Permanency with lifelong connections: Casework practices to support positive relationships between carer and birth families

Wright, Amy Conley; Collings, Susan - Developing Practice: The Child, Youth and Family Work Journal

In Australia, the emerging model of child welfare policy and practice emphasises 'permanency and lifelong connections with birth families'.

“I Became a Different Person”: Personal Change of Lithuanian Foster Parents through Informal Learning

Ramune Bagdonaite-Stelmokiene & Vilma Zydziunaite - Qualitative Research in Education

This article presents the findings of the qualitative study on the personal change of foster parents carried out in Lithuania, which reveals the subjective experience of informal learning of the foster parents fostering a non-relative child.

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Opportunities in Transition: An Economic Analysis of Investing in Youth Aging out of Foster Care in their 20s - Report 1 of 3: Educational, Economic, Social and Wellness Outcomes

Marvin Shaffer, Lynell Anderson, Allison Nelson - Fostering Change

The purpose of this phase 1 report is to document what is known about the resulting educational attainment, economic, social and wellness outcomes for youth aging out of care as compared to the general population in British Columbia, Canada.

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