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Who Cares... about looked-after children's education? A guide for foster carers (LIMITED STOCK)
A clear and accessible guide to enable foster carers to support looked-after children in their learning and inspire them to achieve.
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The common link for those who succeed despite their care experience is a supportive role model who has faith in the young person's abilities.
As a foster carer, naturally you want to do the very best for the children you look after. Helping them to get the most out of their education is vital so they can have the opportunities they deserve.
Who Cares... about looked-after children's education, a guide for foster carers explains to how support a child in care through every step of their educational career - from finding pre-school provision to choosing a college or university - including what extra support they are entitled to and how to tackle problems that arise.
This accessible guide will tell you about:
- How the school system works – things like key stages and exams.
- The support available to help with looked-after children’s education.
- The support you can give the child as a foster carer.
- The support available for children with behavioural problems and special educational needs.
- Appealing against decisions and making complaints.
"If you already have school-age children you are probably fairly familiar with the way things work. But if you’re new to the system you may be rather surprised by how schools operate these days.
It’s very different to the schooling system many of us remember, where we sat in rows and spent much of the lesson listening to the teacher or working from a text book. These days schools are very geared up to encouraging children to get involved in interactive learning, to research information for themselves, work on projects with classmates and learn through hands-on approaches."
(An excerpt from the guide)
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“Who Cares… about looked-after children’s education is excellent in quality style and content. I love it and will certainly use it as a guide as I myself attempt to search for the ‘right’ school for my foster daughter.” (Beverley Douglas, foster carer)
“Who Cares… about looked-after children’s education is a well-designed and carefully written ‘everything you need to know’ guide, and I can’t think of a single question about the education of children in care that it leaves unanswered.” (David Stockwell, foster carer and secondary school teacher)
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Author: The Who Cares? Trust
Release date: 2010
Format: A4 paperback
Pages: 80
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