‘Leaving Care’ by Mike Stein and Kate Carey
Indicators for success- and failure- in aftercare
Research
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Findings from research investigating how parents and nannies find childcare solutions
‘Foster Home Breakdown’ by David Berridge and Hedy Cleaver
A detailed study providing guidance to social workers on what works
‘Child Care Now: A Survey of Placement Patterns’ by Jane Rowe, Marion Hundleby and Louise Garnett
Social workers’ views as to what works
‘Cottage Six: The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment’ by Howard W Polsky
A neutral stance is impossible for a participant observer.
‘After Grace, Teeth: A Comparative Study of Residential Experience of Boys in Approved Schools’ by Spencer Millham, Roger Bullock and Paul Cherrett
Spencer Millham, Roger Bullock and Paul, Cherrett (1975) After Grace, Teeth: A Comparative Study of Residential Experience of Boys in Approved Schools London Human Context 0 903137 11 9 Following his successful collaboration with Royston Lambert, head of the Social Research Unit at King’s College, Cambridge, in a sociological study of boarding schools (Lambert and … Read more
‘Research Methods in Early Childhood: An Introductory Guide’ by Penny Mukherji and Deborah Albon
Methodologies, ethics, techniques – it’s all there.
‘Expanding the Options in Child Placement’ by Anita Wiener and Eugene Wiener
Research into adoption, fostering and residential care with surprising conclusions
‘Children Referred to Closed Units’ by Pat Cawson and Mary Martell
The ignored facts about young people who were locked up
‘Children who Wait’ by Jane Rowe and Lydia Lambert
A landmark study of children in long-term care
‘Adult Status of Children with Contrasting Early Experience’ by Harold M. Skeels
Research showing how children respond to care, and that good care saves money
‘Patterns of Residential Care: Sociological Studies in Institutions for Handicapped Children’ by Roy D King, Norma V Raynes and Jack Tizard
Research which led to change and some unexpected findings