EDUCATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING CARE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE REVIEW IN SPAIN

What is the educational level of young people leaving care? In most countries we can not answer this question There are no systematic or official statistical data except in the case of the United Kingdom in the recent years In this article we do a review of Spanish literature through studies and pro grams that provide direct or indirect data on the education and training level of young people in general population in contrast to children in care or young people leaving care Some of these studies indicate that children in care have a low educational level and an early school leaving in compared with the general population two factors often cited as risk to social exclusion The statistical invisibility related to young people leaving care and specifically referring to his education is accompanied by a shortage of research and programs focusing on the inclusion of young people in various levels of education This review aims to open now a necessary debate