Leaving care: Looking ahead and aiming higher

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1107-1114

  Jackson, Sonia ^a   Cameron, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational support; European comparisons; Leaving care; Post compulsory education; Social inclusion; Youth in care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859950456     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.041     Document Type: Article

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