A brief synthesis about each of the approaches will be described below and more extensive documents will be included in the annexes section developing each theme about the conceptual proposal.

1. RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE

The YMCA shares the conceptual approach that human right development and the principles associated with the responsibilitles of the government, family and society to guarantee boys and girls rights over any Consideration.

Considering boys and girls like people who have rights and great participation in the decisions that affect them.

2. ECOLOGIC SYSTEMATIC CONCEPT OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

In this approach multiple variables act in the production of a phenomenon. Therefore it is necessary to involve several contexts where each person is involved in the problem resolution.

In the street children case it is important to consider the different development contexts (family, school, groups, etc).

3. THE SOCIAL STRESS PATTERN APPLIED TO THE INTRA FAMILIAR VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE (MOSSAVI)

In the research made in the Reception Centre for children on and from the street7, the analysis shows that child abuse, is the most common reason for boys and girls abandoning their homes of those surreyes a percentage of 49 % left due to abuse.

The appointed situation shows the urgent need to develop actions in the preventive field, which must be oriented to avoid every kind of physical or moral violence presented in the family and the community life. We consider relevant to include the theoretical proposal from the Mossavi8 Pattern, Social Stress Pattern applied to the intra family violence and the child abuse.

The Mossavi's pattern includes not only the factors that seem to prevent families solving their problems in a violent way or to prevent adults mistreating boys and girls, but also the factors that seem to make less possible the violence and the abuse within the family.

The first ones are considered as risk factors and the second ones are shown as protective factors.

The pattern is based in the following consideration: if there are a lot risk factors while the protecting factors are weak, it is bigger the probability that a family, a ohild or a contact community can face violent situations the family and be exposed to child abuse. On the contrary, while there are more protecting factors and less risk factors there will be fewer chances for negative responses and actions.

The actions that the YMCA develops through the Home Abandonment Preventive Program, the family and community environment is led to strengthening the protector factors and minimizing the risk factorss

The network concept is an essential part of the strategies designed for the family, community and institutional life in order to encourage the social network.

The concept is to suport the person in the difficult situation. A network contributes to the strengthening, developing and overcoming with the problems the individual is addessing.