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Educational pathways in and out of child and youth care. The importance of orientation frameworks that guide care leavers' actions along their educational pathway

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  • Groinig, Maria
  • Sting, Stephan

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The increasing importance of higher levels of formal education and training leads to an extended transition phase to adulthood while care leavers are confronted with new disadvantages and with a lack of political and societal attention in Austria. Despite the absence of educational support by parents and the limited support by child and youth care workers relating to the early end of youth welfare service some of the interviewed care leavers are striving for long-standing educational pathways. Educational aspirations and achievements of care leavers seem to be linked to orientation frameworks which influence their agency and social practice in general. Relevant orientations are the quest for social and emotional care and the quest for individual responsibility, autonomy and self-determination. Our research reveals that peers act as a central source of social and emotional care in the shape of social recognition, support and belonging. For that reason they have a major influence on educational careers.

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  • Groinig, Maria & Sting, Stephan, 2019. "Educational pathways in and out of child and youth care. The importance of orientation frameworks that guide care leavers' actions along their educational pathway," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 101(C), pages 42-49.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:101:y:2019:i:c:p:42-49
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.03.037
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    1. Pedro Alemán Ramos & Paula Morales Almeida & Miriam Brito Sánchez, 2024. "The Transition to Adulthood from the Perspective of Former Foster Youth: A Socio-Educational Approach," Societies, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-17, August.
    2. Hagleitner, Wolfgang & Sting, Stephan & Maran, Thomas, 2022. "Socio-economic status and living situation of care leavers in Austria," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    3. Bakketeig, Elisiv & Boddy, Janet & Gundersen, Tonje & Østergaard, Jeanette & Hanrahan, Fidelma, 2020. "Deconstructing doing well; what can we learn from care experienced young people in England, Denmark and Norway?," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).

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