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Starting out right:early education and looked after children [PDF]
, 2016 Looked after children (LAC) are those for whom the state assumes parental responsibility because the adults caring for them – usually the birth parent/s – are no longer able to. In England, 60 per cent of LAC enter care following abuse or neglect.
Clancy, Charlotte +10 more
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The role of a residential placement in preparing children for placement with a foster family
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2003 Placement in residential care is one element of the Lisdeel Family Placement Initiative. Children referred to the Initiative stay in a residential placement in Lisdeel House for a number of months, while a range of interventions is combined to prepare ...
Cliona Murphy
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Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
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Improving Educational Outcomes for Children Looked after at Home : Use of Improvement Methodology [PDF]
, 2014 CELCIS has been working with a number of local authorities throughout Scotland using ‘Improvement Methodology’ to improve educational outcomes for looked after children.
Connelly, Graham, Hennessy, Alison
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Past growth in the global organic market has been concentrated in high‐income countries, while in middle‐income countries such as Serbia the organic market remains nascent and characterized by a sparse assortment of organic products, high retail premia and limited evidence on consumer preferences and their drivers.
Milan Tatic +3 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Four decades of retinal vessel segmentation research (1982–2025) are synthesized, spanning classical image processing, machine learning, and deep learning paradigms. A meta‐analysis of 428 studies establishes a unified taxonomy and highlights performance trends, generalization capabilities, and clinical relevance.
Avinash Bansal +6 more
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The meaning and significance of sibling and peer relationships for young people looked after on behalf of local authorities [PDF]
This thesis explores the meaning and significance of sibling and peer relationships for young people looked after by local authorities, from their own perspectives.
Parker, Eleanor Susan
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Pathways to Permanence for children who become looked after in Scotland. Insights for policymakers and practitioners [PDF]
, 2019 Statistics from 2018 (Scottish Government 2019) show that 14,738 children were looked after in Scotland (at 31st July 2018). Many children who become looked after away from home will return to their parents, but for some the decision is taken to ...
Hooper, Jade +4 more
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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Attachment-informed practice with looked after children and young people
, 2011 One of a series of reports providing the social services workforce with brief, accessible and practice-oriented summaries of published evidence on key topics.
Furnivall, Judith
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