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The first three chapters of this book have considered how care-leavers make sense of their records and the impact they have on them. The focus has been on the content of the records. Now, we turn to the process of accessing records and their release. In this chapter, we consider care-leavers’ awareness of the existence of their records, the way records can be found, the time it takes, and the costs involved. These matters can be impediments to care-leavers accessing their records. This chapter considers how to minimise these barriers and enable care-leavers to take their first steps in accessing their records.
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Murray, S. (2017). Helping Care-Leavers to Find Their Records. In: Finding Lost Childhoods. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57138-6_5
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