Client Self-Management: Promoting Self-Help for Parents of Children in Foster-Care

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  • Bjørn Øystein Angel
چکیده

Drawing upon Foucault's concepts of power, this article shows how a course given to parents whose children are in foster-care encourages a particular form of self-management-most notably, that their internal dialogues must be altered so that the parents can view themselves as people in control of their behaviour who are in a position to choose new behaviour. The article is based on a qualitative study conducted in Norway and centres on the support and development of participants in the course. Study results show increased self-confidence and self-respect in the participants, both as individuals and as parents. In addition, significant benefits were stated as finding that they could verbalise and describe difficult events and emotions, experiencing being 'normal' within a group and receiving feedback. From the perspective of child protective services, dialogue with parents is central, as it not only commits clients to specific behaviours, but-more importantly-commits them to a particular inner dialogue about parenthood. The course can be seen as a management tool in which the parent's 'self' becomes the central object, seeking to contradict the conventional conception of parents with children in foster-care as having nothing to contribute to their children's upbringing.

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عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 46  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016