Social Restructuring of Child Welfare - The Kunming Model

Author: Wang Yanbin, Zhao Jinyun / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book proposes three key terms in its research on the "Kunming Model" of family-based foster care: "Orphaned Children," "Individual Socialization," and "Welfare Socialization." It argues that the family-based foster care model currently adopted by Kunming's children's welfare institutions is a social approach that allows orphaned children to have a sense of "reliance" in society. It also believes that within this foster care model, the two aspects of "socialization" for orphaned children are effectively integrated. The book's content is guided by the following line of thought: seeking theoretical justification and the necessity of practice, summarizing the practical process of the "Kunming Model," and exploring the characteristics and mechanisms of rural family-based foster care under the general framework of the "Kunming Model." This enables more people concerned with family-based foster care to see the value and guiding significance of the "Kunming Model."
Family-based foster care is a method implemented by social children's welfare institutions, which, through certain procedures, helps "orphaned children" enter families willing to take on the responsibility of raising them. The Children's Welfare Institute of Kunming has conducted various explorations in the management and operation of this new foster care model for orphaned children, forming a localized "Kunming Model" operational mechanism. During the research process on the "Kunming Model," the book proposes three key terms: "Orphaned Children," "Individual Socialization," and "Welfare Socialization." It argues that the family-based foster care model currently adopted by Kunming's children's welfare institutions is indeed a social approach that allows orphaned children to have a sense of "reliance" in society. It also believes that within this foster care model, the two aspects of "socialization" for orphaned children are effectively integrated. The book's content is guided by the following line of thought: seeking theoretical justification and the necessity of practice, summarizing the practical process of the "Kunming Model," and exploring the characteristics and mechanisms of rural family-based foster care under the general framework of the "Kunming Model."