Children’s Journeys
Approximately 60,000 children in Australia are currently on care and protection orders, with over 45,000 living in OOHC. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are extremely over-represented; in Queensland they make up around half of all children in OOHC despite comprising a small proportion of the child population. Existing research has established poorer long-term outcomes for children in care but has rarely followed children longitudinally, incorporated children’s and parents’ voices in depth, or examined how cultural identity and connection can be supported over time.
Podcast
Project overview
Hosted by Dr Laura Simpson Reeves
Understanding the social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care
with Dr Iryna Kolesnikova and Professor Janeen Baxter
Hearing the voices of children in out-of-home care
with Associate Professor Jemma Venables and Associate Professor Jenny Povey
Hearing the voices of parents who have been involved in out-of-home care
Professor Karen Healy and Dr Madonna Boman