Special needs adoption: family adaptation and school context

Authors

  • Carolina Terribile Teixeira Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Elisane Maria Rampelotto Professora do Departamento de Educação Especial do Centro de Educação da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X17191

Keywords:

Education, Special Education, Alterity disabled

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the adoption of children with special needs and presents the reasons why people opt for this modality of adoption and how family adaptation takes place as research problems. The general objective of this study is to comprehend social and human relationships involved in the process of special needs adoption. The specific objectives of this study are to identify what leads people to opt for special needs adoption, to describe the process of family adaptation and to relate the process of special needs adoption with the practice of Special Needs Education. The methodology of this study is qualitative, using interviews with people who opted for special needs adoption. Laws were used as theoretical framework such as the Federal Constitution, the Child and Adolescent Statute and the National Law of Adoption as well. Apart from this theoretical framework of legal nature, authors who have been dedicating to study adoption, such as Weber, and others have been used. Results show special needs adoption as having the necessity of being a conscious and secure decision because the adoption is doubtlessly an act of love, abnegation, and great responsibility. The special needs adoption has the necessity of seeking previous orientations and qualified professionals to assist adopted children’s needs.

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Author Biographies

Carolina Terribile Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Educadora Especial, Especialista em Gestão Educacional e em Psicopedagogia Clínica e  Instituional, Mestranda em Educação LP3 - Educação Especial.

Elisane Maria Rampelotto, Professora do Departamento de Educação Especial do Centro de Educação da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Graduada em Pedagogia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1982), Habilitação na Área da Surdez pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1983), mestrado em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1993) e doutorado em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2004). Atualmente é Professora Associada da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Centro de Educação/Departamento de Educação Especial, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Aquisição e Aprendizagem da Língua de Sinais, Educação Especial, Alteridade Surda, Acessibilidade e Inclusão no Ensino Superior, Educação a Distância e Atendimento Educacional Especializado.

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Published

2017-04-11

How to Cite

Teixeira, C. T., & Rampelotto, E. M. (2017). Special needs adoption: family adaptation and school context. Special Education Magazine, 30(57), 163–174. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X17191

Issue

Revista Educação Especial, v. 30, n. 57, jan./abr. 2017

Section

Continuous Demand

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