Session: OS-17
Family Reunification

Chair

Elaine Farmer

Time

11:00 - 12:30 on Thursday, 15th of September 2016

Venue

Sala 2

11:00

Who returns home? Study on placement outcomes of Flemish foster children

Johan Vanderfaeillie (Vrije Universiteit Brussel /), Frank Van Holen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel /), Skrallan De Maeyer (Vrije Universiteit Brussel /), Laurence Belenger (Vrije Universiteit Brussel /), Laura Gypen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel /)
11:15

Outreach support for young people in care transitioning to independence or returning to live with their birth parents: experiences and outcomes

Clare Lushey (Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University), Georgia Hyde-Dryden (Loughborough University), Lisa Holmes (Loughborough University)
11:30

Family reunification after short term out-of - home placement: mothers' perspective

Dalija Snieškienė (Vytautas Magnus University), Daiva Kepežinskienė (Kaunas city social service center)
11:45

Reuniting children with their biological families after out-of-home care. A pilot project investigating their everyday life and challenges.

Kirstine Karmsteen (SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research)
12:00

Increasing the Impact of Research on Practice: Developing, Implementing and Evaluating a Reunification Practice Framework

Elaine Farmer (University of Bristol), Mandy Wilkins (NSPCC)