Academic Scientific JournalsSpecial educational needs of children from foster families – a research report
Keywords:
special educational needs, foster parents, foster familiesAbstract
Providing high quality education for all children regardless their abilities and difficulties has been treated as a crucial goal in initiatives and legislation for a long time [UNESCO 1994]. Special needs of students may result from their disability, emotional and behavioural problems, experiencing crisis situations, difficulties with adaptation and others. It is plausible that risk of having such needs is higher in children raised in foster families (as compared to birth families). This paper is a research report whose aim was to gain some insight into foster parents’ perception of special educational needs of their children and their subjective assessment of influence of previous experience of children on their academic achievements. In order to achieve this aim three focus group interviews with 21 foster parents of children at school ages were conducted. The findings show that a number of parents identify special educational needs resulting from e.g. emotional and behavioural difficulties and disabilities in their children. According to parents, children’s academic achievements as well as emotional well-being is influenced by their (often negative) previous and present experiences. Implications for further research and practice are discussed.
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