Foster Care Research

Eran Melkman, Researcher, Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford, United Kingdom  Trajectories of academic performance among young children in care in England Children in care are one of the lowest performing groups in terms of academic performance internationally. Nonetheless, little is known concerning stability or change in the developmental trajectories of […]

Franca Amione, Researcher, Comune di Trieste – Area Servizi e Politiche Sociali – Gruppo affidi, Italia Franco Bruni, ASUITS- Consultorio Familiare, Italia Elena De Cocce, Paola Tagliapietra, Comune di Trieste – Area Politiche e Servizi Sociali – Gruppo affidi, Italia Part-time foster care rappresents a support to fragile family. The purpose is prevent the child […]

Bernedo Isabel M., Researcher, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Malaga University, Spain  Maria D. Salas, , Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Malaga University, Spain. Maria J. Fuentes, Researcher, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Malaga University, Spain. Miguel Ángel García-Martín, Researcher, Department of Social Psychology, Social anthropology, Social Work and Social Services, Spain Contact visit between a […]

Goemans Anouk, Researcher, Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University The Netherlands  Mitch van Geel, Paul Vedder, Researcher, Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Foster children often have contact with their birth family during their placement in the foster family. Continuing ties and maintaining the original attachment relationship is important for successful reunification, […]

Delgado Paulo, Researcher, Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESEP), Portugal João M. S. Carvalho, Researcher, CICS.NOVA.UMinho, InED-Escola Superior de Educação do Porto, UNICES-Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal. Vânia S. Pinto. InED, Researcher, Escola Superior de Educação do Porto / REES Centre, Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK. This study investigates the complexities and […]

François-Xavier Mayaux, Phd Student, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France Daniel Derivois, Researcher, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France Christelle Viode, Researcher, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France Objectives.  –  Starting from an approach cross attachment theory and psychodynamic theory [1], this study analyses the quality of the relationship among professionals (family assistants and educators) and the child […]

Helene Join-Lambert, Researcher, Université Paris Nanterre, France  Benjamin Denecheau, Researcher, Université Paris Est Créteil, France  Pierrine Robin, Researcher, Université Paris Est Créteil, France  Sandrine Dottori, Chargée de mission, SOS Village d’Enfants, France Our presentation draws from a research conducted in 2016-2017 on Children’s Villages in France, which have implemented a program for better supporting children’s school education. Children’s Villages are specialized in looking after brothers […]

Aoife O’higgins, PhD student, University of Oxford, UK     The gap between the educational outcomes of children in care and their peers has been well documented in research (O’Higgins, Sebba, & Luke, 2015). But the risk and protective factors underlying this social problem are poorly understood and insufficiently modelled in order to be useful for interventions (Sebba et […]

Andrès Fresno, Researcher, Universidad de Talca, Chile  Rosario Spencer, Researcher, Universidad de Talca, Chile  Patricia Bravo, PhD student, Universidad de Talca, Chile  Camila Espinoza,  Universidad de Talca, Chile  Normative attachment and attachment disorders in non-parental care contexts in Chile It has been reported that children in non-parental care have a higher prevalence of insecure, particularly disorganized attachment, and a higher frequency of attachment disorders (disinhibited or inhibited). However, it is not […]