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The Journey Of Hope On The Road To Resilience: Former Residents' Experiences In Child Care Facilities, Giavana F H Jones
The Journey Of Hope On The Road To Resilience: Former Residents' Experiences In Child Care Facilities, Giavana F H Jones
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When children are placed in out-of-home care, they are spared from further dangers associated with their home life. However, due to a number of other risk factors, children placed in out-of-home care, as a group, have typically had less positive outcomes than their counterparts. Nevertheless, even in the presence of various challenges, there are individuals who are raised in out-of-home care who do excel and overcome their challenges. In this study, ten young adults, between the ages of 18-31, were engaged in interviews where they shared the good and bad experiences of living in child care facilities in The Bahamas …
Hope And Strengths Within Adaptive Sailing: Narratives From The Queen's Quay Disabled Sailing Program, James Anderson
Hope And Strengths Within Adaptive Sailing: Narratives From The Queen's Quay Disabled Sailing Program, James Anderson
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I explored how participants were transformed through their interactions with each other and within an adaptive sailing program using a Hope and Strengths Perspective underpinned by the Duality of Structure. Through 12 semi-structured interviews with six sailors, four volunteers and two staff members in the Queen’s Quay Disabled Sailing Program (QQDSP), I examined participants’ experiences and how the QQDSP’s structures facilitated those experiences. Participants described their overall experiences in terms of independence and a sense of community. They developed new strengths and enhanced existing strengths by overcoming challenges and through access to resources and community support. Subsequently, participants used their …