Abstract

SILVA, Milena Leite  and  ARPINI, Dorian Mônica. Institutional shelter in the perspective of the New Adoption Law. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.3, pp. 95-106. ISSN 1516-3687.

This study was carried out with eight psychologists and social workers who work in institutional shelters in a city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, with the purpose of understanding their views regarding the shelter, since the implementation of the New Adoption Law. The method applied was the semi directed interview with open questions and the results were analyzed by content analysis. Results evidence that institutional shelter is understood by the professionals as a midst of failure and overcoming, highlighting the movement of transformation of past practices referred to the orphanages, encouraged by the new National Adoption Law. Final considerations emphasize important changes in the scenery of institutionalization of children and adolescents in such context, and at the same time evidence the presence of practices and models historically built. Recognizing the presence of such practices is a path to overcome them.

Keywords : shelter; laws; children; adolescents; professionals.

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