Tricia Skuse
Biographic Data
| ID | 6464070 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tricia Skuse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tricia |
| FAMILY NAME | Skuse |
| SIGNATURE | SKUSE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loughborough University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times’
There is much evidence of instability in the care system and poor developmental outcomes for looked after children, but looked after children are far from being a homogenous group. Their lives, needs and experiences vary immensely. Harriet Ward, Tricia Skuse and Emily R Munro present the findings from a recent study of children's views of the care system in England (Skuse and Ward, 2003). They explore what children and young people did and did no…
Issues concerning the Health of Looked after Children
There is substantial evidence that looked after children have extensive health needs and disabilities, that they have often missed out on routine health surveillance and health promotion before entry to care or accommodation, but that at present they receive little compensatory care. Harriet Ward, Helen Jones, Margaret Lynch and Tricia Skuse discuss these issues. They look at how frequent changes of placement and poor inter-agency communication e…
Performance targets and stability of placements for children long looked after away from home
There are concerns that the performance indicators for children's services may not be adequately interpreted and used to improve service delivery for individual children. Data from a longitudinal study of 249 looked after children demonstrate that one target—improving the stability of placements—is more likely to be met if agencies can identify which children move frequently and why. While age, behavioural difficulties and the absence of mental h…
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times’
There is much evidence of instability in the care system and poor developmental outcomes for looked after children, but looked after children are far from being a homogenous group. Their lives, needs and experiences vary immensely. Harriet Ward, Tricia Skuse and Emily R Munro present the findings from a recent study of children's views of the care system in England (Skuse and Ward, 2003). They explore what children and young people did and did no…
Issues concerning the Health of Looked after Children
There is substantial evidence that looked after children have extensive health needs and disabilities, that they have often missed out on routine health surveillance and health promotion before entry to care or accommodation, but that at present they receive little compensatory care. Harriet Ward, Helen Jones, Margaret Lynch and Tricia Skuse discuss these issues. They look at how frequent changes of placement and poor inter-agency communication e…
Performance targets and stability of placements for children long looked after away from home
There are concerns that the performance indicators for children's services may not be adequately interpreted and used to improve service delivery for individual children. Data from a longitudinal study of 249 looked after children demonstrate that one target—improving the stability of placements—is more likely to be met if agencies can identify which children move frequently and why. While age, behavioural difficulties and the absence of mental h…
Issues concerning the Health of Looked after Children
There is substantial evidence that looked after children have extensive health needs and disabilities, that they have often missed out on routine health surveillance and health promotion before entry to care or accommodation, but that at present they receive little compensatory care. Harriet Ward, Helen Jones, Margaret Lynch and Tricia Skuse discuss these issues. They look at how frequent changes of placement and poor inter-agency communication e…
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times’
There is much evidence of instability in the care system and poor developmental outcomes for looked after children, but looked after children are far from being a homogenous group. Their lives, needs and experiences vary immensely. Harriet Ward, Tricia Skuse and Emily R Munro present the findings from a recent study of children's views of the care system in England (Skuse and Ward, 2003). They explore what children and young people did and did no…
Child Welfare and Adoption (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Service (business (2 works) · Accommodation (1 works)