Famílias acompanhadas na Comissão de Protecção de Crianças e Jovens (CPCJ) de Valongo no ano de 2010

: caracterização sociodemográfica, problemáticas e medidas aplicadas

Abstract

This study was carried out within a proposal by the Comissão de Protecção de Crianças e Jovens de Valongo (CPCJ) in order to make a diagnosis of children/youths subject to promotion and protection measures in 2010. In this regard, the socio-demographic characterization of children/youths and their families as well as a detailed characterization of that year’s procedural activity were considered pertinent. The approach in terms of research paradigm lies in the quantitative research and the methodological design used refers to inter-subject design, since the observed data led the study focused on two different groups. The Maltreatment Group is composed of children/youths signaled due to issues related to neglect problems, with higher incidence of females aged between 11 and 14 years old followed by the 6-10 age group. Concerning the other group, named Education Group, it characterizes the children/youths signaled to the CPCJ when their right to education is at risk, covering the problems of school abandonment/absenteeism and failure, it is composed mainly of males and the 11-14 age group was predominant in both genders. We also observe that most subjects of both groups live with their biological families. Concerning the characterization of the applied measures, we stress the issue of the application context and the most widely applied type of measure. As a result, we note that as far as the context is concerned, in both groups the measures are mostly applied in the natural environment of the child/youth and the most widely applied measure is the supporting measure with the parents. It should also be noted that in the Maltreatment Group, the duration of these measures is higher than the duration of the measures applied to the Education Group.

Date of Award	Jul 2012
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Raquel Matos (Supervisor)