Integration of a special child into the family is teamwork

All specialists together - a psychologist of social and pedagogical center, a psychologist and a director of the territorial center of social services for the population of Logoisk district, a deputy director of Minsk regional center for correctional education and development, a director of Logoisk center for correctional education and development, a chief pediatrician of Minsk region, a head of Ivenets house-boarding institution, specialists with extensive experience in finding, selecting and accompanying parents in the process of adoption and placement of children in foster families, discussed various aspects of preparing future parents for raising a special child. In Minsk region, in accordance with the implementation of the plan for deinstitutionalization of the children of Ivenets house-boarding institution, developed in the process of implementing the projects by World Without Borders, the process of placing children in foster families has begun. One of the pupils will start her life in the family.
The composition of the seminar participants just testifies the fact that there are enough specialists who are able to prevent risks, provide full, informational, psychological, social support to a child with a disability and a family which takes the child into foster care. However, it is important to coordinate joint efforts and understand what everyone can do to create favorable conditions for keeping a child in the family.
All participants of the meeting were involved in the discussion of the assessment of the child's needs, expressing ideas about what risks may arise and how their occurrence can be prevented. Now in Belarus there is little practice of realizing the right to a family of children with disabilities, so it is important to consider such cases thoughtfully and deeply in order to prevent secondary institutionalization. And after a successful device, share your experience with other specialists.
The participants of the seminar noted that it was very useful for them to get to know each other, exchange expert assessments and think over together about a set of necessary measures for a good and calm adaptation of the girl to a new family and the acceptance of this child by the family.