O serviço social e as ações de incentivo a reflexão dos adotantes quanto às características da criança desejada

Abstract

The present undergraduate thesis is composed by an experience report of the intervention carried out, from the mandatory curricular internship, which took place at the Forum of the District of Santa Maria/RS in the year 2019. The main objective of this work is to address social service in the processes of adoption and its contribution in the face of actions to encourage adopters to reflect on the characteristics of the desired child. The demands of the child's characteristics trigger one of the biggest obstacles in the adoption processes in Brazil. Thus, this work will make a historical overview of adoption in the country until the present day, from the laws that regulate it as well as the social aspects that permeate the imagination of the adopters. In addition, it will discuss the social worker in the judiciary and his role in the adoption processes. This study aims, specially, to present an experience related to professional training of Social Services in the judiciary, which was integrated with projects already developed in the region, in which it proposed the participation alongside the technical team of social actions that intended to encourage the reflection of the adopters regarding the choice of the child's characteristics. The misinformation about the adoption process, the myths, fears and prejudices regarding the choice of characteristics of children and teenagers justify the importance of the social worker in face of this demand based on his technical work of guidance, clarification and promotion of reflection on the theme