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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Looked after children"”.
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An outlook on the factors that influence the educational experience of looked after children
… aims to explore the educational experience of looked after children. This study is carried out in order to explore the factors that influence the educational experience of looked after children in residential care and in foster care. Through this study the main finding has been that there are …
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Caring for looked after children from the perspectives of foster carers and social workers
This thesis explores the provision of care for looked after children from the perspectives of foster carers and social workers. It comprises of a literature review, a research paper, a critical appraisal of the research, and an ethics section. The literature review aimed to explore the …
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Barriers and facilitators to screening, assessment and mental health care of Looked After Children
Background: Looked After Children (LAC) have significant needs and are at high risk of mental health difficulties. There is a predominance on views of carers and professionals to understand what helps or hinders LAC in accessing or engaging in mental health services. There is little understanding …
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Involvement of looked after children in making decisions about their present and future care needs
The provision of services for looked after children is an arena, like no other, where agents of the state, rather than parents or the children themselves are making decisions about children's lives. Such decisions include where and with whom looked after children live, what school they attend and …
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What Supports the Education of Looked After Children at Key Stage 4: A Grounded Theory Approach
The educational attainment of Looked After Children (LAC), particularly in relation to their non-looked after peers, remain poor. The present study sought to further understand the contextual factors and individual mechanisms which act to support or hinder the educational progress of LAC at Key …
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Critical times: a critical realist approach to understanding services for looked after children and young people
… realist approach to understanding services for looked after children which examines key theoretical issues relevant to the study. Two other book chapters ‘Changing Perceptions of Children and Childhood’ and ‘Risk and Opportunity in Leaving Care’ are included as supplementary examples of the …
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The links between risk and protective factors and subsequent levels of resilience in looked after children aged 9-11
… factors or experiences in the lives of looked after children (LAC), and their subsequent levels of resilience. In order to inform this study a literature review was undertaken. A consistent finding, through this review, was that LAC named a significant adult in their lives as providing …
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“It depends on the individual”: A psycho-social exploration of designated teachers’ and virtual school advisory teachers’ experiences of supporting looked after children in education.
In 2019, there were 78,150 (DfE, 2019) looked after children (LAC) in the United Kingdom. According to national statistics they are underachieving by at least 28% (DfE, 2017), across all key stages of education in comparison to the general population. LAC pupils are four times more likely to have a …
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A Study of Seven Looked After Primary School Children
This study explores the experiences of seven looked after children in two Scottish primary schools. The rationale behind this study is that if looked after children could be supported effectively during their time in primary school then they may be more likely to remain engaged with secondary …
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Which ‘In-Care’ and Educational Risk Factors are Present in the Lives of Looked After Young People Not Entered for GSCE Examinations or Alternative Qualifications
The educational achievements and wellbeing of Looked After Children (LAC) have been a cause of concern for government health and education departments for the past three decades. This is because of a continually growing body of research detailing the disadvantage and poor outcomes that this …
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Psychology in schools: understanding and intervening within vulnerable populations
… Analysis (IPA) to understand the experience of Looked After Children (LA children) during their transition to secondary school and what helps them to be successful.Part three – Appendices including documents relevant to the research project and a reflective statement pertaining to the …
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Engaging with two young people who are looked after in local authority care and who have experienced exclusion from school: co-constructing narratives
… co-constructed with two young people who were looked after in local authority care and who had experienced school exclusion. Dominant narratives within the research literature surrounding looked after children were identified as those of underachievement, social exclusion and disadvantage. …
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The difference that makes the difference: a pupil perspective about schooling designed for students with social emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD)
I have worked my whole career with children presenting with what is now refer to as ‘social, emotional and behavioural difficulties’ (SEBD) and I feel I have gained much expertise in this field. One of the ongoing problems of working in the field is that although much good work is done with the …
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Corporate parenting: the contribution of designated teachers
… to corporate parenting of young people who are looked after. It was a study over two and a half years, employing case study methodology. There is a review of the relevant literature on the education of children in public care, multi-agency working, attachment and resilience theories, the roles …
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Does the type of care matter? : a study of the effect of early substitute care
`Looked after' children have high rates of emotional/behavioural disturbance, but it remains uncertain whether this derives from genetic risk, adverse experiences before reception into care, or from risks associated with substitute care experiences. Methods: The study was a `natural experiment' …
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‘You have to go on a journey’. Looked After Children’s experiences of primary to secondary school transition.
… challenging for vulnerable groups such as looked after children (LAC), many of whom have already experienced challenges, instability, and other significant transitions in their lives. Previous research concerning LAC and education has mainly focused on the academic outcomes of LAC, which …
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The Adoption of Disabled Children
… Increased knowledge about placing disabled children for adoption is particularly important as they are regarded as the category hardest to place (Adoption Register 2009). Despite the wide gaps in knowledge, the negativity associated with the social construction of disability has been seen as …
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The Emotional Wellbeing of Black and Dual Heritage Looked After Young People
… study is to explore how the experience of being looked after impacts on the emotional wellbeing of black and dual heritage young people. Looked after children and young people have been identified as a specific group whose views need to contribute to the development of policy (DfES, 2007). …
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Young people leaving care: plans, challenges and discourses
… how frequent disturbance in the life of a looked after child is exacerbated by points of rupture which are caused by the structures of children’s services. This study adds to calls for increased stability for young people, and recommends earlier planning for the future of young people in …
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