School Engagement and Youth Who Run Away from Care: The Need for Cross-System Collaboration.

Autor/inn/en	Skyles, Ada; Smithgall, Cheryl; Howard; Eboni
Institution	Chicago Univ., IL. Chapin Hall Center for Children.
Titel	School Engagement and Youth Who Run Away from Care: The Need for Cross-System Collaboration.
Quelle	(2007), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Public Education; Educational Experience; Educational Opportunities; Child Welfare; Foster Care; Student Participation; Runaways; Interviews; Caregivers; Attitude Measures; Caseworkers; Child Abuse; Child Neglect; Environmental Influences; Attendance Patterns; Academic Achievement; Special Education; Urban Areas; African Americans; Adolescents; School Attitudes; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungserfahrung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Kindeswohl; Pflegehilfe; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Ausreißer; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindesvernachlässigung; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Schulleistung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Urban area; Stadtregion; Afroamerikaner; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	In 2004, Chapin Hall researchers conducted a study to learn why youth ran way from substitute care (Courtney, et al., 2005). As part of the study, qualitative interviews were conducted with 46 youth who had run away from care and 16 professionals and foster parents who worked with these youth. Although the youth were not prompted with specific questions about school, their comments yielded a number of insights regarding the significance of school to them, some of the personal circumstances that influenced their attendance and achievement, and aspects of the structure and functioning of the child welfare and education systems that they identified as important to their successful engagement with school. The professionals provided their perspective on the importance of education for the youth and on how the child welfare and education systems could promote better educational outcomes for them. Also in 2004, Chapin Hall researchers conducted a study examining the educational experiences of youth in out-of-home care. As part of this study, caseworkers, foster parents, and school staff were interviewed about children's educational environments and how experiences of abuse and neglect and of being in out-of-home care might impact their education. Topics targeted by the interview protocol were selected based on preliminary findings from analyses of administrative data. These topics included academic performance, attendance, school mobility, and special education, and participants were asked to describe their experiences and roles with respect to students in care with whom they worked. [This report was also funded in part by WGN-TV Children's Charities.] (Author).
Anmerkungen	Chapin Hall Center for Children. 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 773-753-5900; Fax: 773-753-5940; Web site: http://www.chapinhall.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10