Academic Underachievement and Exclusion of People Who Have Been Looked after in Local Authority Care

Autor/in	Mallon, James
Titel	Academic Underachievement and Exclusion of People Who Have Been Looked after in Local Authority Care
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 10 (2005) 1, S.83-104 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Underachievement; At Risk Students; Foreign Countries; Academic Achievement; Access to Education; Educational Policy; Foster Care; Adoption; Child Development; Coping; Disadvantaged Youth; Residential Institutions; Interviews; Parent Child Relationship; Rejection (Psychology); Alcohol Abuse; Parent Influence; Family Violence; Child Abuse; Death; Sexual Abuse; Suicide; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Behavior Disorders; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Alcoholism; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Ausland; Schulleistung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Pflegehilfe; Kindesentwicklung; Bewältigung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Wohnumgebung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ablehnung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Sexueller Missbrauch; Selbstmord; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Alkoholismus; Jugendstrafvollzug; Großbritannien
Abstract	Although higher education for 50% of all school leavers by 2010 is the stated aim of the United Kingdom government, it is clear that initiatives aimed at widening access do not reach those most in need. This is nowhere more true than in the case of people who have spent all or part of their childhood in the care of local authorities, and who appear to be the most excluded category of all. This applies to further education too. For professionals concerned with facilitating wider access to higher education, this problem should present a challenge. However, taking on that challenge is not without difficulties. Obtaining access to these excluded people is often not easy, as they leave care and lose touch with their former carers almost always. Once contact has been established it is important for professionals to be aware of the range of possible risk factors which have affected the person before he or she was placed in care, during time in care, and after leaving care. This article discusses the effects of a range of risk factors applying to two groups of participants in a wider study, and seeks to identify protective factors that mediate the risk factors, thereby leading to resilience and academic success. (Contains 8 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10