local agenda 21 local plan for sustainable development of bistriþa ...

III. 2 SOCIAL SERVICES CHILD
PROTECTION
Identifying problems
Children with special needs
On 1 April 2004 a number of 780 children with special
needs were attending classes in 4 special units within
the municipality area.
- Special school no.1 Bistrita: 192
- Special school no.2 Bistrita: 190
- Professional school Sf. Maria Bistrita: 336
- Special school Lacrima Unirea: 62
Programmes and services developed between 1997 and 2004 in Bistrita municipality
1. Residential-type protection
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This type of institution does not encourage
relationships with parents/extended family or the
community the child comes from, making reintegration
within the family and professional environments.
Another important aspect is represented by the huge
costs that a residential regime involves, the children
with disabilities not being able to benefit from the
entire range of services they need.
Evaluation of the children proved the following:
of the 382 children in the 2 special schools in Bistrita:
- 103 children need protection in services of
residential type
- 63 children can attend the daily centres
- 64 children could travel daily to the centres
- the rest attend school daily
On 1.07.1998, the County Department for Children Rights (DJPDC) took over the protection units located in the
municipality, including the children’s shelter with 151 children between 0 and 3 years old. The trend in the number of
children since the takeover is as follows:
CENTRE
BISTRITA
Number of children
on 12 June 1997
Number of children
on 01 July 1998
Number of children
on 01 Jan. 1999
Number of children
on 01 Jan. 2000
Number of children
on 01 Jan. 2001
Number of children
on 01 Jan. 2002
Number of children
on 01 Jan. 2003
Number of children
on 01 Apr..2004
151 113 82 78 91 95 38 31
75 % 54 % 51.5 % 60 % 63 % 25 % 21%
The most important indicator is the average number of
months a child spends in an institution: 70.92 months
before the DJPDC takeover, 18.89 months in 2000,
9.7 months in 2001 and 7.8 months in 2002.
In the third trimester of the year 2002, the percentage
of children aged between 0 and 3 was of 3.7% from
the overall number of children in institutions in Bistrita
Nasaud, compared with 6.7% at national level. The
deinstitutionalisation indicator for the same period is
12.11%, compared with 8.20% on a national level.
Children who returned to their families are considered
successful cases. They remain in the attention of the
service and are supervised until relations with their
family members become normal again.
Reform institutions
I. The discontinuities that appear in the process
of nursing a child due to the transfer from one
institution to another or from one group to another
within the same institution have negative effects for
the future development of the child. In order to
diminish these phenomena, the Bistrita placing Centre
modified the category of interned children: from 0-3
years to 0-7 years.