Representations and positioning of professionals involved in the protection of children at risk: Effects of their discourse on the future of children entrusted to the Child Welfare Service
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This practitioner research looks at the effects of the representations and positioning of professionals in the field of protecting children at risk, in correlation with the subjective future of children entrusted to the Child Welfare Agency. Analysis of the clinical situations of children in care at the intrapsychic, intersubjective and transubjective levels enables us to question the psychological issues of children in care in their relationships with their parents and the professionals they meet. The institutional context of placement is studied through the institutional issues at stake, where dealing with children's traumas has consequences for the work carried out within the institution, particularly through the implementation of ideologies on the part of professionals, as a result of the traumatogenic cross-transferential effects generated by clinical situations. Suggestions are made for the institutional treatment of children with identification and belonging disorders, with a view to establishing a narcissistically supportive and constructive placement pathway. The professional intervention methods used to make the placement experience beneficial from an educational and psycho-educational point of view are based on differentiation, aimed at supporting the processes of symbolisation and reflection, firstly within the Child welfare teams, and then with the children placed, who are the subjects of the interventions implemented
Source: Bulletin de psychologie
Authors: Cadenza Academic Translations, Arabaci-Colak Feryal, Aurélie Maurin-Souvignet, Jean-Pierre Pinel, Aline Cohen de Lara, Didier Drieu, Aubeline Vinay, Pablo Casthanho, Nathalie Chapon, André Sirota
Language: French
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4410370407