A Resilience-Based Model of Reunification and Reentry: Implications for Out-of-Home Care Services

Thomas, Michelle; Chenot, David; Reifel, Barbara

doi:10.1606/1044-3894.2458

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“…The parents participating in the research expressed that being treated as an active party and including all family members in important tasks facilitate the reunification process because they help them acquire new strength and unity as a family. This argument is consistent with the findings of Del Valle et al [30], Osterling and Han [50] and Thomas et al [49], who also detected associations between active participation, group identity and feelings.…”

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“…The results of this study suggest that reinforcing group identity within the family is a potent empowerment strategy. Identity, stability and the cohesion of the biological family [47][48][49] support family reunification, but research should determine how these characteristics can be achieved. Our results reveal that the active participation of parents in the entire process strengthens family identity.…”

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Child Welfare and Successful Reunification through the Socio-Educative Process: Training Needs among Biological Families in Spain

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In Spain, an average of 480 children per 100,000 is receiving some type of temporary care, and the reunification process is typically lengthy. Providing the biological family with specific training as part of the reunification process is key to solving this problem. Although previous research and social policy have emphasized the importance of such training to reunification, the training has not been fully implemented in Spain. This study investigates the specific training needs during the transition phase of the reunification process in which the child prepares to return home. The data were obtained from focus groups and through semi-structured interviews with 135 participants: 63 professionals from the Child Protection System and 42 parents and 30 children who have undergone or are currently undergoing reunification. A qualitative methodology and Atlas.ti software were used to analyze the interview content. The results indicate three specific training needs: (a) understanding the reasons for reunification and the reunification phases; (b) empowerment strategies; and (c) social support. These findings suggest the best OPEN ACCESS

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Child Welfare and Successful Reunification through the Socio-Educative Process: Training Needs among Biological Families in Spain

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“…Thomas et al (2005) assert that "reentry and the prevention of reentry have not been studied from a resilience perspective" (p. 235). Awareness of variables that impede stable reunifications should be balanced with an understanding of the factors that help families remain intact.…”

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Stories of Successful Reunification: A Narrative Study of Family Resilience in Child Welfare

Lietz

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2011

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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Family resilience literature discusses the strengths helpful to families when overcoming adversity. This study looks at the resilience of 15 families whose children were removed due to child maltreatment, but who achieved reunification and maintained improved functioning over time. Qualitative methods guided by the narrative tradition were used to elicit stories of successful reunification. Findings uncovered 10 strengths evaluated by these families as highly influential in their ability to achieve reunification, remain intact, and maintain healthy functioning. Although extensive literature exists regarding barriers to reunification, this research provides understanding regarding successful outcomes from the perspectives of parents. The study also lends support to the applicability of the construct of resilience for families involved in child welfare services. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE•Research participants reported that strengths such as the giving and receiving of social support, spirituality, insight, and commitment helped their family achieve child welfare reunification.

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“…Above all, there is an absence of help from specialists and/or people in the residential area of biological families. Various authors believe that formal and informal support for parents and children in the phase following reunification is the most important task (Farmer & Wijedasa, ; Lutman & Farmer, ; Thomas, Chenot, & Reifel, ). Attention has been paid to the fact that at the level of informal support, a network of good social relationships with friends, family members, and neighbours should be built and maintained.…”

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Professional foster families in the reunification process—Polish experience

Basiaga

Róg

Zięba-Kołodziej

2018

Child & Family Social Work

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We researched the extent to which professional foster families fulfil their tasks to reintegrate families, what attitudes professional foster families assume towards the idea of reintegration, and to what extent and how professional foster families support a child separated from his or her family and parents in the process of reintegration. The research examined case studies of a sample of 58 professional foster families functioning as emergency shelter families in the Province of Silesia. The most Polish professional foster families assume a negative attitude towards reintegration. Moreover, some of the parents who participated in the research thought that most biological parents with difficulties should be deprived of their parental rights. The result of such attitudes is that foster parents make it difficult, in a variety of ways, for the biological parents to contact their child placed in foster care. Foster parents' full commitment to work related to restoring and maintaining emotional bonds between the children in foster care and their families is rarely noticeable. The foster families participating in the research were committed to an even lesser extent to the process of support for biological parents in developing their parental skills and attempts to have their child care rights restored.

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A Resilience-Based Model of Reunification and Reentry: Implications for Out-of-Home Care Services

Cited by 29 publications

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Child Welfare and Successful Reunification through the Socio-Educative Process: Training Needs among Biological Families in Spain

Child Welfare and Successful Reunification through the Socio-Educative Process: Training Needs among Biological Families in Spain

Stories of Successful Reunification: A Narrative Study of Family Resilience in Child Welfare

Professional foster families in the reunification process—Polish experience

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