Can Scotland achieve more for looked after children? [PDF]
, 2007 The Learning with Care report (HMI and SWSI, 2001) made seven criticisms in relation to the provision of education for looked after children in Scotland.
Connelly, Graham
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Improving the education of looked after children : a guide for local authorities and service providers [PDF]
, 2009 This guide for practice is based on the key findings of research of Scottish Government-funded pilot projects in 18 Scottish local authorities carried out by the University of Strathclyde between 2006 and 2008.
Furnivall, Judith +2 more
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Looked-after children and educational trajectories [PDF]
To date, the education of looked-after children has received much coverage within policy, practice and literature. With such focus predominantly on their underachievement, little attention has been afforded to those looked-after children that do achieve ...
Woodhouse, Chloé
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Supporting Looked After Children and Young People at School: A Scottish Case Study [PDF]
, 2008 The research outlined in this report aimed to study the arrangements for supporting looked after children in schools, including the transfer of information between social work and education, knowledge of the children, the awareness of key staff of the ...
Connelly, Graham +2 more
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The Educational Attainment of Looked After Children - Local Authority Pilot Projects : Final Research Report [PDF]
, 2008 The aim of the research was to identify interventions that appeared to make the most difference in terms of both the educational experience and outcomes of the looked after children and young people participating in the local authority pilot projects ...
Smith, Iain +5 more
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Social Capital as a Mechanism for Exploring the Low Educational Achievements of Looked After Children. [PDF]
, 2013 Social capital has been identified as a mechanism for combating the social disadvantage that children experience in their lives. Part of its appeal is the way in which it helps us to think about these aspects in new or innovative ways (McGonigal et al ...
Michele McClung +3 more
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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 [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this research was to explore narratives co-constructed with two young people who were looked after in local authority care and who had experienced school exclusion.
Warham, Kate
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The education of looked after children in Scotland : some comparisons with Scandinavian countries and Finland [PDF]
, 2012 The purpose of this research briefing is to present quantitative research studies and national government statistics that allow comparisons to be made between Scotland's performance in relation to the education of looked after children, and that of ...
Matheson, Iain, Connelly, Graham
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Book review : Looked after: A childhood in care by Ashley John-Baptiste
Scottish Journal of Residential Child CareLooked After: A Childhood in Care is a memoir of Ashley’s experiences of care in England from the age of two to 18 years old. His reflections seem relevant for understanding care experience in many contexts, not simply England, and they are deeply ...
Chelbi Hillan
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