Programme - Workshops, Wednesday 9 July

 

Workshop session 5, 14.00-15.00 workshops


Improving Transitions from Care to Adulthood

Workshop 5.1

- What doesn't kill you makes you stronger: the self-reliant identity as resilience & risk among young adults aging out of foster care - Gina M. Samuels, University of Chicago, USA

- Building a future together: issues & outcomes for transition-aged youth - Peter Dudding, Child Welfare League of Canada, Canada

Workshop 5.2

- Identity exploration in emerging adulthood: how does it apply to at-risk youths? Links between identity status and psychosocial adjustment in emerging adults enrolled in “second chance” educational settings - Julie Marcotte, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

- Aftercare: Pregnant Pathways - Bruce Leslie, Catholic Children's Aid Society, Toronto, Canada

Workshop 5.3

- Transitions to adulthood: the Equip Program - Véronique Noël, Association des Centres Jeunesse du Québec, Canada

- A structural analysis of young people leaving state care in Victoria - Philip Mendes, Monash University, Australia

Workshop 5.4

- How do the child welfare services in Norway work with young people leaving care? - Inger Oterholm, Diakonhjemmet
University College, Norway

- Exit: developing a perspective - Jan Storø, Oslo University College, Norway

Workshop 5.5

- State care as a pathway to homelessness: implications for the transition to adulthood - Nicola Carr, Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland

- Transitioning out of residential care in Jordan: pathways & outcomes - Rawan W. Ibrahim, University of East Anglia, England