Improving Outcomes for Children in Care
Giving Youth a Voice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11940502 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Kufeldt (University of New Brunswick, corresponding author), Marie Simard (Université Laval), Jacques Vachon (Université Laval) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 8-19 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Adoption & Fostering (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5759 • E-ISSN: 1740-469X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030857590302700204 |
| OpenAlex | W2128043851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 3 |
The Looking After Children (LAC) protocols that were developed during the 1990s in the UK represented a ground-breaking move to make services more child centred, with an emphasis on the needs of the child being paramount. Kathleen Kufeldt, Marie Simard and Jacques Vachon discuss how similar measures were initiated across the Atlantic in the form of a three-year Looking After Children in Canada project. This involved collaborative partnership between service providers, researchers and a major funding agency. The authors discuss how it set about achieving reform, and assess its impact on improving the quality of life for children in foster care. Findings in many ways replicate the UK experience, indicating the benefits of a child-centred approach and the considerable potential of such records to improve practice and thus outcomes for looked after children
Agency (philosophy · Business · Child care · General partnership · Medical education · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Service (business · Service provider · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Family Support in Illness · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
Internet Technology
The Recruitment and Retention of Family Foster-Carers
Educating Children in Our Care
The Vital Few foster parents
The vital few foster mothers
Influences on the Mental Health of Children Placed in Foster Care
Care Planning and Review for Looked After Children
How children experience fostering outcomes
Widening our knowledge concerning young looked after children
Relationships of young adults with foster care backgrounds
Training and Experience
| Citations per year | 0.55 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2020 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |