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Improving access to further and higher education for young people in public care: European policy and practice
- Authors:
- JACKSON Sonia, CAMERON Claire
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 288
- Place of publication:
- London
This book provides a comprehensive account of why across Europe young people in public care are around five times less likely to attend tertiary education than those who have not been in care and outlines ways to address the imbalance. Drawing extensively on a substantial three-year long European Union funded research project led by the authors, this book examines the participation of young people in care in further and higher education in Europe. It provides a historical and legislative overview of the topic and in-depth national case studies look at the situation in England, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and Hungary. The authors set out what can be learnt from these cross-national comparisons and how to create more equal opportunities for children and young people in care.
How does foster care work?: international evidence on outcomes
- Editors:
- FERNANDEZ Elizabeth, BARTH Richard P., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 320p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The editors bring together a collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. The articles draw on research and perspectives from leading international figures in children's services across the developed world and provide an evidence base for programme planning, policy and practice. Each contributor provides a commentary on one other chapter to highlight the global significance of issues affecting children and young people in care. The writers offer new ideas about how foster care could be financed, delivered or studied in order to become more effective. Taken together the contributions establish a platform for comparison of international systems, trends and outcomes in foster care today. The book is aimed at anyone involved in delivering child welfare services, such as administrators, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, children's advocates, academics and students. It forms part of the Child Welfare Outcomes series which examines original research and current policy debates to help those involved better understand and improve the outcomes of services for children and young people in need. The series takes an evidence-based approach including children's experiences and analysis of costs and effectiveness in the assessment of interventions.