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Perspectives of Looked after Children on School Experience--A Study Conducted among Primary School Children in a Children's Home in Singapore
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Celeste, Yee Soo Chuen – Children & Society, 2011
Singapore is known for its well-developed public education. Although there have been prolific studies and advancement in pedagogy of different groups of learners, the progress has yet to capture the interest of children in residential care, and their educational needs remain a field lacking in discussion. This study seeks to give these children a…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Educational Needs, Children, Foreign Countries
Listening to Children in Care: A Review of Methodological and Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Looked after Children's Perspectives
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Holland, Sally – Children & Society, 2009
This article reviews 44 refereed journal articles published between 2003 and 2008. All of the articles attempt to directly uncover the experiences or perspectives of young people cared for by the state in foster, residential or kinship care homes. The review reveals that this field is developing a rich body of evidence derived from a broad range…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Residential Care, Children, Childhood Attitudes
Reflections on the Assessment of Outcomes in Child Care.
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Parker, Roy – Children & Society, 1998
Discusses issues related to measuring outcomes of social-work interventions with children. Emphasizes the need for regular, carefully timed assessments. Argues that approach and perspective differences obscure relationships between program and child outcomes and that assessing family-services outcomes raises accountability questions. Suggests that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Child Welfare, Children, Family Programs
[Assessing Outcomes in Child Care: An International Perspective.] Editorial.
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Ward, Harriet – Children & Society, 1998
Introduces theme issue on assessing outcomes in children's services, based on presentations given at a conference in September 1997. Articles in Part 1 deal with assessing outcomes for services to all children in need. Articles in Part 2 focus on initiatives in Britain and elsewhere related to the Looking After Children project, dealing with…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Welfare, Children, Family Programs
Implementing "Looking After Children" in an English Local Authority.
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Donovan, Debbie; Ayres, Martin – Children & Society, 1998
Presents successful training strategies for implementing the "Looking After Children" materials for children in out-of-home care in English local authorities. Discusses the need to implement the materials at all levels of the organization, introduce the materials as a creative work tool, and use the resulting data in research and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Children, Foreign Countries
"The Extreme End of a Spectrum of Violence": Physical Abuse, Hegemony and Resistance in British Residential Care.
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Coldrey, Barry – Children & Society, 2001
Explores reasons for the abuse phenomenon throughout traditional residential care provided for boys and young men in the United Kingdom. Addresses specifically the severe discipline which often became abusive, the presence of sexual abuse, severe staff reaction to resistance, and the similarities of regimen across the spectrum of traditional care…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Cultural Traits, Foreign Countries