Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 August 2011
Robert J., Flynn , Nicholas G., Tessier
We tested selected promotive and risk factors as concurrent predictors of educational attainment, educational aspirations, and participation in education, training, or employment among young people enrolled in Extended Care and Maintenance (ECM) in Ontario, Canada. ECM is a legislatively established transitional living program that provides financial, instrumental, and emotional support to former youths in care in the province who have had their individualized plans for education, training, or work accepted by their local Children’s Aid Societies. The 406 participants in the research were 18–20years of age and included 230 females (56.7%) and 176 males (43.3%). The data were collected by…