Client Self-Management: Promoting Self-Help for Parents of Children in Foster-Care

摘要: Drawing upon Foucault's concepts of power, this article shows how a course given to parents whose children are in foster-care encourages particular form self-management—most notably, that their internal dialogues must be altered so the can view themselves as people control behaviour who position choose new behaviour. The is based on qualitative study conducted Norway and centres support development participants course. Study results show increased self-confidence self-respect participants, both individuals parents. In addition, significant benefits were stated finding they could verbalise describe difficult events emotions, experiencing being ‘normal’ within group receiving feedback. From perspective child protective services, dialogue with central, it not only commits clients specific behaviours, but—more importantly—commits them inner about parenthood. seen management tool which parent's ‘self’ becomes central object, seeking contradict conventional conception having nothing contribute children's upbringing.