This article reports the results of an observational longitudinal study carried out on children who lived in a residential community because of their multiproblem families. The aim of this study was to apply the evaluative methodology proposed by Le Poultier (1990) in order to assess: a) the processess of change in the children over time; b) the relations between educational practices and observed changes. The results confirm: 1) the existence of processes of change in the children; 2) the presence of correlations between the displayed behaviour of the children and adult practices. In addition, what emerges is the exsistence of a dimension (transgession versus co.operation and autonomy) underlying the educational project designed by the adults. The data were analysed using: 1) correlational coefficients to check the relation beween the children's behaviour and the social work; 2) correspondances analysis to permit a simultaneous representation of the devolopmental changes observed in the children with respect to social work.
Children in residential care: how to evaluate behavioural change.
BASTIANONI, Paola;
1996
Abstract
This article reports the results of an observational longitudinal study carried out on children who lived in a residential community because of their multiproblem families. The aim of this study was to apply the evaluative methodology proposed by Le Poultier (1990) in order to assess: a) the processess of change in the children over time; b) the relations between educational practices and observed changes. The results confirm: 1) the existence of processes of change in the children; 2) the presence of correlations between the displayed behaviour of the children and adult practices. In addition, what emerges is the exsistence of a dimension (transgession versus co.operation and autonomy) underlying the educational project designed by the adults. The data were analysed using: 1) correlational coefficients to check the relation beween the children's behaviour and the social work; 2) correspondances analysis to permit a simultaneous representation of the devolopmental changes observed in the children with respect to social work.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
