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Making better sense of children's trajectories in child protection in France

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  • Séraphin, Gilles
  • Bolter, Flora

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In France, the child protection system – as well as family-related policies in general – links specific interventions and schemes to the recognition of a particular situation: this is usually called the status-based approach. But in child protection, the status-based approach has severe limitations that may affect the quality of care. Piling up a number of statuses does not promote an overall vision of the child, and the evolving, dynamic nature of a child's development and history tends to disappear in a framework that relies heavily on ascertained, stable situations. Practitioners have started to develop tools to work with the children and families over time and in a more holistic manner, but these developments need to be mainstreamed and to be mirrored in administrative practices and at policy level to really take into account life trajectories.

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  • Séraphin, Gilles & Bolter, Flora, 2017. "Making better sense of children's trajectories in child protection in France," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 145-148.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:73:y:2017:i:c:p:145-148
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.11.032
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