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Book review : Looked after: A childhood in care by Ashley John-Baptiste

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care
Looked 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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Trends in inequalities in Children Looked After in England between 2004 and 2019: a local area ecological analysis

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Objective To assess trends in inequalities in Children Looked After (CLA) in England between 2004 and 2019, after controlling for unemployment, a marker of recession and risk factor for child maltreatment.
D. Bennett   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of providing a continuum of care in the throughcare and aftercare process

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2010
This paper is based on the findings of a piece of practitioner research. The research examined the impact of providing an aftercare service to young people supported by one voluntary organisation as they make the transition from being 'looked after and ...
Caroline Chittleburgh
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Caring about health: improving the health of looked after and accommodated children in Scotland. An A-Z health resource pack for staff and carers

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2009
This national resource pack has been published by NHS Health Scotland. The main aim of the pack is to support those caring for looked after and accommodated children in residential and foster care settings throughout Scotland. Presented in A-Z format (in
Irene Stevens
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Systematic review of educational interventions for looked‐after children and young people: Recommendations for intervention development and evaluation

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, 2016
Looked‐after children and young people (LACYP) are educationally disadvantaged compared to the general population. A systematic review was conducted of randomised controlled trials evaluating interventions aimed at LACYP aged ≤18 years. Restrictions were
R. Evans   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inclusion of looked after children in education

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2015
This paper will describe a piece of research carried out in a Scottish local education authority on the inclusion of looked after children. Key themes pertinent to this vulnerable group were identified through data gathered from looked after children ...
Claire Leslie
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Searching for the holy grail – excellent staff and carers who work with children

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2003
Since Utting's report, Children in the Public Care (1991), Warner's seminal report, Choosing with Care (1992) in England and Wales, and Another Kind of Home (Skinner, 1992) in Scotland, social work managers responsible for recruiting and selecting staff ...
Kate Skinner
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Comparative single‐cell transcriptomic profiling of patient‐derived renal carcinoma cells in cellular and animal models of kidney cancer

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We generated and characterized clear cell renal cell carcinoma models using the patient‐derived RCC243 cell line—including cell culture, orthotopic, and metastatic tumors—via single‐cell RNA‐sequencing for comparisons between models and patient tumor datasets.
Richard Huang   +9 more
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Care to learn? The educational experiences of children and young people who are looked after

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2003
In January 2002, the Scottish Executive commissioned a consortium of agencies to carry out the Learning with Care project. The aim of the project was to develop new materials to assist local authorities to improve educational outcomes for looked after ...
Alison Ritchie   +2 more
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Book review: Improving Outcomes for Looked After Children By Jacqui Horsburgh

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2023
Improving Outcomes for Looked After Children offers an evidence-based and practical account of ways in which practitioners can help improve educational outcomes for care experienced children. The author sets out clearly the rationale behind this, in that
Seonaid Graham
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