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Voices from the Silentn Cradles: Life Histories of Romania's Looked- After Children
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
Structure of the book
2 Romania: what underlay the orphan crisis
Children's institutionalisation policy before 1989
The orphanage crisis and the response from the West
Romania's accession into the European Union
a game changer
3 Where do children go when they can't stay with their families?
Introduction
What do we know about residential care?
What do we know about foster care?
Is adoption the gold standard in child protection?
The controversy of intercountry adoption
Are some types of placement better than others?
So, what are we missing?
4 Childhoods in care
Introduction
The young people in the study
Recruitment from residential care
Recruitment of research participants with foster care experience
Recruitment for research of domestic adoption
Recruitment for research into intercountry adoption
Visualising care trajectories
UNCRC and the protection of children in care
Young people's experiences in residential care
Young people's experiences in small group homes
Young people's experiences in foster care
Growing up as an adoptee in Romania
'The rescued orphans': growing up in intercountry adoption
Experiences across the different types of care
5 Teen years in care and their ways out
Introduction
Adolescence and embarking into adulthood from residential care
Adolescence and embarking into adulthood from foster care
Adolescence and embarking into adulthood as an adoptee in Romania
A few final remarks
6 Exploring life trajectories: what mattered to them
Introduction
Exploring outcomes and features of residential care
Exploring outcomes and features of foster care
Exploring outcomes and features of adoption
What mattered in the end?
Reflecting on 'becoming' after care
7 The benefit of hindsight: learning for policy and practice
Implications for further research and practice
Can we get 'care' right and if so, how?
Moving away from where children in care live to how they live
The deinstitutionalisation policy: a red herring?
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
Back Cover
Voices from the Silentn Cradles: Life Histories of Romania's Looked- After Children
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
Structure of the book
2 Romania: what underlay the orphan crisis
Children's institutionalisation policy before 1989
The orphanage crisis and the response from the West
Romania's accession into the European Union
a game changer
3 Where do children go when they can't stay with their families?
Introduction
What do we know about residential care?
What do we know about foster care?
Is adoption the gold standard in child protection?
The controversy of intercountry adoption
Are some types of placement better than others?
So, what are we missing?
4 Childhoods in care
Introduction
The young people in the study
Recruitment from residential care
Recruitment of research participants with foster care experience
Recruitment for research of domestic adoption
Recruitment for research into intercountry adoption
Visualising care trajectories
UNCRC and the protection of children in care
Young people's experiences in residential care
Young people's experiences in small group homes
Young people's experiences in foster care
Growing up as an adoptee in Romania
'The rescued orphans': growing up in intercountry adoption
Experiences across the different types of care
5 Teen years in care and their ways out
Introduction
Adolescence and embarking into adulthood from residential care
Adolescence and embarking into adulthood from foster care
Adolescence and embarking into adulthood as an adoptee in Romania
A few final remarks
6 Exploring life trajectories: what mattered to them
Introduction
Exploring outcomes and features of residential care
Exploring outcomes and features of foster care
Exploring outcomes and features of adoption
What mattered in the end?
Reflecting on 'becoming' after care
7 The benefit of hindsight: learning for policy and practice
Implications for further research and practice
Can we get 'care' right and if so, how?
Moving away from where children in care live to how they live
The deinstitutionalisation policy: a red herring?
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
Back Cover