‘We need to understand what’s going on because it’s our life’: Using sandboxing to understand children and young people’s everyday conversations about care

Debbie L Watson; Eleanor Staples; Katie Riches

doi:10.1111/chso.12432

‘We need to understand what’s going on because it’s our life’: Using sandboxing to understand children and young people’s everyday conversations about care

Debbie L Watson^*, Eleanor Staples, Katie Riches

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Abstract

Children and young people who live away from birth families (through adoption or being in care) need an understanding of their life story, including reasons for removal from birth family to process what has happened to them and to develop a secure identity. We report data produced with care experienced children and young people using a creative sandboxing method capturing hopes and fears for conversations about care in sand scenes. The themes presented emphasise the need for care-experienced children and young people to be supported to engage in ‘difficult conversations’ about their lives in warm, open and responsive ways.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	663-679
Number of pages	17
Journal	Children & Society
Volume	35
Issue number	5
Early online date	14 Dec 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12432
Publication status	Published - 9 Aug 2021

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Funding Information:
We wish to thank the children and young people who participated and co‐produced the data presented in the article and to thank the staff of the adoption agency and Local Authority who assisted in recruiting and supporting the children and young people. Funding for the research was provided by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the University of Bristol Impact Acceleration Account: ES/M500410/1.

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© 2020 National Children's Bureau and John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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SPS Children and Families Research Centre

Keywords

agency
care experienced
conversations
identity
life story
sandbox

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Supporting the creative use of technology to improve life story work for vulnerable children: trove as a case example from REACT
Watson, D. L. (Principal Investigator), Cater, K. F. (Co-Principal Investigator), Meineck, C. (Collaborator), Metcalfe, T. (Researcher) & Hahn, R. (Researcher)
23/01/17 → 22/10/18
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In: Children & Society, Vol. 35, No. 5, 09.08.2021, p. 663-679.

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‘We need to understand what’s going on because it’s our life’: Using sandboxing to understand children and young people’s everyday conversations about care

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