Transition within Transition: How Young People Learn to Leave Behind Institutional Care whilst their Carers are Stuck in Neutral

Roxana Anghel - Children and Youth Services Review

This paper discusses findings from a qualitative longitudinal study which explored the process of leaving long-stay institutional state care in Romania during 2002–4, a period at the heart of accelerated EU-enforced childcare reform.

Dealing with the Past in the Transition from Care: A Post-Structural Analysis of Young People’s Accounts

Elisabeth Franssona, Jan Storøb

The aim of this article is two-fold. Firstly, to present a critical discursive analysis of young people's accounts of themselves in the transition from care. Secondly, to shed light on three different ways of making the transition from care; transition through a break with the past after moving out, transition through continuing change and transition as a way of dealing with the risk of further problems in their lives.