Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 25 No 1
Welcome to the spring 2026 issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care. In this issue we feature a wide range of original research articles, shorter articles and several book reviews of classic and new texts, on a wide variety of topics linked to residential child care.
Our next issue will publish in autumn 2026.
You can also download your full copy of the journal.
Editorial
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| Introduction to the spring 2026 issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care | Graham Connelly |
Original Research Articles
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| Life course health and mental health of care experienced adults after age 30: A scoping review | Amanda Keller, Yunung Lee, Nikki Tummon & Michael Mackenzie |
| Violence in residential child care: A review of a symposium on practitioner experiences | Sydney Guinchard & Danny Henderson |
| Adjusting the volume: The paradoxical experience of secure care for autistic young people | Charlotte Wilson |
| At the crossroads of disadvantage: An intersectional analysis of the Scottish data on care | Kerr Lumsden |
Short Articles
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| Opening doors or building cages? Looping effects of diagnosis in residential child care: A phenomenological account | Marx Petrus Gertenbach |
| Risk it for a dog biscuit | Ross Buchanan |
| Upholding rights to health, reducing risk to health and improving health outcomes in collaboration: A ‘Health Safety Check’ service for infants, children and young people in care in a health board area in Scotland | Andrea McKeown, Laura Doherty, Claire McMorland, and Jane Gibson |
| It’s football, but not as we know it: Twenty-five years of connection and competence | Phil Coady |
Historic Book Reviews
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| A Glasgow Gang Observed By James Patrick | Ian Macfadyen |
| Kids at the Door & Kids at the Door Revisited By Bob Holman | Graham Connelly |
| Stuart: A Life Backwards By Alexander Masters | Emma Astra |
| Somebody Else’s Kids By Torey Hayden | Leanne McIver |
Book Reviews
Kilbrandon Lecture
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| Why common-sense need not be complicated: Creating heartfelt, humble, and humanising responses to extra-familial harm | Carlene Firmin |
Identity and Belonging for Caregivers
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| Relational practice professional identity and a lifelong committment to care | John Ryan |
