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Within the framework of permanency planning there are two main categories of residential care for children: residential group care for treatment purposes and residential group care as an alternative to foster family care. Based on a study conducted in Scotland, this paper argues that, for some children, residential care may play an important role in encouraging parental access and reunification with children. It may also have a more controversial place for a minority of older children in providing a permanent alternative placement to foster family care that promotes continuing links with families of origin.
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Aldgate, J. Residential care: A reevaluation of a threatened resource. Child Youth Care Forum 16, 48–59 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01086120
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