Applied proposals and lines of research for the processes of adoption of minors.

Abstract

The adoption of minors has become in Spain a child’s right to have a family, highlighting their own interest for their development needs, both in their cognitive, affective-social and personal and emotional dimensions. Thus, the objective of this work is to explain some actions of psychological and psychosocial intervention that are considered relevant in the field of adoption and foster care of minors. For this reason, this work presents some of the results obtained as a result of the research carried out by Barca in his doctoral thesis (2015). Regarding the method, measures of central tendency and correlational analysis techniques are used. The results obtained highlight the need for work and research teams on the impact of harmful life experiences on the child and their remediation since they are a guarantee that, from the “Good Treatment” model, the obligatory starting point is reached to achieve a psycho-socio-emotional photograph of the child in which the capacities, potentialities and difficulties are shown, as well as the experiences related to their life path that may be at the base of many of the evolutionary barriers they encounter. As conclusions, it is considered that it is essential, in the actions with these minors, specialized training for the different professionals who work with the adopted child, both in the educational area, as well as the psychopedagogical and psychotherapeutic area, to end up making proposals to ensure a “Safe childhood”.