Landmark report on orphans of Yaroslavl now available in English -- download your copy today!

July 31, 2005 -- In 2004, in conjunction with the Yaroslavl Department of Education and the Department of Psychology at Yaroslavl State University, Friends of Russian Orphans interviewed all 400+ orphans in the city to learn about their history, current psychological state, health situation, education level, personal needs and hopes for the future.

We also interviewed as many graduates as we could in the hopes of gaining much of the same information we acquired from the children in the homes. We've been particularly interested in knowing how the graduates' relative lack of vocational training has hindered their chances at success as adults.

The results of the study were collected and analyzed by Drs. Kozlov and Klyueva of Yaroslavl State University, as well as by psychologists Svetlana Bayumova (vice-president of YARBOO Friends of Russian Orphans) and Lyubov Bolotova (chair of the YARBOO Advisory Council). The research findings, analysis and recommendations by these experts were published in a booklet that is being used as a tool for preparing programs for Yaroslavl's orphans. For more information about this wide-ranging project, please visit the Five-Orphanage Community Assessment Program page.

Until now, the report on the research findings was available only in Russian. However, an English translation of this landmark study, titled The Social and Psychological Adaptation of the Children of Yaroslavl Orphanages, is now available here for download. Please feel free to save this report and distribute as widely as you'd like.

	The Social and Psychological Adaptation of the Children of Yaroslavl Orphanages (106 pages, 710K)
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