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• There is a lack of consensus and clarity in definitions used to describe children who run away or are forced to leave home or substitute care ‘A variety of terms are used in practice and in the literature to describe running away and the experiences associated with it – for example, missing persons, absconders, runaways, thrownaways, sofa surfers, homeless, street children and so on’ (Wade 2001:4) • Young people may more accurately be described as ‘‘running from’ fractured and turbulent homes ’ (Rosenthal, et al. 2006:282). Also helpful to consider young people ‘running to….’. • Challenges in ‘ways of seeing ’ young runaways and the impact on service provisio