Children within the welfare system: children’s experiences living in long-term residential care in Lithuania

Abstract

This research aims to examine children’s experiences living in long-term residential care in Lithuania by giving children a ‘voice’ to narrate on their experiences living in long-term residential care. By leaning on previous international research conducted with children, this research aims to enable children to ‘talk’ and let them represent themselves for themselves. The research will produce new knowledge about children’s position in the Lithuanian child welfare system by examining their own perspectives and lived experiences.