The master's thesis deals with the topic of youth experience of the last period of stay in the residential institution. The theoretical part defines the out-of-family care of adolescents in Slovenia. The work focuses on the last period of stay and the experience of adolescents before departure from a residential institution. The following is a research problem: research/learn about how young people experience the period before the end of their stay in the residential institution. The research is qualitative, as it includes partially structured interviews. Six young people from one of the residential institutions in Slovenia were interviewed. Interviews are coded and analyzed with qualitative content analysis. The research contributes to the findings in the field of youth experience of the last period of stay in the residential institution, which can be transferred into practice in direct work with adolescents who are at the transition from out-of-family care into a more independent way of life.
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