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Research for Practice: Highlighting Personal Strengths of Children in Out-of-Home Care: Two Case Examples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2013

Kathy Mendis
Kathy Mendis*
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PhD Candidate, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria
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Abstract

The education of children in care suffers significantly from a range of disruptions by virtue of them being in care. Research shows that the academic attainment of children in care is lower than that of other children in the general population. Consequently, many young people leave care with minimum or no educational/vocational qualifications and subsequently face adversity in adulthood. Using two case examples this article argues that workers need to look for the strengths in children in care and facilitate the mobilisation of those strengths for them to work their way towards a successful adulthood.

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Children Australia , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , March 2013 , pp. 36 - 39
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Copyright © The Authors 2013

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