Deficits in educational action with vulnerable adolescents from Latin America living in Spain

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Deibe Fernández-Simo
Xosé Manuel Cid-Fernández
María Victoria Carrera-Fernández

Abstract

Abstract (analytical)
The Protection System for Children and Adolescents in Spain has the same mechanisms for the national
population as it does for the foreign population of children and Young people who are originally from Latin American. This research aimed to determine the specific emancipation difficulties of youths from Latin America with a Child Protective Service record, as well as to identify effective strategies for socio-educational actions. Using a qualitative methodology within the grounded theory framework, six longitudinal monitoring studies and four life story narrations are conducted with protected young people. The study concluded with two discussion groups with specialized professional figures. The results reveal deficits in educational accompaniment, especially as a result of the collision between migratory project goals and the rigidity of the education system. The absence of social support networks to contribute to their emancipation is confirmed.
Keywords: Latin American migration, emancipation, unaccompanied minors, child welfare, social program, social change.

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Fernández-Simo, D., Cid-Fernández, X. M., & Carrera-Fernández, M. V. (2020). Deficits in educational action with vulnerable adolescents from Latin America living in Spain. Revista Latinoamericana De Ciencias Sociales, Niñez Y Juventud, 18(2), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.11600/1692715x.18202
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Monográfico Infancias y juventudes latinoamericanas y caribeñas
Author Biographies

Deibe Fernández-Simo, Universidad de Vigo, España

Graduado en Educación Social. Doctor en Ciencias de la Educación por la Universidad de Vigo. Índice H5: 2.
Correo electrónico: jesfernandez@uvigo.es

Xosé Manuel Cid-Fernández, Universidad de Vigo, España

Licenciado en Pedagogía. Doctor en Pedagogía por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Índice H5:
4. Correo electrónico: xcid@uvigo.es 0000-0002-7470-1737.

María Victoria Carrera-Fernández, Universidad de Vigo, España

Licenciada en Psicopedagogía. Doctorada en Ciencias de la Educación por la Universidad de Vigo. Índice
H5: 18. Correo electrónico: mavicarrera@uvigo.es