Barn som vistas på kvinnohus
En fördjupning av Oasenmodellen som arbetsmetod
ChildrenViolenceDomestic violenceWomen?s houses [shelters]Cognitive progressConception of needsSocial workSocialt arbeteBarnFamiljVåldKvinnohusKognitiv processBehovsbegreppGiltiggörandeBearbetning
At the Women?s House in Örebro, a children?s project has started where the work method ?Oasen? [Oasis] model has been developed by two children?s educationists. The aim of this study is, with the ?Oasen? model as a starting point, to deepen the knowledge of (1) how to meet children?s central needs while staying at a Women?s House and (2) what the ?Oasen? model may contribute to the children. The theoretical framework consists of a cognitive approach to the progress of children experiencing domestic violence and a presentation of conceptions concerning children?s needs. It was necessary to identify children?s essential needs while staying at a Women?s House, to be able to answer the aim of the study. A qualitative research method has been conducted with semistructured interviews as the method of data collection. The respondents consisted of the two children?s educationists working with the ?Oasen? model. The study results in three different characteristic themes, in which the children?s needs can be supplied; the significance of the practical pedagogy, individual flexibility as a fundamental structure and striving of continuity. The ?Oasen? model can meet several of the essential needs, such as; routines and continuity, safety, identification of further needs, individual treatment from a children?s perspective and above all; the need of making the children?s experience valid. On the contrary, the ?Oasen? model cannot be considered meeting the needs of relation support. The conclusion drawn by this study shows a possible flow where the ?Oasen? model may contribute to intensively making children?s experiences valid, which enables them to create the necessary conditions to process the violent experience and obtain an increased cognitive understanding.