Foster Care Faces Strain
A
International criticism is mounting over
the disproportionate number of Czech
children in state-run institutions and orphanages, and local experts are
concerned that planned budget cuts will only further paralyse a system already
stretched beyond its bounds. The Czech
Republic has around
20,000 children in institutions – comprised of infant diagnostic institutes,
orphanages, educational institutions and facilities for immediate social care –
according to 2010 statistics from the Labour and Social Affairs Ministry.
B That adds up to one out of every 99 children
being institutionalized as compared with one in 287 in France, one in 257 in Hungary and one in 137 in Poland, prompting criticism from international groups like Eurochild and
UNICEF. The European Union and the United Nations are pushing for members to
deinstitutionalize children, and the Czech
Republic responded with a
National Action Plan for 2009-11 which seeks to promote social work allowing families to keep their children and
place other kids into foster care.
C Gracián
Svačina, 20, was placed in an institution at the age of 10 and is now studying
journalism at university, but said he is a rare exception, as many children who
leave institutions end up back on the street or with the abusive families they
were taken from. "Institutions taught me how to take care of myself, but
it’s not like having a family, where you have concrete relations with concrete
people – not in a house full of some strange governesses," he said.
"I can’t say if I had been raised in a proper family I would have made it
to Cambridge,
but I guess I would have more trust in people."
D Svačina
is one of the 0.6 percent raised in institutions that study at the university
level, according to Spolu dětem, a nongovernmental organization that works to
improve education in institutions. Adult life after an institutionalized
childhood is not an easy one. A 2007 survey by the Interior Ministry showed
that out of the 17,454 children surveyed, 9,751 had committed a crime - 6,542
of them after leaving institutional care.
E Under
the current system, even willing parents have to wait almost two years to get a
foster child, and only around 1,000 children have been evaluated as fit by
social workers to go to foster homes, according to Chris Gardiner, president of
the International Foster Care Association and the Eurochild representative in
the Czech Republic. There are few training and
counselling centres for foster parents outside of large cities, he said, and
because many institutionalized children have physical and emotional
disabilities, the lack of support has made foster parenting an unattractive prospect.
add up to – dávat součet
disproportionate – nepřiměřěný
mount over – zvedat se nad
prompt – vybízet, podněcovat
to promote – propagovat, prosazovat
1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1
Pushing organizations to deinstitutionalize children
2
Gracián Svačina
3
Criticism over number of institutionalized children
4
Foster care
5
Adult life after an institutionalized childhood
2) Read the article and answer the questions.
1
What is the article about?
2
Compare numbers of institutionalized children in Europe.
3
Who is Gracián Svačina?
4
What is the adult life of institutionalized children like?
5
What are the problems of willing parents?
3) Explain the following words.
1
state-run institution
2
orphanage
3
infant diagnostic institute
4
commit a crime
5
survey
4) Answer the following questions.
What
possibilities are there for children without parents? What are reasons for life
without parents? Who and how can help children on the street?
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ReplyDelete1)B,C,A,E,D
ReplyDelete2)a) This text is about children in orphanages and institutions. their number is rising. the text is about life after leaving home.
b) one in 287 in France, one in 257 in Hungary and one in 137 in Poland
c) A boy who studies journalism at the university after leaving the children's home
d) Many children end up on the street or in their original bad families. Sometimes children are frightened of crimes.
e) Parents must wait up to two years for a child
3) statue-run institution -
orphanage - it´s child without parents and family
infant diagnostic institute - for children with behavier problems
commit a crime - it´s situation when children for example steals
survey -
4) adoption, foster family, children´s home
parents die, parents can´t take care about children, parents abuse children
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1.
ReplyDeleteb, c, a, e, d,
2.
1. The article is about problems with children in institut and their future life. And problem with foster care.
2. In Czech republic are the most of the children in the institute.
3. He was live in institute. Now he is now studying journalism at university, but said he is a rare exception.
4. They have problems as many children who leave institutions end up back on the street or with the abusive families they were taken from.
5. Parents waiting for a child almost two years.
3.
It is states houhe where live children with problems.
It is place where live children without parents. Their parent are dead or they do not have interest to be with children.
It is place where live children which have behavioral problems.
It situation when someone does not comply with laws.
It is technique how find out true.
1)
ReplyDelete1.B
2.C
3.A
4.E
5.D
2)
1. The article is about care of institution and live after this care.
2. In France 287, Hungary 257, Poland 137.
3. Gracian Svačina is child, was placed in an institution at the age of 10 and is now studying journalism at university.
4. Many of them commit crime and do not have the best job.
5. They have been waiting for two years to bring the baby.
3)
1. It's an institution which is operated by a state.
2. It's an institution for children without a home.
3. It's an instituion for children with some behaviour's problems.
4. It's a situation for theft, violence etc.
5. It's a stituation when we want to know something.
4)
1. Foster care - short-term/long-term
2. death of parents, no relatives, criminal life, etc.
1: 1.B
ReplyDelete2.C
3.A
4.E
5.D
2:1. This article is about children and how they live after they leave the institution.
2. in 287 in France, one in 257 in Hungary and one in 137 in Poland, in Czech republic 99
3. He was live in institute. Now he is now studying journalism at university,
4. Many of them commit crime.
5. Parents must wait up to two years for a child
3:1. it's an organization which is run by the state
2. it's an institution for children without parents
3. infant diagnostic institute is mainly for children left by their mother in the maternity hospital and cannot take care of them
4. commit a crime - it is a situation where a person does something illegal
5. survey - it is a situation where a person examines something and looks for people's opinions