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The difficulty in evidencing family estrangement to attain statutory finance in UK Higher Education (2019)
Journal Article
Bland, B., & Blake, L. (2020). The difficulty in evidencing family estrangement to attain statutory finance in UK Higher Education. Higher Education Quarterly, 74(4), 531-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12232

Acquiring statutory funding to study in Higher Education brings complex difficulties for UK students under the age of 25 who are estranged from their family, but have not been part of the care system. This paper explores the experiences of 564 estran... Read More about The difficulty in evidencing family estrangement to attain statutory finance in UK Higher Education.

The counseling experiences of individuals who are estranged from a family member (2019)
Journal Article
Blake, L., Bland, B., & Imrie, S. (2020). The counseling experiences of individuals who are estranged from a family member. Family Relations, 69(4), 820-831. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12385

Objective: For the first time, this study explored the counseling experiences of individuals estranged from a family member and the ways in which therapy was helpful, unhelpful, or both. Background: Family relationships are often assumed to be perman... Read More about The counseling experiences of individuals who are estranged from a family member.

“It’s a lifeline”: Generating a sense of social connectedness through befriending parents of disabled children or children with additional need (2019)
Journal Article
Blake, L., Bray, L., & Carter, B. (2019). “It’s a lifeline”: Generating a sense of social connectedness through befriending parents of disabled children or children with additional need. Patient Education and Counseling, 102(12), 2279-2285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.07.012

Objectives This study explored the influence of a parent-to-parent peer support scheme on the wellbeing of parents of disabled children or children with additional need who joined a befriending scheme. Methods A longitudinal concurrent mixed met... Read More about “It’s a lifeline”: Generating a sense of social connectedness through befriending parents of disabled children or children with additional need.