1. Basic Conditions for Support of Young Carers in School: A Secondary Analysis of the Perspectives of Young Carers, Parents, Teachers, and Counselors.
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Kaiser, Steffen, Siegemund-Johannsen, Steffen, Schulze, Gisela C., and Spittel, Anna-Maria
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SCHOOL environment ,SECONDARY analysis ,QUALITATIVE research ,CHILDREN of parents with disabilities ,INTERVIEWING ,PARENT attitudes ,SERVICES for caregivers ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,THEMATIC analysis ,COLLEGE teacher attitudes ,ATTITUDES of medical personnel ,RESEARCH methodology ,PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers ,SOCIAL support ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,CAREGIVER attitudes ,SCHOOL health services ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Young carers face a variety of challenges at school. While schools can be vital places of support, the assistance they receive at school often seems selective and fails to consider the unique life situations of individual students. This paper examines the perspective of multiple actors in the student's school environment and explores how schools can develop comprehensive, sustainable support systems for young carers—systems that consider and involve as many actors as possible in the student's school environment. In a secondary analysis of two interview studies, we analyzed how young carers as well as their parents, teachers, and school counsellors perceived the school support the carers received. We then developed an integrated model that incorporates these differing perspectives. The model offers an approach for implementing low-threshold support for young carers within existing school structures in relation to their family situation and outlines conditions that can support both recognized and "invisible" young carers, as well as other students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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