Adoptive parents needs for social assistance

Straipsnyje nagrinėjama socialinės pagalbos poreikis įvaikinusiems tėvams, analizuojant šių tėvų patirtis. Atliktas kokybinis tyrimas, kuriame dalyvavo 5 sutuoktinių poros ir 1 įmotė, auginantys nepilnamečius įvaikintus vaikus. Nustatyta, kad visuose įvaikinimo etapuose šeimos išgyvena krizę, kuri yra „natūrali“ ir neišvengiama įvaikinimo proceso dalis. Todėl šioms šeimoms reikalinga pagalba: mokymas, konsultavimas, parama ir palaikymas. Viso įvaikinimo proceso metu teikiamos socialinės paslaugos padėtų sušvelninti įvaikinimo krizes visuose įvaikinimo etapuose, taip pat paskatintų didesnį skaičių šeimų įvaikinti savo tėvų globą praradusius vaikusAuthors' analyses adoptive parents needs for social assistance, using adoptive parents experience through qualitative method. Five adoptive couples and one single adoptive mother were interviewed. According the research data, adoption is a process of continuity with a lot of feelings: shame, guilt, blame, anger and pain, sometimes helpless and hapless. These feelings are always in crises situation. There are four stages of adoption process: decision making, preparation for adoption, adaptation and growing adoptive children. For decision making of adoption motivation is very important. Infertile couples should be solved their infertile crises. If they have unreal expectations toward adoptive child, they easy could be faile. The preparation stage is very important for growing motivation and real decision making, but the most important stages of the process of family - child adaptation and growing adoptive child. The problems of child deprivation and age, the capability parents for parenting and community support are very important at these stages. Adoptive parents needs for social assistance, including teaching, training, counseling, information giving and community support program