Welcome to our truly international ExChange Wales spring conference series 2023! It takes a village: Global perspectives on care-experienced parents is being delivered in partnership with the International Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood from Care (INTRAC).
Care leavers’ transition to parenthood is one of the most challenging transitions in their life. Having limited support during this time seems to increase the difficulties they face. This conference will share current research from around the world on this theme and generate dialogue between academics, practitioners and policymakers at a global level.
The conference includes live and pre-recorded sessions from the USA, Australia, Israel, South Africa, Ghana, Uganda, Italy and Wales. For a full description of the individual sessions, view the presentation abstracts.
Learn more about each event with our abstract document
Welcome to the conference
Introduction to the conference
Louise Roberts
Live sessions
Exploring the State of Early Parenthood Among Youth in and Aging-Out of Foster Care
Svetlana Shpiegel, Amy Dworsky, Elizabeth Aparicio
16/02/23
14:30pm (GMT) – 09:30am(EST)
Housing needs among care-experienced young parents in New South Wales, Australia
Amy Gill
‘People talk at you, not to you’: Implications of routine practices in alternative care for young, pregnant and parenting teens
Jade Purtell
09/03/2023
9:00am (GMT) – 20:00pm (AEDT)
Recorded presentations
Early pregnancy and parenting among young women who have left care in Ghana and Uganda
Kwabena Frimpong-Manso
Releasing 20th February 2023
Constructing the zero family: breaking the intergenerational transmission of maltreatment from the perspective of care-experienced parents
Diletta Mauri
Releasing 23rd February 2023
Motherhood as a Pathway to Resilience: Young Women’s experiences of Motherhood after Leaving Residential Care in South Africa
Joyce Hlungwani
Releasing 27th February 2023
Ten years later: Satisfaction with intimate relationships and parenthood of young people ageing out of residential care
Tehila Refaeli
Releasing 2nd March 2023
Communities of Support for Care-Experienced Mothers
Stacey Marie Page, Amy Gill and Melissa Hairston
Releasing 13th March 2023
Empowering Young Parents in Out-of-Home Care: A Good Practice Charter and Supporting Resources
Louise Roberts, Rachael Vaughan and Dawn Mannay
Releasing 14th March 2023
Blogs – Parent stories
My name is Syd
Releasing 17th February
My name is Daniele
Releasing 22nd February
My name is Gillian
Releasing 27th February
My name is Orges
Releasing 1st March
My name is Harriet
Releasing 2nd March
My name is Maria
Releasing 11th March
My name is Jen
Releasing 13th March
My name is Erika
Releasing 15th March
Resources
Release of Barnardo’s Resource page
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