PBB108 Alternative Family Care

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dana Knotová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dana Knotová, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Zelená
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 14:00–15:40 B2.34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 16/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are folowing: making students aware questions of care outside the family. In the course we shall focus on advanced of adoptions procedures and implentation, child raising leave, placement in a home, childrens home and community home, family welfare work,fostering unit.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course students will be able to:
- discuss the basic problems of foster care,
- compare different forms of foster care,
- describe the system of institutional care,
- compare dilemmas of foster care and institutional care,
- analyze current research findings on foster care.
Syllabus
  • 1. Care outside the family in the Czech Republic.
  • 2. Adoptions procedures and implentation.
  • 3. Residential care, fostering unit.
  • 4. Care order. Placement in a home.
  • 5. Children in foster family, family and social work.
Literature
    required literature
  • ZEZULOVÁ, Dagmar. (2012) Pěstounská péče a adopce. Praha: Portál.
  • BECHYŇOVÁ, Věra and Marta KONVIČKOVÁ. Sanace rodiny. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2008, 151 stran. ISBN 9788073673925. info
  • ŠKOVIERA, Albín. Dilemata náhradní výchovy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 143 s. ISBN 9788073673185. info
    recommended literature
  • Farmer E, Moyers S (2008), Kinship Care: Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London.
  • Winnette, P. (2016) Nesmírný mozek. www.natama.cz
  • VRTBOVSKÁ, Petra. (2010) O ztraceném dítěti a cestě do bezpečí. Praha: Natama, Scan, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86620-20-6
  • Keating, Jenny. "History of Adoption and Fostering in the United Kingdom." Oxford Bibliographies. Oxford University, 28 May 2013. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
  • MATOUŠEK, Oldřich and Andrea KROFTOVÁ. Mládež a delikvence : [možné příčiny, současná sktruktura, programy prevence kriminality mládeže]. Vyd. 2., aktualiz. Praha: Portál, 2003, 340 s. ISBN 80-7178-771-X. info
  • MATĚJČEK, Zdeněk. Náhradní rodinná péče :průvodce pro odborníky, osvojitele a pěstouny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999, 183 s. ISBN 80-7178-304-8. info
  • MATOUŠEK, Oldřich. Ústavní péče. 2. rozš. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999, 159 s. ISBN 80-85850-76-1. info
Teaching methods
Seminars, class discussion, group project, casuistry, tutorials to be arranged individually with students. Detailed information will be inserted into the Elf's support.
Assessment methods
Credit. Credit will be awarded for processing and presentation final (group) project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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