TY - BOOK ID - 85755420 TI - The Children of Looked After Children : Outcomes, Experiences and Ensuring Meaningful Support to Young Parents In and Leaving Care PY - 2021 SN - 144735429X 1447354303 PB - [S.l.] : POLICY PRESS, DB - UniCat KW - Teenage parents KW - Children KW - Children of teenage mothers KW - Services for. KW - Institutional care. KW - Care KW - Services for KW - Institutional care KW - Great Britain. KW - Adolescent parents KW - Parents, Adolescent KW - School-age parents KW - Parents KW - Teenage mothers KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Boys' towns KW - Children's homes KW - Children's villages KW - Foster care, Institutional KW - Homes (Institutions) KW - Child care KW - Child welfare KW - Asylums KW - Residential care UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85755420 AB - EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Based on groundbreaking original research, this book provides a comprehensive account of the issues surrounding pregnancy and parenthood for young people in and leaving care. Featuring the voices of care-experienced parents, together with reflections from practitioners, it offers valuable insights into the issues facing this group. Using qualitative data to explore why parenthood is such an important issue for young people in and leaving care, this book shows what can be learned from their experiences in order to improve outcomes for parents and children in the future. The author highlights the practical and emotional needs of care-experienced parents and gives clear advice for practitioners on how these needs might be better addressed through summary points, practice guidance and recommendations for policy and practice. ER -