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Ian Sinclair Following a first degree in philosophy and ancient history Ian Sinclair worked in secondary teaching, probation, social services, counselling and industrial and social research. He was director of research at the National Institute for Social Work from 1977 to 1989 when he became first Professor of Social Work and then (In 1996) co-director of the Social Work Research and Development Unit at the University of York where he is still an emeritus Professor. Since retirement in 2006 he has worked on a mixed randomised and observational evaluation of the English implementation of Multi-dimensional Treatment Foster Care and has provided consultancy to the Rees Centre at the University of Oxford. His ideas reflect this career, but also the influence of his late wife, a trained social worker, who also at times ran a residential unit, worked as a foster carer and took in homeless adults and young people. He has published books and articles on, among other things, foster care and residential care for young people and the operation of the English care system. |
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Carme Montserrat Dr Carme Montserrat is deputy dean in the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the University of Girona (Spain). She is tenured professor at this Faculty since 2006 and also a researcher in the Research Team on Childhood, Adolescence, Children's rights and their Quality of Life (ERIDIqv) within the Research Institute on Quality of Life (IRQV) at the University. She has given teaching at the degrees of Psychology and Social Education, and also at different master's, post-degree and doctoral programs. She has also collaborated with the Science Education Institute at the University of Girona in the training of professors. She acquired her PhD in 2006 from the University of Girona, having previously worked in the welfare system in the city of Barcelona as well as being consultant with the Council of Europe. Her main areas of research are related to social services and children and adolescence in public care using quantitative and qualitative methodology. She has authored and co-authored some books and chapters, and has published several papers in prestigious national and international journals and as well as communications presented to national and international conferences. She also participated in the EU 7FP focused on Young people leaving care and their pathways to education from 2008 to 2010 and in the Children's worlds, an international survey of children's well-being with 13 countries (2013-14). She did a research visit for 6 months in 2011 in the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of York and for 3 months in 2012 in the Instituto de Psicologia de la Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre (Brasil). She is a member of the International Association of Outcome-Based Evaluation and Research on Family and Children's Services (iaOBER). Dra. Carme Montserrat Boada |
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Robbie Gilligan De-institutionalisation in child welfare in Ireland - what influenced the journey from institutions to family placement? Professor Robbie Gilligan is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin, where he is also Associate Director (and co-founder) of the Children's Research Centre. He is a member of the Board of the European Scientific Association for Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents. Robbie has been a social worker (in foster care and related fields), youth worker, foster carer and board member of residential care centres for children and young people. He has published widely on children and young people in care and other child - related topics, often with a particular focus on foster care practices and policy development He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the journals: Child Abuse and Neglect, Child and Family Social Work, Children and Society, Child Indicators Research and International Journal of Child and Family Welfare. Some recent publications include:
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Cinzia Canali Cinzia Canali has a Degree in Statistics, University of Padua. Since 1992 she has been working as researcher at the Fondazione «E. Zancan» (Padova, Italy). Area Evaluation and research: Since starting work at the Fondazione, she has been involved in projects related to evaluative research and evaluation of services, with particular attention to children and families services. Recent projects are: Risk for children (Ministry of Welfare and six regions, 2009-2010 and 2011-2012); Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years - Investing in the Development of Young Children and Low-Income Families (2013-2015); Assessing the outcomes for children living in poverty (Save the children, 2013); INTESYS: Together - Supporting vulnerable children through integrated early childhood services (2015-2018); Childhood, First - a national experimentation in Italy (2016-2018). Area Social Exclusion: collaboration on the National report on poverty and social exclusion that is annually published by Il Mulino. She is founding member and President of the International Association for Outcome-based Evaluation and Research on Family and Children's Services and she is involved in the coordination of its activities (research, annual activities, joint publications). Recent Publications in English (chronological order):
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Vânia Pinto Different countries, different perspectives? A cross-country comparison of the factors that are associated with successful foster placements Vânia Pinto is a PhD student in Education at the Rees Centre, Department of Education, University of Oxford, with research in the field of placement success. She has a degree in Psychological Sciences and a master degree in Clinical Psychology, at ISPA - University Institute, in Portugal. Postgraduate programmes on "Protection of Minors", at the Faculty of Law - University of Coimbra, and on "Data Analysis in the Social Science", in ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, both in Portugal. Worked for six years as clinical psychologist at a Charity - AMI, Assistência Médica Internacional. She is a collaborator researcher at InEd-Center for Research and Innovation in Education, School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Main areas of research: child protection systems, foster care, indicators of placement success. Recent publications:
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Isabel Soares Full Professor, School of Pychology, Research Center of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal PI of the Attachment Research Group with funded research projects on the effects of institutionalization and quality of care on child development
International publications on the effects of institutionalization and quality of care on child development
National publications on the effects of institutionalization and quality of care on child development
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| Maria Ducharne Prof. Auxiliar da Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto Licenciada, Mestre e Doutorada em Psicologia pela Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto. Regente da Unidade Curricular de Adoção e Institucionalização, do 4º ano do Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia Ultimas publicações:
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