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Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 13, No. 2, 221-233 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1359104507088344
© 2008 SAGE Publications

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties of Children and Young People at Entry into Care

Joe Sempik

Loughborough University, UK, j.sempik{at}lboro.ac.uk

Harriet Ward

Loughborough University, UK

Iain Darker

Loughborough University, UK

Emotional and behavioural difficulties of a sample of children and young people were identified at the point of entry to local authority care by analysis of social work case files. The files indicated high levels of need, including that in children aged under 5. Bedwetting was identified as an important issue related to the physical health and emotional well-being of looked-after children. There was an association between bedwetting and emotional and behavioural problems. Analysis of placement types at entry to care showed that significantly more boys than girls were first placed in residential care.

Key Words: emotional difficulties • local authority care • looked-after children


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