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Abstract(s)
Este trabalho tem como objetivo desmistificar a perceção negativa sobre a adoção
tardia. É apresentada a prática profissional junto de crianças e jovens, enquanto docente
de Educação Moral Religiosa e Católica, o investimento na formação, e a experiência de
trabalho ao longo de dezoito anos. Entre as várias problemáticas acompanhadas, destacase o contacto com crianças institucionalizadas e adotadas, sobre as quais é dedicada
particular atenção.
Ao longo deste trabalho, em que participaram uma fratria de três irmãs biológicas
e a mãe adotiva, vamos percecionar os desafios que a adoção fez despontar no seio
familiar e como se adaptaram a esta nova realidade sem uma preparação prévia, tanto a
nível psicológico e emocional, como ao nível da gestão de todas as situações novas que
passaram a surgir diariamente. Veremos também como se integraram à uma nova
realidade, bem diferente da que tinham até integrar uma nova família, nomeadamente,
como foi a adaptação à família nuclear e que relações estabeleceram com a família
alargada, bem como as mudanças que decorreram no seu percurso escolar.
As famílias adotivas têm características e tarefas específicas que implicam
relacionarem-se quer com o período anterior à adoção (decisão, espera, vivências e
transição para a parentalidade/filiação), quer com o período posterior (integração,
adaptação, comunicação e a criação de vínculos), sendo que a adoção de crianças mais
velhas reveste-se ainda de características mais específicas e requer desafios adicionais.
Veremos que, com todos os desafios, angústias e dúvidas ao longo do processo,
atualmente considera-se que as crianças, agora jovens, se encontram bem-adaptadas. Os
dados recolhidos sugerem pistas importantes para o sucesso da adoção de fratrias em
idade tardia e vêm revelar que os desafios adjacentes podem ser ultrapassados quando a
família adotiva tem como objetivo o bem-estar da criança que deve ser entendido, como
define (Kickbusch, 2012)1
, pela realização do potencial da pessoa por intermédio do
desenvolvimento das dimensões física, emocional, mental e espiritual.
This paper aims to demystify the negative perception about late adoption. Is presented the professional practice with children and young people, as a teacher of Religious and Catholic Moral Education, investment in training, and work experience over eighteen years practice. Among the various issues monitored, contact with institutionalized and adopted children stands out, over which particular attention is devoted. Throughout this work, in which a group of three biological sisters and the adoptive mother participated, we will perceive the challenges that adoption has made to emerge in the family and how they adapted to this new reality without prior preparation, both on a psychological and emotional level, as well as in terms of management of all new situations in their daily life. How they integrated with a new reality, quite different from what they had before the integration in a new family, namely, how was the adaptation to the nuclear family and what relationships did they establish with the extended family, as well as the changes that took place in their school path. Adoptive families have specific characteristics and tasks that imply relating both to the period prior to adoption (decision, waiting, experiences and transition to parenting / affiliation), and to the later period (integration, adaptation, communication and the creation of bonds) , with the adoption of older children, more specific characteristics and additional challenges arise. We will see that, with all the challenges, anxieties, and doubts throughout the process, it is now considered that children, now young, are well-adapted. The collected data suggest important clues for the successful adoption of siblings at a late age, and reveals that the adjacent challenges can be overcome when the adoptive family aims the well-being of the child that must be understood, as (Kickbusch, 2012) defined, for realizing the person's potential through the development of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions.
This paper aims to demystify the negative perception about late adoption. Is presented the professional practice with children and young people, as a teacher of Religious and Catholic Moral Education, investment in training, and work experience over eighteen years practice. Among the various issues monitored, contact with institutionalized and adopted children stands out, over which particular attention is devoted. Throughout this work, in which a group of three biological sisters and the adoptive mother participated, we will perceive the challenges that adoption has made to emerge in the family and how they adapted to this new reality without prior preparation, both on a psychological and emotional level, as well as in terms of management of all new situations in their daily life. How they integrated with a new reality, quite different from what they had before the integration in a new family, namely, how was the adaptation to the nuclear family and what relationships did they establish with the extended family, as well as the changes that took place in their school path. Adoptive families have specific characteristics and tasks that imply relating both to the period prior to adoption (decision, waiting, experiences and transition to parenting / affiliation), and to the later period (integration, adaptation, communication and the creation of bonds) , with the adoption of older children, more specific characteristics and additional challenges arise. We will see that, with all the challenges, anxieties, and doubts throughout the process, it is now considered that children, now young, are well-adapted. The collected data suggest important clues for the successful adoption of siblings at a late age, and reveals that the adjacent challenges can be overcome when the adoptive family aims the well-being of the child that must be understood, as (Kickbusch, 2012) defined, for realizing the person's potential through the development of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions.
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Adoção tardia Processo de adoção Pais adotivos Crianças adotadas Adaptação familiar Late adoption Adoption process Adoptive parents Adopted children Family adaptation