Parental mental health: disruptions to parenting and outcomes for children

The association between parental mental health problems and negative outcomes for children has been long known. This paper addresses three issues in relation to this. First, the scale of the problem is outlined, in terms of both the prevalence of mental health problems in parents and the likelihood of children exhibiting negative outcomes in these circumstances. Secondly, the specificity, or lack of it, of particular outcomes in the child in relation to different parental mental health problems is explored. Thirdly, the paper focuses on the importance of disruptions to parenting as a mechanism in the transmission of mental health problems to negative impacts on the child. Examples are given of how parenting is disrupted in non‐clinical community populations, and the subsequent impacts on the child. The case is made for the preventative importance of parenting and family support in mediating between parental mental health problems and negative impacts on the child.     

Foster parent perceptions of placement breakdown

The purpose of the study was to describe the perceived causes of placement breakdown by foster parents. Sixty-three foster parents from fifty families were asked to describe their challenges in response to the following question: “What would make you consider ending a foster placement”? The responses to this question were analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis, to yield nine themes. Foster parents indicated that they would consider ending a placement if there was a danger to their family, if the child could not adapt to the home or if they could not handle the child's behavior. Participants reported that the complex health needs of a foster child, problems dealing with the foster agency, and several unsuccessful attempts to make the placement work would cause a placement to breakdown. Foster parents also indicated that they would consider ending a placement if their personal circumstances changed, their own health deteriorated, or there was a lack of appropriate external support in place. The results of the study point to gaps in the research on violence in general foster care, foster parent perceptions of contributions to a foster child's transition back to his or her birth family, and the process of foster parent decision-making in cases of placement breakdown.     

Methodological decisions and the evaluation of possible effects of different family structures on children: The new family structures survey (NFSS)

Every social science researcher must make a number of methodological decisions when planning and implementing research projects. Each such decision carries with it both advantages and limitations. The decisions faced and made by Regnerus (2012) are discussed here in the wider context of social science literature regarding same-sex parenting. Even though the apparent outcomes of Regnerus’s study were unpopular, the methodological decisions he made in the design and implementation of the New Family Structures Survey were not uncommon among social scientists, including many progressive, gay and lesbian scholars. These decisions and the research they produced deserve considerable and continued discussion, but criticisms of the underlying ethics and professionalism are misplaced because nearly every methodological decision that was made has ample precedents in research published by many other credible and distinguished scholars.     

进城务工人员随迁子女语言应用的现状及对策研究——以成都市为例

近年来,进城务工人员随迁子女的语言应用与训练成为社会关注的热点。进城务工人员随迁子女语言应用面临如下现状:自身受方言影响根深蒂固,语言习惯差;学校对推广普通话重视不够,教师的普通话水平有待提高;家庭语言培养环境缺失;社会语言环境欠佳,说普通话的氛围不浓等。为此,政府、学校、家庭、社会等应多方参与,形成教育合力,创造条件,加强进城务工人员随迁子女的社会融入度;提高认识,加大推广普通话的力度;主动与孩子加强交流;营造良好的普通话交际氛围等。分析进城务工人员随迁子女语言应用面临的现状,积极探求他们语言应用能力培养的有效策略,不仅有利于提高他们的自身素质,更有利于维护社会的稳定、和谐。     

亲子关系促进工作坊--家庭社会工作的示范

和谐家庭是构建和谐社会的基础。利用团体辅导技术,专业的社会工作在微观层面帮助改善家庭亲子关系,帮助父母提高与孩子沟通技巧,实现社会工作助人自助的宗旨和目的。在校园社会内部,教职工也面临家庭亲子关系这一家庭与社会问题。本文以一个校园亲子关系促进工作坊案例,解释亲子工作坊实务工作的理论依据与相关研究,表明了社会工作专业参与建设和谐社会的价值和潜力。     

农村幼儿园运用家庭和社区资源的纵向调查——以我国西部S省为例

家庭和社区参与的高质量学前教育是乡村振兴计划的基础。通过对我国西部S省农村地区的两次实地调查发现,受该地区园所特点、教育政策和传统观念等的影响,农村地区幼儿园运用家庭和社区资源总体较低但也有所改善,对家庭资源的运用高于社区资源,对社区历史文化资源的运用较为薄弱。基于此结果提出了运用家庭和社区资源是农村幼儿园发展的必然选择;利用政策杠杆发掘农村地区家庭和社区资源;职后培训提高农村幼儿园教师运用家庭和社区资源的实效性等建议。     

年轻夫妇“两头走”——乡村家庭权力结构变迁的新现象

近年来,年轻夫妇“两头走”这一新型家庭居住模式逐渐在鄂西农村变得普遍起来。通过实地调查着重分析了这种物理空间意义上的居住模式重塑的微观家庭权力结构,进而探讨家庭成员间的权利义务关系的变迁。不同于传统从父居模式下的以男方父代家庭与年轻夫妇为主、女方父代家庭较为次要的主次型家庭权力结构,两头走的婚居模式形塑的家庭权力结构为男女双方父代家庭与年轻夫妇的三角平等结构。这对我们认识当下的代际关系与养老、年轻人的独立等问题有着现实意义。     

城市八零后家长择园观的调查及评析

择园问题已经成为目前的教育热点与社会热点问题,而时代特征明显的八零后一代已经成为新一代家长,其受教育程度不断提高,对幼儿教育也越来越重视,对幼儿入园问题也愈加关注。调查显示:城市八零后家长择园观存在较大差异和一定的误区,而通过引导家长树立正确的教育观、正确认识幼儿园保教关系、掌握正确的择园策略,可为家长科学择园提供指导。     

幼儿园亲子活动中的家长角色定位

幼儿园亲子活动的开展对于加强家园合作、增进亲子情感交流、促进幼儿健康发展具有重要意义。家长作为亲子活动的重要参与者,其角色的正确定位影响到亲子活动的价值。目前,在幼儿园亲子活动开展的过程中,家长容易扮演四种错误角色：缺位者、旁观者、执行者和强制者,这一现象的存在使活动的意义受到影响。基于此,文章从家长自身、幼儿以及幼儿园三个方面探讨影响家长角色定位的因素,并就如何正确定位家长的角色提出了建议。     

家访：“家校”合作的最佳切入点

家访是密切学校教育和家庭教育关系的一种有效的教育手段 ,也是“家校”合作的最佳切入点。它具有协调各方面要求、促进良好师生关系形成、激发学生学习的信心和动力以及为因材施教提供条件等多方面的教育功能。因而应在教师中大力倡导并认真实施。