Exploring Attachment and Internal Representations in Looked-After Children [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 BackgroundThis article explores the Story Stem Assessment Profile (SSAP), a narrative-based measure, for the assessment of internal representations in children between the ages of 4 and 11 years old.MethodsThe findings draw upon two samples of children ...
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The key therapeutic factors needed to deliver behavioural change interventions to decrease risky substance use (drug and alcohol) for looked after children and care leavers: a qualitative exploration with young people, carers and front line workers [PDF]
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2019 Background Looked after children and care leavers have an increased risk of drug and alcohol use compared to their non-LAC peers. Despite high prevalence rates within this population, looked after children are reported to show low levels of engagement in
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Introducing Routine Assessment of Adverse Childhood Experiences For Looked-After Children: The Use and Properties of the Trauma and Adverse Life Events (TALE) Screening Tool. [PDF]
J Child Adolesc Trauma, 2023 Kerr-Davis A +3 more
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‘You've come to children that are in care and given us the opportunity to get our voices heard': The journey of looked after children and researchers in developing a Patient and Public Involvement group [PDF]
Health Expectations, 2019 Background Looked after children and care leavers (denoted as LAC) are often described as a ‘hard to reach' group of young people, and their voices are rarely sought to inform academic research.
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Systematic review of educational interventions for looked-after children and young people: Recommendations for intervention development and evaluation. [PDF]
Br Educ Res J, 2017 Evans R, Brown R, Rees G, Smith P.
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Data Resource Profile: Children Looked After Return (CLA) [PDF]
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2016 Louise Mc Grath-Lone +4 more
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Empowering looked-after children [PDF]
Child <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Family Social Work, 2001 Children’s rights include the right to participation in decisions made about them. For looked‐after children, this right is enshrined in the Children Act (England & Wales) 1989. This article reports the results of a study of children’s views about their experience of being looked after and the degree of power that they felt they had to influence ...
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International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022 Objectives We aim to determine the proportion of infants entering care in Wales via the two primary legal routes (section 76 of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014, and section 31 of the Children Act 1989), and associations between mode of
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A brief history of secure care in Scotland
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2022 In undertaking a doctoral research project looking at the impact of Scottish secure care experience on the identity constructions of autistic young people, I began by carrying out an extensive literature review.
Charlotte Wilson
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Book review: Not again little owl by Dr Vivien Norris
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2020 Dr Vivien Norris, the author, is Clinical Director of the Family Place and her experience as a clinical psychologist, Theraplay and DDP practitioner is evident throughout the book. The book is the story of Little Owl whose Mummy isn't able to look after
Fiona Lettice
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