Deze handreiking is bedoeld voor alle professionals in de pleegzorgpraktijk, die direct of indirect (via ouders/ pleegouders) te maken hebben met identiteitsvragen van pleegkinderen of willen onderzoeken of er sprake is van identiteitsvragen. In deze handreiking staat identiteitsontwikkeling van pleegkinderen …

Transcultural placements occur frequently in foster care, and impact the ethnic identity of ethnic minority foster youth. Studies that investigate how foster youth’s ethnic identity develop over time, and what role ethnic minority as well as ethnic majority influences play, are extremely scarce. Therefore, …

This dissertation investigates narratives of transculturally placed foster youth about their ethnic identity and how their ethnic identity fluctuates over time. For this purpose, we also study ethnic socialization messages as indicated by foster parents and how these messages are received by their foster …

To gain insight into ethnic socialization by ethnic majority foster parents who take care of ethnic minority foster youth, we conducted a comparative dyadic analysis, based on 16 foster parent-foster youth dyads. Outcomes show that foster parents' first concern was providing a safe environment for their …

This study addresses the ethnic identity of transculturally placed adolescent foster youth with ethnic minority backgrounds in The Netherlands. We conducted qualitative interviews to provide insight into the lifeworlds of twenty foster youth. We found that constructing an ethnic identity was complex …

In western countries there has been an increase of children with an ethnic minority background in foster care. Because foster parents often have a (family) ethnic majority background, transethnic placements have become more common. There is reason to assume that foster children with an ethnic minority …

Hoofdstuk in: Werken in gedwongen kader: methodiek voor het forensisch sociaal werk Regie op samenwerking met de cliënt: werkalliantie in de praktijk

Wat zijn kenmerken van een effectieve werkalliantie in gedwongen kader, waarbij controlerende en begeleidende activiteiten worden gecombineerd? In dit staan de volgende onderzoeksvragen centraal: 1. Hoe denken de deelnemende reclasseringswerkers over de werkalliantie in de beroepspraktijk: welke kenmerken …