Activities of psychological services with a foster family on the basis of the centre for the children left without parental care

The article is devoted to the questions of restructuring and reorganization of residential institutions for orphans with the purpose of creating a system of surrogate family unit. The author describes principles of organization and activities of support services for foster families, the kinds of psychological and pedagogical help to this category of families. The problems which adoptive and foster families face are analyzed. The author presents some results of empirical research within the psycho-pedagogical support of families who have taken children-orphans for upbringing.