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Helena Kliche – Ethnography and Education, 2025
School attendance is linked with the expectation that the students do their homework at home after their lessons at school. For most students, 'at home' refers to the family context. For those young adolescents who do not grow up in their original families but in residential youth care, the latter is particularly relevant when it comes to doing…
Descriptors: Homework, Residential Care, Barriers, Housing
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Sonja M. Kalf-Scholte; Renate van Zoonen; Dina Sijperda-Abdul; Henk Algra; Cees Valkenburg – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Toothbrushing, limiting intake frequency, and scheduled visits to an oral healthcare professional (OHP) are key for good oral health. We aimed to explore factors influencing these oral health behaviours in Dutch adolescents with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities (MBID) in residential care. Method: Using a qualitative,…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Health Behavior, Adolescents, Mild Intellectual Disability
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Neagoe, Ioana M.; Papasteri, Claudiu C. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: Children and adolescents in residential care have more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) than those living in any other type of care. However, there is scant research on risk factors accounting for this accumulation. Objective: To establish the prevalence of ACEs in child residential care and to explore predictors of accumulation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Residential Care
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Clemens, Elysia V.; Welfare, Laura E.; Williams, Amy M. – Preventing School Failure, 2011
Psychiatric hospitalization is an intensive intervention designed to stabilize adolescents who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis. Reintegrating to school after discharge from psychiatric hospitalization can be overwhelming for many adolescents (E. V. Clemens, L. E. Welfare, & A. M. Williams, 2010). The authors used a consensual…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Mental Health, Adolescents, Mental Disorders
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Southwell, Jenni; Fraser, Elizabeth – Child Welfare, 2010
This paper presents findings from a landmark Australian study investigating the experiences and perspectives of young people in residential care. Data from a representative sample are analyzed to identify young people's satisfaction with various aspects of their residential care experience: their sense of safety, normality, support, comfort in…
Descriptors: Barriers, Residential Care, Adolescents, Child Welfare
Swart, Sandra, Ed.; Friesen, Barbara, Ed.; Holman, Ariel, Ed.; Aue, Nicole, Ed. – Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2009
The State of the Science conference was held in May, 2007 as part of the ongoing series of national conferences, "Building on Family Strengths," conducted by the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health at Portland State University. The theme of this State-of-the Science conference was "Effective…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Family Programs