Who Takes Care of Education 18 months on? A follow-up study of looked after children's perceptions of support for educational progress

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-284

  Harker, Rachael M ^d   Dobel Ober, David ^d   Akhurst, Sofie ^b   Berridge, David ^c   Sinclair, Ruth ^a  

^a National Children's Bureau   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

education; foster care; looked after children; residential care

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; ENCOURAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERCEPTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL WORKER; TEACHER;

EID: 85055303252     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2004.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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