The SOS Children's Villages : School Achievement of Subjects reared in a permanent Foster Care
Author:
- Annick DumaretADAnnick Dumaret
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Early Child Development and Care
- Vol. 34 (1) , 217-226
Abstract
This paper reports the long term effects of maternal deprivation and of a foster family care for siblings. In a permanent placement (children's villages) a single housemother cares for siblings until adulthood and receives the help of a psycho‐educative team. Investigation on school achievement and on level of education was made on all the subjects reared in a voluntary association of children's villages. It proves to be better compared with children in traditional foster care and children brought up by their parents from very disadvantaged backgrounds. A large part of school failure is lessened for children admitted before 6.Keywords
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