Abstract

CAVALCANTE, Lília Iêda Chaves; COSTA SILVA, Simone Souza da  and  MAGALHAES, Celina Maria Colino. Institucionalização e reinserção familiar de crianças e adolescentes. Rev. Mal-Estar Subj. [online]. 2010, vol.10, n.4, pp. 1147-1172. ISSN 1518-6148.

This article contains reflections on family reintegration of institutionalized children and adolescents, presenting strategies and procedures needed to prepare his return to living with the family. Discusses historical and theoretical perspectives that characterize the family and the shelter as primary contexts and comprehensive human development, especially in the circumstances of life in which children and adolescents are in a situation of social vulnerability and there is serious threat to their physical, psychological and moral. Presents results of studies and research aimed at revealing the conditions in which children and adolescents experience major transitions such as being away from the family nucleus and subsequent reception by a shelter. As discussed matters brought by several authors about the limits and possibilities of the process of shutting down a program of residential care and the way back home from the perspective of those involved. It highlights in particular the importance os social measures adopted by the institution to preserve and strengthen family bonds, promoting safe and quick return to living with parents and other family members. It situates the discussion of the right to family policy in the field of attention to basic needs and special conditions of children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability, as well as the value of this experience for human development.

Keywords : Child; Adolescent; Shelter; Institutionalization; Family reunification.

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