Bigarren Aukerako Ikastetxeak: zubiak baino gehiago

Abstract

Education is a fundamental key to ensure the social inclusion of adolescents and young people, and it is especially important to help young people who have left residential foster care to have a successful future. However, this group faces great challenges in order to achieve successful educational pathways. In this article, Second Chance Schools are presented as a resource to fight against the early dropout of young people leaving residential care, as well as a bridge to inclusion. A qualitative research methodology has been designed. Specifically, interviews were used as a data collection tool. These interviews were carried out with 22 young people who have been released from the protective measure of residential foster care, as well as with 15 professionals from the Second Chance Schools. The results suggest the existence of a series of factors that may hinder the educational itineraries and future inclusion of these young people, such as their characteristics, their social representation, their perspective on education or their participation. However, this study focuses on one of the factors that can facilitate the social and educational inclusion of this group: Second Chance Schools.