Listening to Children in Care
A Review of Methodological and Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Looked after Children’s Perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14895656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holland (0000-0001-7600-3855, Cardiff University, corresponding author), Sally Holland |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 226-235 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Children & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-0605 • E-ISSN: 1099-0860 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00213.x |
| OpenAlex | W1974415633 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 50 |
This article reviews 44 refereed journal articles published between 2003 and 2008. All of the articles attempt to directly uncover the experiences or perspectives of young people cared for by the state in foster, residential or kinship care homes. The review reveals that this field is developing a rich body of evidence derived from a broad range of methodological and theoretical frameworks. In this sample, research designs appeared to be influenced by placement settings, as well as theoretical orientations, but comparative and longitudinal designs were used in both quantitative and qualitative studies. Participative research designs were only present in qualitative designs within a broadly interpretive theoretical orientation. It is suggested in this article that researchers should critically reflect on the use of constructs that may negatively label young people in care. It is also suggested that there could be fuller reporting of ethical issues. Despite some identified gaps, such as the participation of young people in quantitative research designs and research with younger age groups, the article concludes that there appears to be an encouraging emergence of theoretical and methodological diversity in this research area
Active listening · Kinship · Qualitative research · Research design · Social science · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Children's Rights and Participation · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology
Alone, Lost, and Unprepared by the System
Young People Leaving Care
Influencing policy and practice for young people in foster care
Children's Participation in Child-protection Processes as Experienced by Foster Children and Social Workers
“They should have just talked to me”
Children’s rights in action
The Best Interest of the Child Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S)
The Child as Co-researcher—Moral and Epistemological Issues in Childhood Research
Participation as a methodological and ethical issue in child protection research
Collective participation in child protection services
Sport and physical activity in the lives of looked-after children
The perspectives of young children in care about their circumstances and implications for social work practice
The concept of family
Looked‐after children and their birth families
Experiences of “I” and “we” among former looked‐after children in South A frica
Accelerated adulthood, extended adolescence and the care cliff
The educational experiences of children in care across five decades
Making up Lost Ground
Thirty Years of Listening to Children
I had my guard up for a long time and that probably didn’t help’
Confiding in others
No typical care story
Narratives and marginalised voices
Facilitating career development among care leavers
The Creation of My Path
“Everyone has the ability actualy to do well in education. It's just the support mechanisms that you give to them…”
Rejecting ‘the child’, embracing ‘childhood’
Independent living programs and services for youth 'aging out' of care in Canada and the U.S
A Systematic Review of Quality Indicators in Therapeutic Residential Care Drawn from Young People ́s Beliefs and Experiences
Ascertaining the Perspectives of Young Children in Care
A scoping review of children's experiences of residential care settings in the global South
Tensions and change in liminal spaces – Young people in Swedish out-of-home care
You and me and all of us
Developmental needs in institutional settings
A bit more understanding
Residential Care for Abandoned Children and Their Integration Into a Family‐based Setting in Uganda
Listening to Advice from Young People in Foster Care—From Participation to Belonging
Cautious Belonging
Senses of belonging when living in foster care families
Becoming Participant'
“I Remember the First Time I Went into Foster Care - It’s a Long Story …”
Foster Care
A Children's Standpoint
From Famine to Feast. A Review of the Foster Care Research Literature
Cultural themes in rites of passage
Theory and explanation in child welfare
In Care and After. A Positive Perspective
Discourses of blame
Community in a children's home
Widening our knowledge concerning young looked after children
Who Takes Care of Education 18 months on? A follow‐up study of looked after children's perceptions of support for educational progress
Perceptions of Family
Your Shout! Looked After Children's Perspectives on the Children Act 1989
Users' Views of Looked after Children's Mental Health Services
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times’
Children and Young People's Participation and Non-Participation in Research
Teenage Pregnancy among Young People in and Leaving Care
Correspondence in Residents' and Staff Members' Assessments of the Quality of Life of Children in Residential Care Facilities
Research on placement moves
Young people aging out of care
Children's adjustment to long-term foster care
Children in substitute care
She holds my hand” The experiences of foster youth with their natural mentors
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger”
The meaning of permanency in child welfare
Caught” versus “Taught”
Maltreated children's emotional availability with kin and non-kin foster mothers
Perceived Social Environment and Adolescents’ Well-Being and Adjustment
Matches and Mismatches
Contact with Family Members and its Impact on Adolescents and Their Foster Placements
Theorizing Sexuality, Sexual Abuse and Residential Children's Homes
Feminist social work research engaging with poststructural ideas
Children's Voices
Hope as an outcome variable among youths in a residential care setting
Attachment representations of institutionalized adolescents and their professional caregivers
Understanding Social Network Disruption
Developmental Outcomes of Vulnerable Youth in the Child Welfare System
| Unique citing works | 39 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,44 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |