Social Adaptation of Orphans in the Post-Boarding Period: Sociological Aspect
The article is devoted to one of the pressing problems, such as post-boarding adaptation of graduates-orphans of boarding schools. The author of the publication defines the essence of interinstitutional (interdepartmental) interaction in the work on post-boarding support for graduates-orphans. The main problems of post-boarding support for orphans are identified. Also, the author of the publication defines the concept of “post-boarding support for graduates-orphans” in a broad and narrow sense. Recommendations are given for improving the process of post-boarding support for orphans graduated from boarding schools.It is noted that post-boarding adaptation of boarding school graduates is one of the most difficult stages of their life, therefore, the result of this process is the formation of positive skills of social adaptation in society, such as the ability to live and interact in the social space of rights and responsibilities; the need for study and work as a means of personal self-realization; an active and responsible attitude towards oneself and one’s own destiny, as well as the manifestation of an active attitude in helping and supporting people in need. Almost all (or more than 90%) of orphans in boarding schools, especially in adolescence, experience difficulties in the formation of a system of value orientations, professional and personal self-determination, the establishment of emotional (positive) connections with other people, the free mastery of leisure, social, everyday activities ... It is also undeniable that the difficulties of the process of social adaptation of graduates-orphans of boarding schools are due, on the one hand, to the specifics and type of the boarding institution itself, in which the graduate was brought up, the use of methods and techniques of pedagogical influence on orphans in the process of education, etc. on the other hand, the lack of a family and family education, as well as a positive experience of being in a family environment in the life of orphans, as the dominant institution of socialization.