ABSTRACT
Many families adopt school-aged children, yet the impact of such adoptions on children already in the family is virtually unknown. This paper reports results from a questionnaire administered to a small sample of adolescents concerning difficulties experienced with both newly adopted school-aged siblings and, for comparison, other children already in the family. Difficulties with all siblings were seen primarily as hassles. The adoptee was, however, reported as creating more problems than "old" siblings. The problems with the adoptee, but not with other siblings, suggested invasion of "turf" and, more particularly, interference with parent-child relationships. Difficulties are discussed in relation to their impact on the family system.
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Adoption , Sibling Relations , Adolescent , Competitive Behavior , Family , Female , Humans , Male , Parent-Child Relations , TerritorialityABSTRACT
Editor's Note: The study reported here is of necessarily limited scope and design because of the realistically small number of adoptions with families containing adolescents that are available for examination. The findings and conclusions of the authors are nonetheless useful for agencies involved in special-needs adoption.
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Adoption , Parent-Child Relations , Sibling Relations , Adolescent , Family Therapy , Humans , Problem Solving , Social Support , Social WorkSubject(s)
Attitude , Career Choice , Socioeconomic Factors , Unemployment , Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , Male , OntarioSubject(s)
Family , Role , Socialization , Sports , Adolescent , Child , Child Rearing , Female , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
The delivery of services has been receiving increased attention in recent years. Judicial action combined with budgetary constraints have focused on the need for greater scrutiny and accountability in service delivery. Although much is being written in this regard, there are at present few attempts to provide a conceptual base from which service delivery can be approached. Through this paper a framework will be provided from which various human services can be examined, with particular attention being directed to the need for separating the substance of service from the process of its delivery.
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Community Mental Health Services/organization & administration , Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration , Health Services Accessibility , Patient Acceptance of Health Care , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Health Services Needs and Demand , MaleSubject(s)
Attitude , Social Values , Sports , Women , Age Factors , Child , Female , Human Rights , Humans , Male , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
Current practices in evaluating motor behavior were studied in a sample of facilities providing services to children in the United States and Canada. Two hundred and fifty-six supposedly different published and unpublished tests were reported in use by a variety of disciplines. Respondents reported dissatisfaction with many of the tests and also indicated a general pattern of misusing the tests in relation to the disability groups and age ranges for whom the tests were developed. Results are discussed in relation to the need for an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge development and personnel preparation in the area of motor evaluation.
