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Young people with learning difficulties who go to residential special schools and colleges are a highly vulnerable group, often living a long way from home. Transition towards adulthood requires careful planning and support for both young people and their families. Despite national policy and guidance in this area, this paper suggests that young people with learning difficulties in out of area placements are being failed at transition and face huge uncertainty. Drawing on empirical research with 15 young people, their families, and the professionals that support them, this paper outlines data on outcomes for the young people at one stage of their transition to adulthood and examines why so few were being supported to achieve goals of employment and independent living.
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