Adopted children's co-production and use of 'trove' (a digitally enhanced memory box) to better understand their care histories through precious objects
Researchers developed a digitally enhanced memory box called trove with children and piloted ten boxes with adopted children in England. Children could store meaningful objects and link them to recorded memories. The paper examines this approach to life story work and children’s involvement in its design. The abstract identifies the trial but does not describe its specific findings.
Limitations: A small prototype pilot cannot establish effectiveness. Specific findings are not stated in the abstract and are therefore not supplied in this summary. Related trove publications are part of the same development programme, rather than independent replications.
- Research type
- Participatory design / pilot study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: children
Adoption context: Adoption from public care
Programme: Bristol trove memory-box research
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoptee voice, digital life story work, identity, life stories, life story work, participation
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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- Adoptee involvement
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Entry: study_0624ded087cd42ca