Ejournal Issues
2009 Issue 4
Issue 4
Cover article
This is issue is devoted to the Conference Care Matters: Transforming Lives - Improving Outcomes Conference, incorporating the 8th International Looking After Children Conference (7-9 July 2008, Keble College, Oxford UK)
Addressing Education and Mental Health Needs
Content
Care and education of difficult adolescents: research conclusions and policy implications
authors: David Berridge. Presented by Cherilyn Dance
Emotional and behavioural problems and outcomes for adolescents on the edge of care
authors: Nina Biehal
Developing an arts strategy for looked after children and young people in County Durham
authors: Meg Boustead
Design and recruitment phase of a randomized controlled trial to improve the educational outcomes of young people in out-of-home care
authors: Robert J. Flynn, Marie-Pierre Paquet, and Robyn Marquis
Very young children in need or at risk of significant harm: issues affecting parenting capacity
authors: Rebecca Brown, Emily R. Munro and Harriet Ward
Reaching higher for young people looked after– the ‘Stepping Stones’ programme of Aimhigher, Leeds
authors: Ken Campbell
Use of neurobiological measures in research involving foster children
authors: Philip A. Fisher
‘How to Go Higher’ - the value of a training and support programme promoting Higher Education to staff working with young people in care and care leavers
authors: Glyn Hibberd
Comparing costs of multidimensional treatment foster care with those of other placements
authors: Lisa Holmes and David Westlake
Yippee - retaining young people from care in post compulsory education: a five country study
authors: Sonia Jackson and Claire Cameron
Extension of the Cost Calculator for Children’s Services to include cost calculations for health and mental health: implementation in Cheshire County Council’s Children’s Services
authors: Anna Jones
Emergent literacy and childhood literacy-promoting activities for children in the Ontario child welfare system
authors: Shaye Moffat and Cynthia C. Vincent
Residential care and substance misuse: exploring the relationship
authors: Michael Murphy and Sarah Ingram
Maltreated children’s mental health: a global approach for designing specific programs at the Centre Jeunesse de Québec – Institut Universitaire (“CJQ-IU”)
authors: Danielle Nadeau
Risks, needs, strengths, and outcomes in child protection: what we know about the children we serve
authors: Michael O’Brien
The outcomes of the “Way Ahead” project in Leicestershire
authors: Angela O’Sullivan and Jane Millward
What can the UCAS ‘tick box’ tell us about the progression of applicants who have been in care?
authors: Joanna Papageorgiou
Reading with children: enhancing outcomes, being ‘special’ and personal meanings
authors: Janet Seden
Patterns of illness and health service use in families where children go into public care
authors: Doug Simkiss
The Leicester City Council experience: looked after children’s participation and achievement in education
authors: Andy Smith