NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Elliott, Martin; Staples, Eleanor; Scourfield, Jonathan – Child Care in Practice, 2018
Care for children in residential settings is popularly characterised as the last resort for children who have had multiple failed placements and often high levels of need, requiring therapeutic help. It is often assumed that children will leave residential care for independent living. Using administrative data for a six-year period (2008-2014) for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Residential Care, Children, Placement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McCarthy, Edel – Child Care in Practice, 2016
In 1992, Ireland committed to the right of children to participate in decision-making that impacts on their lives. The extent to which this right is upheld for young people in the care of the State who live in residential childcare centres is unknown. A small qualitative case study was carried out in four such centres in the West of Ireland in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Rights, Participative Decision Making, Residential Care