The Impact of the War Conflicts on Residential Childcare: A Survey into Czech Children's Homes

The paper's main aim will be to present the research results that mapped the reflection of current war conflicts on the situation in Czech children's homes. We investigated whether ongoing war conflicts are changing the population of children in these institutions and to what extent children's homes are prepared to meet the needs of children from warzones. We worked with a qualitative research design based on close contact with the research setting. We have identified several areas that require attention. In particular, these are issues of religion and socio-cultural norms. We have also identThe paper's main aim will be to present the research results that mapped the reflection of current war conflicts on thesituation in Czech children's homes. We investigated whether ongoing war conflicts are changing the population of children in these institutions and to what extent children's homes are prepared to meet the needs of children from warzones. We worked with a qualitative research design based on close contact with the research setting. We have identified several areas that require attention. In particular, these are issues of religion and socio-cultural norms. We have alsoidentified the need to significantly strengthen the training of teaching staff in the area of skills for working with childre ntraumatized by war and refugee experiences.ifthe need to significantly strengthen the training of teaching staff in the area of skills for working with childre ntraumatized by war and refugee experiences.