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Title: Breaking the silence on special needs children in foster care: The diversity of children in foster care, carers and processes
Author: Fuentes-Peláez, Núria
Montserrat Boada, Carme
Sitjes-Figueras, Rosa
Crous Parcerisas, Gemma
Keywords: Infants acollits
Atenció a la infància i a l'adolescència
Infants desfavorits
Infants amb discapacitat
Foster children
Child welfare
Children with social disabilities
Children with disabilities
Issue Date: 4-Oct-2021
Publisher: Wiley
Abstract: This study aims to advance the understanding of children with special needs in foster care by identifying the characteristics, processes, and outcomes of their placement. The study uses a quantitative approach to identify 190 children with special needs (registered) from among 2,157 foster children in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, Spain and examines key data covering 2008 to 2018. The results show that children with special needs are overrepresented in placements with single-parent foster carers (mainly women), raising questions about the extent to which the care system takes the complexity of special needs into account.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12510
It is part of: Children & Society, 2021, vol. 36, num. 2, p. 183-200
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/185180
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12510
ISSN: 0951-0605
Appears in Collections:Articles publicats en revistes (Mètodes d'Investigació i Diagnòstic en Educació)

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