Focus pages

The following Family & Community focus pages deliver a particular resource focus toward developed projects undertaken in Children’s Social Care research. These focused resources aim to provide an easily accessible and consolidated library of information relating to a specific case study.

Visual methodologies, sand and psychoanalysis: employing creative participatory techniques to explore the educational experiences of mature students and children in care

Social science research has witnessed an increasing move towards visual methods of data production. However, some visual techniques remain pariah sites because of their association with psychoanalysis; and a reluctance to engage with psychoanalytically informed approaches outside of therapy-based settings. Read More

British Education Journal: Systematic review of educational interventions for looked-after children and young people: Recommendations for intervention development and evaluation

Looked-after children and young people (LACYP) are educationally disadvantaged compared to the general population. A systematic review was conducted of randomised controlled trials evaluating interventions aimed at LACYP aged ≤18 years. Read More

British Educational Research Journal – The consequences of being labelled ‘looked-after’: Exploring the educational experiences of looked-after children and young people in Wales

The educational experiences and attainment of looked-after children and young people (LACYP) remains an issue of widespread international concern. Read More