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Ian Sinclair
Researcher at University of York
Publications - 61
Citations - 2350
Ian Sinclair is an academic researcher from University of York. The author has contributed to research in topics: Foster care & Social work. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 61 publications receiving 2267 citations. Previous affiliations of Ian Sinclair include University of Oxford.
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Foster Children: Where They Go and How They Get On
Ian Sinclair,Ian Gibbs +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a case study of the bias in sweeping and sample bias in sweep 3 and sampling bias in Sweep 4 to understand what makes a difference in leaving foster care and living independently.
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Matches and Mismatches: The Contribution of Carers and Children to the Success of Foster Placements
Ian Sinclair,Kate Wilson +1 more
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The trouble with foster care: the impact of stressful 'events' on foster carers
TL;DR: The first stages of a large-scale longitudinal study into foster care with 'looked after' children was carried out by as discussed by the authors, which used data supplied by 950 foster carers in response to a postal questionnaire designed to document the proportions who had experienced one or more of six potentially stressful "events": breakdowns or disruptions, allegations, relationship with birth parents, family tensions, "tug of love" cases, and other disagree ments with social services.
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An exemplary scheme? An evaluation of the integrated children's system
Ian Shaw,Margaret Bell,Ian Sinclair,Patricia Sloper,Wendy Mitchell,Paul Dyson,Jasmine Clayden,Jackie Rafferty +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline selected central results from a formative evaluation of four pilot sites in England and Wales of the Integrated Children's System (ICS) and recommend a review of the ICS on the grounds that the difficulties are inherent rather than transitory.