Handbook For New Adoptive Parents

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These upcoming slides will provide valuableinformation that all new adoptive parents shouldknow about socialization and their childrenHandbook for New Adoptive Parents

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Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917–2005) explained children'sdevelopment within a series of interacting systems in hisecologicalmodelThese systems are labeled as follows: microsystem,mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, andchronosystemThe first four systems of the ecological model operate viadirect interactions with the child, whereas the fifth level,the chronosystem, places the child and these interactionswithin a historicalcontextHis theory isimportant becauseit emphasizes the majorrole environmentalfactorsplay on developmentBronfenbrenner's ecological model

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Microsystem-"a pattern of activities, roles, andinterpersonal relationships experienced by the developingperson in a given setting. Meaning that a child caninfluence his/her peers and parents just as they influencethemMesosystem-the linkages of two or more of the child'smicrosystems. Meaning that if a child brought a friendhome from school, his home and school microsystem arelinked.Exosystem-is the linkages between two or more settings;however, one of these settings does not directly containthe developing child. For example, a parent's workplace orfather's poker game can indirectly affect a child dependingon the current workload or amount of financial windfall.Macrosystem-society's impact on a child via its values,beliefs, policies, cultures, and customs. For example a childliving in America would have different values than oneliving in ChinaChronosystem-historical events that have a comprehensiveeffect on othersystems. For example divorce can effect achild’s ecological systems for years

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