Responding to children's ambiguous loss in out ‐of‐home care: The HEAR practice model

This article builds on this work and reports findings of a qualitative study that involved 30 out-of-home care practitioners. Constructivist Grounded Theory was applied to analyse the research data which resulted in the HEAR model that outlines the practice components that out-of-home care practitioners considered important in effectively responding to children's experience of ambiguous loss. These components are (1)Honouring ambiguous loss; (2)Establishing a care community; (3)Attuning to the lack of finality of ambiguous loss and (4)Reducing ambiguity. This article presents research findings that supported the development of the HEAR model, and discusses its implications for out-of-home care practice.

Source: Child and Family Social Work - August 5, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Kenny Kor, Jodie Park, Rashelle Dear, Belinda Fabrianesi Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research