Opportunities for monitoring the comfort of children living in substitute families for sustainable social development

Abstract

This article reflects the monitoring indicators from the research of living conditions in substitute families in the South of Russia. The authors present some study results of the living comfort in a substitute family, namely the relationships with foster parents; interaction with blood and other foster children in the family; the psycho-emotional state; physical, mental, and emotional violence in a foster family; the desire to live in a substitute family. The monitoring was carried out among 76 foster children being brought up in substitute families of the Azov city and the Azov district of the Rostov region and accompanied by the Azov Child Care Centre. The results obtained are of great importance for specialists of support services for substitute families, as well as researchers whose scientific interest is focused on studying substitute family care in Russia. The research has been carried out within the framework of the Ministry of General and Vocational Education order of the Rostov Region No. 747 of 28 July 2022 “On measures to assess the level of comfort of a child’s stay in a substitute family”.