“There is an invisible social wall between children in care and the community” : an interview
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Abstract:
Emmanuel Sherwin spent his childhood in out-of-home care in Ireland as of the age of 4: first in kinship foster care, then in residential care. Now 24, he is Youth Chairperson for the International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO) and a vocal advocate for change in attitudes and practice regarding alternative care solutions. As Emmanuel would say, “if you’re doing market research, you don’t survey the producers, you talk to the consumers.” So for the “In Practice” section of this ECM, rather than interview the head of an out-of-home care programme, we chose to put our questions to Emmanuel.
Authors:
Sherwin, E.
Country:
Ireland
Category:
General
End Page:
36
Serial number:
105
ISSN:
1387-9553
Journal:
Early Childhood Matters
Keywords:
children
,
infrastructure
,
policy
Language:
eng
Organization:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Year:
2005
Region:
Western Europe
Right:
© 2005 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Subject:
Social and Political Change
Start Page:
32
Title:
“There is an invisible social wall between children in care and the community” : an interview