THE HARM OF INSTITUTIONS 1
The experience of children in institutions - Institutional neglect - The experience of a child in an institution is very different from that of a child in a family. Institutions have high child to caregiver ratios - in Ferryhouse it was one prefect in charge of 100 children, and do not allow for individualised attention; the institutions were also be lacking in heating, cooling, space, toys and nutrition.
The physical and emotional deprivations of institutionalisation can result in a raft of problems including: a range of health issues, trouble with forming relationships (attachment difficulties), physical and developmental delays and language and sensory integration issues. The most serious deprivation of institutionalisation is the lack of a consistent and sensitive caregiver with whom the child can trust and form a healthy attachment.
Development of trust and a secure attachment normally occurs through interactions in which a primary caregiver meets a child's needs in an appropriate manner resulting in reduction of discomfort and in feelings of relief. This cycle of need -> distress -> gratification -> relief -> need is ordinarily repeated many thousands of times in the first years of a child's life but is absent or very greatly reduced in the experience of institutionalised children.
The absence of this attachment cycle in the early years of a child's life can be incredibly damaging and impact their ability to develop relationships and function in society.
The physical and emotional deprivations of institutionalisation can result in a raft of problems including: a range of health issues, trouble with forming relationships (attachment difficulties), physical and developmental delays and language and sensory integration issues. The most serious deprivation of institutionalisation is the lack of a consistent and sensitive caregiver with whom the child can trust and form a healthy attachment.
Development of trust and a secure attachment normally occurs through interactions in which a primary caregiver meets a child's needs in an appropriate manner resulting in reduction of discomfort and in feelings of relief. This cycle of need -> distress -> gratification -> relief -> need is ordinarily repeated many thousands of times in the first years of a child's life but is absent or very greatly reduced in the experience of institutionalised children.
The absence of this attachment cycle in the early years of a child's life can be incredibly damaging and impact their ability to develop relationships and function in society.
posted by The Knitter | Saturday, September 03, 2005
4 Comments:
great andrew ...how true is this mate ...i love your work ... shammrock
Hi shammrock ... I have a good bit on Artane and as the commission starts its Atrane "investigation" I'll be putting it up here.
Andrew
Brother slams negative view of Artane school - 15 September 2005 12:42 - A representative of the Christian Brothers has told the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse that from the late 1980s a negative picture of Artane Industrial School was painted and that media coverage was seriously unbalanced. - Brother Michael Reynolds, the deputy leader of St Mary's province of the Christian Brothers, said that taken in the round Artane was a positive institution. He said he did not want to belittle the pain of anyone who had been abused and repeated an apology made by the order. However, he said the onus was on people to prove their innocence and this was an inversion of the normal process. When questioned about corporal punishment by counsel for the inquiry, Brother Reynolds said there were incidents of severe punishment but it was not any more strict than in any other primary school in the country at the time. The Knitter
my farther was sent to artane, and was abused there .the place should of been closed and burnt to the ground.the children of artane were let down ,and left to rot.
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