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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452701003321

Autore

Shaw Julie <1945-, >

Titolo

Young people and the care experience : research, policy and practice / / Julie Shaw and Nick Frost

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-63049-1

1-299-46962-0

1-136-68044-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Adolescence and Society

Altri autori (Persone)

FrostNick <1953->

Disciplina

362.73

Soggetti

Adoption

Foster home care

Children - Institutional care

Child care

Child welfare

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Supporting children and young people at home -- Who is in care and where do they live? -- Living in foster care -- Living in a children's home -- Being adopted -- Leaving care -- Being in care : a global experience -- Promoting positive outcomes for children and young people in care -- What future for looked after children and young people? -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The care system looks after the most vulnerable young people in society - those who are, for a variety of reasons, unable to live with their parents. Young People and the Care Experience examines what can be done to support young people to remain at home, and if this is not possible, how they can be supported whilst in care and on leaving care. The book explores the range of options - foster care, children's homes and adoption - and how these options interact. Using the latest research and framing the issues through both psycho-social and legal perspectives, the book provides an in