Parents' experiences of children's residential care

dc.contributor.author	Pike, Robin Elizabeth	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-15T17:16:17Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-15T17:16:17Z
dc.date.copyright	2001	en_US
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.degree.department	Faculty of Human and Social Development	en_US
dc.degree.level	Master of Arts M.A.	en
dc.description.abstract	This study explores the experiences of parents whose children lived in residential care in terms of the significance of these experiences for group home practice. Using a qualitative inquiry and phenomenological approach, the voices of parents' experiences within residential care were recorded and analyzed. The data were clustered into five overarching categories: Complexity of Parents' Feelings Regarding Placement, The State of Parents at Pre-Placement, The Significance of the Parenting of Parents, Involvement of Parents with Group Homes, and Summarizing the Experience. From these categories five universal themes emerged: the Voices of Emotion, Defeat, Childhood, Participation and Retrospection. The findings suggest that residential programs could be re-focused to meet the needs of both the resident children and their parents. Possible avenues of further research are suggested.
dc.format.extent	79 pages
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1828/19312
dc.rights	Available to the World Wide Web	en_US
dc.title	Parents' experiences of children's residential care	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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