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Attentive to learning? Supporting social workers’ monitoring of learning skills in children placed in foster care

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  • Jacobsen, Charlotte Bredahl
  • Koustrup, Cecilie
  • Sjö, Nina Madsen

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There is a high and increasing awareness in the Nordic countries of the disadvantaged educational positions of children placed in out-of-home care. Accompanied by a political quest for solutions, this has had an impact on social workers’ responsibilities, widening their primary focus on wellbeing to include learning. However, social workers in Denmark do not have a strong tradition of monitoring learning for children placed in out-of-home care, nor are they trained in methods of assessing educational performance.

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  • Jacobsen, Charlotte Bredahl & Koustrup, Cecilie & Sjö, Nina Madsen, 2024. "Attentive to learning? Supporting social workers’ monitoring of learning skills in children placed in foster care," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:162:y:2024:i:c:s0190740924002627
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107690
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