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Important Messages from Young People in Care about their Education
These comic strip posters illustrated below have been developed from stories shared with us from care experience young people from across Wales…
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Educational Interventions for Children and Young People in Care: A Review of Outcomes, Implementation and Acceptability
This chapter reviewed the best available evidence on educational interventions intended to improve educational outcomes for children and young people who have resided in care.
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Meaningful participation of children and young people in decisions about their care
This webinar set out the following objectives: to consider what we mean by children’s participation; to feedback from research with children and professionals…
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Transition from care to university: a case study
This chapter summarises the experiences of one young woman, Alice, in her journey through the care system and into higher education
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Sandboxes, Stickers and Superheroes: Employing Creative Techniques to Explore the Aspirations and Experiences of Children and Young People who are Looked After
This chapter, written with Eleanor Staples considers creative ways of engaging with children and learning about their experiences, views and suggestions.
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The Daily Lived Experiences of Foster Care: the Centrality of Food and Touch in Family Life
The chapter draws on an in-depth, small scale study of ten experienced foster care families in Wales who were providing stability for young people.
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A Foster Care Fortnight message from Wales
Foster Care FortnightTM is always a fantastic opportunity to come together to sing the praises of fostering for all to hear…
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Barnardo’s ‘Reflect’
It is estimated that 1 in 4 women involved in care proceedings will become ‘repeat clients’ of the family court within 7 years (Broadhurst et al. 2017). Reflect is a service that aims to provide practical…
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Working more ethically with children and young people
The thorny issue of ‘informed consent’ can present challenges to those of us researching with children and young people. This holds particularly true in…
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Video to Celebrate Care Leavers
This Foster Care Fortnight, the CareLeaverSophia channel is creating a video to celebrate the achievements of Care Leavers.
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