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A widely agreed fact is that the early years of a child’s life can be a strong predictor of their development, but an often-forgotten category of children is Looked-After Children (LAC) (Harvard University, 2022). A generally agreed definition of a looked-after child is a child who is being or has been cared for by the local authority e.g. in a foster home or residential children’s homes, for more than 24 hours (NSPCC, 2022).
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This page is a summary of: Remembering the forgotten: Why we need to focus on looked-after children, Early Years Educator, October 2023, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/eyed.2023.24.3.38.
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