The Care Pathways and Outcomes Study
This is a longitudinal study that has been following all the 374 children who were in care and under 5 years old on 31st March 2000 in Northern Ireland. This research aims to compare how these young people are getting on in their different types of placement. It also seeks to explore the levels of stability and placement breakdown that is occurring, and to identify the reasons for this.
Currently funded by the Economic and Social Research Council
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Recent Posts
- Project Update 7: The need to know or/and search – is curiosity the right word?
- Regional variations in care planning
- Project Update 6: The well-being of care-experienced young adults in Northern Ireland
- Project Update 5: Youth’s experiences of (and future expectations of) parenthood
- Project Update 4: The 3 THINGS that are HELPING care-experienced young people COPE with difficult experiences in their lives
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- adoption
- belonging
- birth families
- birth parents
- care planning
- contact
- coping
- decision-making
- Deprivation
- digital technologies
- disabled young people
- disruption
- Early adversity
- education
- ethical considerations
- family
- foster care
- future
- health
- kinship care
- mental health
- parenting
- pets
- public engagement
- regional variations
- relationships
- research methods
- Residence Orders
- resilience
- searching
- social media
- social workers
- stability
- stress
- subjective well-being
- supports
- young parents
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- Montserrat Fargas on About this blog
- Julia Rimmer on About this blog
- Montserrat Fargas on Project Update 4: The 3 THINGS that are HELPING care-experienced young people COPE with difficult experiences in their lives
- Brenda Horgan on Project Update 4: The 3 THINGS that are HELPING care-experienced young people COPE with difficult experiences in their lives
- Montserrat Fargas on Project Update 2: Placement disruptions are often not the end of the relationship
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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Stressing out about foster carer stress
All of us who are parents are familiar with the stresses that can be involved in raising children. Imagine then how difficult this would be if these ‘normal’ stresses were exacerbated by the impact of early childhood trauma. That’s the … Continue reading
Childhood adversity and the dilemmas of measurement
There is a growing body of evidence showing the impact of multiple childhood adversities on later outcomes, particularly in relation to mental health. Adverse childhood experiences are described as coming from a situational context, such as living in poverty or … Continue reading
Posted in Debates, Research
Tagged Early adversity, ethical considerations, research methods
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