen academic interests and policy issues to specific sectors with details including child care policies, curriculum and professionals working with young children at child care centers, needs of children and their families attending child care centers, and program evaluations.

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