Adoção na perspectiva dos educadores sociais: aspectos favoráveis, desfavoráveis e a dissolução

Abstract

The adoption’s dissolution is a painful process both for the parents and the adoptive children or adolescent. This study attempted to understand the social educators’ perspective about the adoption process and the factors that can support or bring disadvantages to the adoption process. Moreover, it also aims to comprehend some important aspects from the work of social educators. The present study is part of a larger research about the adoption process in which the data for this work were collected. It consists of a qualitative study. The data were collected from interviews with four social educators who have been working in this job for three to twenty years. The interviews were analyzed using Bardin’s Content Analysis. The results showed that, in social educator’s perspective, fragilities in aspects as the adoption preparation and/or follow-ups after the adoption process can disfavor the construction of a bond for the adoptive family as well as for the children. According to the educators, the adoption dissolution may occur when the child/adolescent is not open to create a new emotional bond and was not prepared for the adoption, when the adoptive family is not fully aware of the changes that come with a new child and when they are not willing to change routines or listen and accept the children’s early life before the adoption. Furthermore, specific aspects of these professional’s roles may also influence the process of emotional bonding between child and the family since the social educators are responsible for the children and adolescents during the period they stay in the host institution. These data provide a better understanding about the subject and it supports the creation of successful interventions that may improve the adoption process, reducing the chances of dissolution cases.