Adult Care Leavers Speak Out

Duncalf, Z. (2010). Listen up!: adult care leavers speak out: the views of 310 care leavers aged 17-78. Care Leavers Association. Zachari Duncalf's reports on the experiences of care leavers across the lifespan. Duncalf's report surprises by revealing that more care leavers reported residential care as a positive experience than viewed foster care as positive. Also, care leavers, while often perceived as under achieving educationally, frequently returned to education in later years to gain qualifications.