Introduction
Institutionalized care for the children, especially the child care in the orphanages, or children’s home settings are often criticized by the mental health researchers and human right activists. There is a general consensus among researchers that children placed in institutional setup at their tender age and for durable time adversely impact on their psycho social development and which leads to psycho pathology in their later life. Institutionalized children exhibits poor health indicators as compared to children living within their family or a in a community settings and the poor health indicator will adversely affect their psycho social development and social integration of the child (Hunshal & Goankar, 2008) . Another study …show more content…
Various resilience research conducted with children at-risk found that children exhibiting positive development in their psycho social domain and maintain wellbeing even with the despite of their adverse condition (Garmezy, 1983) (Boyden & Mann, 2005) In fact resilience is the ability to challenge the adversity and making up the courage to face difficulties in life, children who exhibit resilient capacity may mentally strong as an individual and he may be an easy learner in developing skills and qualities resist the negative impact of adversity and he would be an inspiration to others in too (Johnson, 2011). Resilience research focused to identify two subsumed factors, as the factors which promote resilience and the risk factors which resist resilience (Luthar, 2005). The ability to sequester risk and develop protective factors in child is the key factors for a child become productive and well adjusted adults. The study of risk, protective factors and resilience has enabled social scientist to understand which factors place children’s ability to face adverse situation in jeopardy and which factors helps the children to develop skill to cope in difficult situation (Boyden & Mann, 2005). So resilience research in institutionalized children provides an insight to what the impact institutionalization on children and help to identify the available protective factors and existing risk factors in the setting. The outcome from this research can guide the policy makers, practitioners and other stake holders on how best to assist children to cope in extreme adverse
Institutionalized care for the children, especially the child care in the orphanages, or children’s home settings are often criticized by the mental health researchers and human right activists. There is a general consensus among researchers that children placed in institutional setup at their tender age and for durable time adversely impact on their psycho social development and which leads to psycho pathology in their later life. Institutionalized children exhibits poor health indicators as compared to children living within their family or a in a community settings and the poor health indicator will adversely affect their psycho social development and social integration of the child (Hunshal & Goankar, 2008) . Another study …show more content…
Various resilience research conducted with children at-risk found that children exhibiting positive development in their psycho social domain and maintain wellbeing even with the despite of their adverse condition (Garmezy, 1983) (Boyden & Mann, 2005) In fact resilience is the ability to challenge the adversity and making up the courage to face difficulties in life, children who exhibit resilient capacity may mentally strong as an individual and he may be an easy learner in developing skills and qualities resist the negative impact of adversity and he would be an inspiration to others in too (Johnson, 2011). Resilience research focused to identify two subsumed factors, as the factors which promote resilience and the risk factors which resist resilience (Luthar, 2005). The ability to sequester risk and develop protective factors in child is the key factors for a child become productive and well adjusted adults. The study of risk, protective factors and resilience has enabled social scientist to understand which factors place children’s ability to face adverse situation in jeopardy and which factors helps the children to develop skill to cope in difficult situation (Boyden & Mann, 2005). So resilience research in institutionalized children provides an insight to what the impact institutionalization on children and help to identify the available protective factors and existing risk factors in the setting. The outcome from this research can guide the policy makers, practitioners and other stake holders on how best to assist children to cope in extreme adverse