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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- 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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Project Update 7: The need to know or/and search – is curiosity the right word?
I recently came across a tweet from an adoptee regarding the concept of curiosity and adoption. Unfortunately, I can’t find it anymore, but it made me think. If I remember right, he/she argued that it is not curiosity that makes … Continue reading
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Tagged birth families, contact, family, relationships, social media
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Project Update 4: The 3 THINGS that are HELPING care-experienced young people COPE with difficult experiences in their lives
Care-experienced young people often have to deal with a range of negative experiences and difficult/challenging emotions, which many of their peers might not have to deal with (e.g. abandonment, rejection, birth family histories of alcohol/drug abuse and domestic violence). In … Continue reading
The digital media and young people’s social relationships
Digital technologies have changed the ways in which we relate to each other, work and play, and might have even altered who we are. These changes are happening rapidly. The online and offline world are starting to feel interconnected, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Phase 3 findings, Support
Tagged digital technologies, relationships, social media
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Young people’s sense of belonging: The importance of ‘family practices’
Feeling of belonging to a family is likely to be very important for the young people in our study at this early adulthood stage of their lives. We will be asking questions in relation to this key issue when we … Continue reading
Friends, pets, and social workers: who is important in young people’s lives and why
We are social beings, and relationships are crucial. We need other people to help and support us in different ways throughout our lives, from birth to old age: to take care of us and give us affection when we are … Continue reading
Posted in Phase 3 findings, Research
Tagged pets, relationships, social workers, supports
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