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Fostering now: messages from research
- Author:
- BERRIDGE David
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 29(4), 2005, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The authors summarises the main conclusions of the latest research overview in the government's messages from research series. The overview, Fostering Now, written by Ian Sinclair, includes findings from 16 studies.
Foster home breakdown
- Authors:
- BERRIDGE David, CLEAVER Hedy
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 191p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
A study of fostering breakdowns
- Authors:
- BERRIDGE David, CLEAVER Hedy
- Publisher:
- Dartington Social Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 21p, bibliography.
- Place of publication:
- Totnes
Research into fostering breakdown
- Authors:
- BERRIDGE David, CLEAVER Hedy
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 10(4), 1986, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Sage
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Child care
- Author:
- BERRIDGE David
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, October 2005, pp.13-18.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
This article summarises some of the key messages from 'Fostering Now: Messages from Research', the latest in the government's series of publications which links key research findings with current practice issues. The article focuses specifically on support to foster carers, carer recruitment; and stress.
Foster and residential care reassessed: a research perspective
- Author:
- BERRIDGE David
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 8(2), 1994, pp.132-150.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Professionals have long been concerned about whether children in need, who have to live away from their parents, are best placed in foster or residential settings. In Britain the debate about the respective merits and deficiencies of each approach is often quite strong. The paper attempts to provide an alternative perspective by summarising some of the most recent British research literature which evaluates the respective contributions of foster and residential care for children.
Child care
- Author:
- BERRIDGE David
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 17, April 2004, pp.5-10.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Draws out some of the key findings from a recent review of the fostering literature published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). The review was conducted by Kate Wilson and colleagues from the University of Nottingham, and focuses particularly on the outcomes of foster care.
Child care
- Author:
- BERRIDGE David
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 15, April 2003, pp.19-24.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Looks at research which highlights the benefits of long-term foster care for some children in certain circumstances. Also looks at a study which examines the growth of independent fostering agencies.
Child care
- Author:
- BERRIDGE David
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 11, April 2001, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
While residential care is often in the news, far less attention is given to foster care which provides the main form of care for looked-after children. Reports on three new studies that take a more in-depth look at this form of placement.
Closing children's homes: an end to residential child care?
- Authors:
- CLIFFE David, BERRIDGE David
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 255p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the background to developments in Warwickshire Social Services Department, which closed the last of its children's homes in 1986. Examines whether foster care is more effective at meeting children's needs. Sets the issues in the context of the Children Act 1989, and includes the views of young people involved.