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Reflective Fostering Study @fosteringstudy
Joined October 2020
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Recruitment has now closed for the #reflectivefostering study👏Keep an eye out for future posts and keep informed of developments through our dedicated website -annafreud.org/research/curre…
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Anna Freud@annafreuduk
20 May 2025
This Foster Care Fortnight, we’re sharing a new video about our Reflective Fostering Programme. This 10-week group-based programme provides practical tools and support for foster and kinship carers. 🏡 Find out more: youtu.be/MVMEYDIrpjc #FosterCareFortnight
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Rachael Stemp@rachaelstemp
19 Mar 2025
⭐New paper, from the InCLUDE project and @fosteringstudy ⭐ This scoping review looks at who is included in fostering research and how researchers record demographics of their participants doi.org/10.1177/030857592513…

How inclusive and representative is research on foster caring in the UK? Findings from a scoping...

The importance of inclusivity and representation is increasingly recognised in fostering services and within research to ensure that services are meeting the ne...

journals.sagepub.com
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Study data collection is complete! A huge thank you to the 524 incredible participants over the last 4 years. We're excited to start the analysis and share the results in six months!
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We also had a collection of presentations highlighting the array of valuable studies aligned to the #ReflectiveFostering main study....
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Then, we heard from @carol_i_am_not on the Relationship Stories study which explores how engagement in the #reflectivefosteringprogramme helps enhance the carer-child relationship.
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Followed by a fascinating presentation from the process evaluation team on the breadth of studies examining the implementation of the #ReflectiveFostering programme and how it was experienced by those delivering and engaging in it.
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First up, our Chief (Investigator) Prof. Nick Midgley provided an update on the incredible distance travelled since the study began & invited attendees to provide their insights into how best to disseminate (eventual) RFS findings.
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Today we welcome our amazing stakeholder group and supporters to join us in sharing ideas on disseminating the Reflective Fostering Study outcomes and findings from related studies #RFSStakeholderEvent
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Congratulations to our former Research Officer @EASprecher and the team on the release of their insightful children's book on trust within foster and kinship care. Get your copy!
Dr Eva A Sprecher@EASprecher
10 May 2024
I'm over the moon to share that our children's book 'Where Did My Dinosaur Go?' developed from UCL research about trust and foster care is now published and out now with @CoramBAAF
A QR code is provided to a youtube video of an author interview and the front cover of Where Did My Dinosaur Go? is shown

ALT A QR code is provided to a youtube video of an author interview and the front cover of Where Did My Dinosaur Go? is shown
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Are you a parent/carer of a child with special needs and disabilities? Help influence one of @AFNCCF research projects by joining the advisory group. More details here forms.office.com/e/p3EnjEpQ3…
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Great to see Jackie talking about her experiences of the Reflective Fostering Study.
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Team #ReflectiveFostering is happy to announce that the 'Square Peg in Round Hole' toolkit is InCLUDEd on the #NIHR website (link below). Informed by the experience of underserved #fostercarers and #kinshipcarers, the toolkit provides steps for fostering service inclusivity #1
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Please show you care and follow the link to download the toolkit - learningforinvolvement.org.u…… (No more puns, we promise.....) #2
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A massive THANK YOU to Wave 6 participants for completing their 12-month follow-up questionnaires, and to those who participated in Wave 8, who have completed their 4-month questionnaires - we received a fantastic completion rate of 85% !! 🥳😊#ReflectiveFostering
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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary
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Rachael Stemp@rachaelstemp
6 Oct 2023
Have you read/used the "square peg in a round hole" toolkit for including underserved carers in fostering services (inc. male and #kinship carers)? It's full of shared experience from carers, and "small step" practical tools, plus questions for reflection/supervision!
Reflective Fostering Study@fosteringstudy
6 Oct 2023
For #KinshipCareWeek, we wish to share the InCLUDE project's toolkit, which can help fostering services think about how to be more inclusive of kinship carers. Please share to further increase its reach and impact to support meaningful change 😊 d1uw1dikibnh8j.cloudfront.ne…
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For #KinshipCareWeek, we wish to share the InCLUDE project's toolkit, which can help fostering services think about how to be more inclusive of kinship carers. Please share to further increase its reach and impact to support meaningful change 😊 d1uw1dikibnh8j.cloudfront.ne…

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We are delighted to share an amazing study update in celebration of #KinshipCareWeek ☺️
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