‘Continuity and Support Following Residential Treatment’ by Delores Taylor and Stuart Alpert
Post-discharge success was shown to depend on family contact.
Research
‘Children in Foster Care: A Longitudinal Investigation’ by David Fanshel and Eugene B Shinn
A study of what makes for success in foster care
‘Institutional Care and Placing-Out; The Place of Each In the Care of Dependent Children’ by Elias L. Trotzkey
An early piece of comparative research, looking at added value
Child Care Past and Present
Evaluating how things have changed over half a century
Social Pedagogy UK – a virtual world meeting point…
In his article Words, Ideas and Realities David Lane not only makes the case for us to use the little known term “social pedagogy”, but also suggests it is time for us to start understanding it and applying it.The debate in the UK about what to call social pedagogy comes from the fact that there … Read more
The Crisis We Face : The Loss of Childhood – What can be Done?
Children need loving care from the start to prevent later violent behaviour
Two Conferences
SIRCC – the Scottish Institute in Residential Child Care – is running two conferences. ***** The first is taking a look at recent research in the field of residential child care under the title In the Know. There is not much time to book, as it will take place on 12 November 2007. Research Day … Read more