Cameron, Claire

Educating children and young people in care : learning placements and caring schools / Claire Cameron, Graham Connelly and Sonia Jackson - London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2015. - 256 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Bringing education into care placements and bringing care into schools -- 2. Legislation supporting the education of children in care in the UK: principles and provisions -- 3. An educational journey: children in care in context -- 4. Creating and sustaining a learning placement -- 5. Informal education -- 6. Supporting education in the care environment -- 7. Early years education in foster care -- 8. Caring schools -- 9. What happens when mainstream school isn't right -- 10. Staying in education: 16-19 -the muddle and the prospects -- 11. Going to university from care -- 12. Supporting recent migrants -- 13. Putting it all together: taking a strategic approach.

Bringing together research and practice on the theme of the educational well-being of children in care, this book aims to help professionals to improve these children's potential for educational attainment.

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CHILDREN -- INSTITUTIONAL CARE -- EDUCATION -- GREAT BRITAIN
FOSTER CHILDREN -- EDUCATION -- GREAT BRITAIN
CHILDREN WITH SOCIAL DISABILITIES -- EDUCATION -- GREAT BRITAIN
CHILDREN WITH SOCIAL DISABILITIES -- EDUCATION
FOSTER CHILDREN -- EDUCATION
CHILDREN -- INSTITUTIONAL CARE -- EDUCATION

LC 4096.G7 .C36 2015