The experiences of adolescents preparing to leave foster care on the grounds of age in East London.
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2014
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University of Fort Hare
Abstract
Adolescents in the process of leaving foster care often have personal histories characterized by instability and one or more related factors such as poor parenting, separation from their families, poverty, abuse, neglect, abandonment, personal loss and disruptions resulting from displacement. As a result, these adolescents are often unprepared to be released from the support provided by government institutions. As few studies have investigated the experiences of children in foster care in South Africa, the principal aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of adolescents leaving the foster care system in East London, South Africa when they reach the age requiring them to do so.
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SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Social work
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Kadungure,T.M.The experiences of adolescents preparing to leave foster care on the grounds of age in East London.Alice.University of Fort Hare.