Pedagogical aspects of physical therapy for children living in therapeutic foster families

Abstract

Relevance of research: personalistic philosophy proclaimed the supremacy of the human person over socio-economic and historical conditions. There is no doubt that a family is the first provider for their children, as a natural community of everyday life is a peculiar institution created to educate their children (younger generation). Children, surrounded by love easier accustom to the proper order of things, though naturally excreted in their souls over the youthful years, tested forms of human culture. When procreation is not possible, married life does not lose its value for this reason. Moreover, this infertility may provide an opportunity for spouses in other important service for the life of the human, for example, adoption, foster care, various forms of educational work, and assistance to other families, whether with poor or handicapped children. John Paul II stated that the family “is the first place” for »humanizing« “the person and society” and stressed that “the future of humanity is through the family.” The Pope always underlined that a humane person cannot be treated as an object of use, as it is in fact a great good. Goal of research: to present problems of modern society concerning social orphanhood and social diseases. The basis of these “social diseases” in the “lost community” – is a personality disorder with the symptoms of disorientation and confusion, alienation, acquired helplessness, and the development of disharmony and disintegration. Social disintegration may also cause such cultural imponderables as habits, resentments, frustrations, widespread disappointment, apathy and others. Research methods: among optimal forms of family care for an orphaned child, there is a foster family, which is a specific care and educational institution, right after adoption, the closest to the family environment. In terms of sociology and pedagogy, placing a child in a foster family is treated as an opportunity to overcome the negative effects of social orphanhood (deprivation of needs) and to ensure the proper child development and socialization. Results: foster families should get psychological and pedagogical care to acquire communicative competence, contributing to the growth of the individuals' skills in expressing their feelings and boundary control. It would also suggest working on increasing the adaptive mechanisms of the family and its cohesion. Physical therapy is very important for a child living in a foster family but also foster parents need this kind of support.