Children and young people 'looked after'? : education, intervention and everyday culture of care in Wales / edited by Dawn Mannay, Alyson Rees and Louise Roberts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mannay, Dawn, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Institutional care--Wales.

Children.

Children--Institutional care.

Wales.

Physical Description:

xvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2019.

Contents:

1 Introduction p. 1 / Dawn Mannay and Alyson Rees and Louise Roberts

I Education and policy intervention p. 13

2 Charting the rise of children and young people looked after in Wales p. 15 / Martin Elliott

3 Educational interventions for children and young people in care: A review of outcomes, implementation and acceptability p. 29 / Gwyther Rees and Rachel Brown and Phil Smith and Rhiannon Evans

4 Exploring the educational attainment and achievement of children who are 'looked after' in formal kinship care p. 43 / Rebecca C. Pratchett and Paul Rees

5 Promoting the education of children in care: Reflections of children and carers who have experienced 'success' p. 56 / Paul Rees and Amy Munro

6 Transitions from care to higher education: A case study of a young person's journey p. 69 / Gemma Allnatt

II The culture of care and the everyday lives of children and young people p. 83

7 The daily lived experiences of foster care: The centrality of food and touch in family life p. 85 / Alyson Rees

8 The natural environment and its benefits for children and young people looked after p. 99 / Holly Gordon

9 Factors that promote positive supervised birth family contact for children in care p. 113 / Joanne Pye and Paul Rees

10 Yet another change: The experience of movement for children and young people looked after p. 127 / Rebecca Girling

11 'A family of my own': When young people in and leaving state care become parents in Wales p. 140 / Louise Roberts

III Participatory, qualitative and collaborative approaches p. 153

12 Positionality and reflexivity: Conducting qualitative interviews with parents who adopt children from foster care p. 155 / Claire Palmer

13 Sandboxes, stickers and superheroes: Employing creative techniques to explore the aspirations and experiences of children and young people who are looked after p. 169 / Dawn Mannay and Eleanor Staples

14 A view from a Pupil Referral Unit: Using participatory methods with young people in an education setting p. 183 / Phil Smith

15 Enabling care-experienced young people's participation in research: CASCADE Voices p. 196 / Eleanor Staples and Louise Roberts and Jennifer Lyttleton-Smith and Sophie Hallett and Cascade Voices

16 Lights, camera, action: Translating research findings into policy and practice impacts with music, him and artwork p. 210 / Dawn Mannay and Louisa Roberts and Eleanor Staples and Ministry of Life

17 Conclusion p. 227 / Dawn Mannay and Alyson Rees and Louise Roberts.

ISBN:

1786833557

9781786833556

OCLC:

1046100251