Children and Young People `Looked After'?

List of figures and tables List of contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction - Dawn Mannay, Alyson Rees and Louise Roberts I. Education and policy intervention 2. Charting the rise of children and young people looked after in Wales - Martin Elliott 3. Educational interventions for children and young people in care: A review of outcomes, implementation and acceptability - Gwyther Rees, Rachel Brown, Phil Smith and Rhiannon Evans 4. Exploring the educational attainment and achievement of children who are `looked after' in formal kinship care - Rebecca C. Pratchett and Paul Rees 5. Promoting the education of children in care: Reflections of children and carers who have experienced `success' - Paul Rees and Amy Munro 6. Transitions from care to higher education: A case study of a young person's journey - Gemma Allnatt II. The culture of care and the everyday lives of children and young people 7. The daily lived experiences of foster care: The centrality of food and touch in family life - Alyson Rees 8. The natural environment and its benefits for children and young people looked after - Holly Gordon 9. Factors that promote positive supervised birth family contact for children in care - Joanne Pye and Paul Rees 10. Yet another change: The experience of movement for children and young people looked after - Rebecca Girling 11. `A family of my own': When young people in and leaving state care become parents in Wales - Louise Roberts III. Participatory, qualitative and collaborative approaches 12. Positionality and reflexivity: Conducting qualitative interviews with parents who adopt children from foster care - Claire Palmer 13. Sandboxes, stickers and superheroes: Employing creative techniques to explore the aspirations and experiences of children and young people who are looked after - Dawn Mannay and Eleanor Staples 14. A view from a Pupil Referral Unit: Using participatory methods with young people in an education setting - Phil Smith 15. Enabling care-experienced young people's participation in research: CASCADE Voices - Eleanor Staples, Louise Roberts, Jennifer Lyttleton-Smith, Sophie Hallett and CASCADE Voices 16. Lights, camera, action: Translating research findings into policy and practice impacts with music, film and artwork - Dawn Mannay, Louisa Roberts, Eleanor Staples and Ministry of Life IV. Conclusion 17 Conclusion - Dawn Mannay, Alyson Rees and Louise Roberts Index