Browsing by Author "Kennan, Danielle"
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Accessing a hard to reach population: reflections on research with young carers in Ireland
Kennan, Danielle; Fives, Allyn; Canavan, John (Wiley Online Library, 2012-08)In keeping with developments in children's rights, research is increasingly including the views of children. Accessing a hard to reach population of children can, however, raise significant ethical and methodological ... -
Accessing a hard to reach population: reflections on research with young carers in ireland
Kennan, Danielle; Fives, Allyn; Canavan, John (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-05-10)In keeping with developments in children's rights, research is increasingly including the views of children. Accessing a hard to reach population of children can, however, raise significant ethical and methodological ... -
Building children's futures: Using children's rights to recover from the global pandemic: The children's report
Daniels, Natasha; Kennan, Danielle (Children's Rights Alliance, 2024-02-28)[No abstract available] -
Children and young people's participation in decision-making withini Tusla: a baseline assessment prior to the implementation of the Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support
Kennan, Danielle; Forkan, Colin; Brady, Bernadine (The UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2017-03)The aim of this report is to assess to what extent the participation of children and young people was embedded in Tulsa s culture and operations, prior to the implementation of the Tusla Prevention, Partnership and Family ... -
Children's Rights and the Family: a Commentary on the Proposed Constitutional Referendum on Children s Rights in Ireland
Kennan, Danielle; Keenaghan, Celia (Children and Youth Programme, 2012-02)This commentary examines the inter-play between the rights of the child and the family, in the context of the current Constitutional provisions. It distils key messages regarding the potential change to the present status ... -
Children’s participation in practice: comparing the views of managers and practitioners in an early intervention and prevention programme
Tierney, Edel; Rodriguez, Leonor; Kennan, Danielle; Devaney, Carmel; Brady, Bernadine; Canavan, John; Forkan, Cormac; Cassidy, Anne; Malone, Pat; McGregor, Caroline (Emerald, 2022-03-17)Purpose Participation is the active involvement of children and young people in decision-making regarding issues that affect their lives. It is crucial in the context of child protection and welfare systems and how they ... -
Collective participation of children in care: a formative evaluation of the Tusla / EPIC foster care action groups
Jackson, Rebecca; Brady, Bernadine; Forkan, Cormac; Tierney, Edel; Kennan, Danielle (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-10)Children’s participation has been defined as ‘the process by which children and young people have active involvement and real influence in decision-making on matters affecting their lives, both directly and indirectly’ ... -
Developing, implementing and critiquing an evaluation framework to assess the extent to which a child’s right to be heard is embedded at an organisational level
Kennan, Danielle; Brady, Bernadine; Forkan, Cormac; Tierney, Edel (Springer, 2021-08-10)The national Child and Family Agency in Ireland, in 2015, undertook an ambitious three-year programme of work to embed a child s right to be heard in its culture and operations. In parallel to its implementation, the authors ... -
Exploring the effectiveness of structures and procedures intended to support children's participation in child welfare, child protection and alternative care services: a systematic literature review
Kennan, Danielle; Brady, Bernadine; Forkan, Cormac (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, 2016)[No abstract available] -
Fostering social innovation in youth: Learning from a youth social entrepreneurship initiative in Ireland
Kennan, Danielle; Canavan, John; Kearns, Noreen (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)Wave Change was a youth social entrepreneurship initiative in Ireland, established to work directly with youth, aged 18-25, to develop the knowledge, skills and networks they needed to drive social change. Reflecting on ... -
If I can make their life a little easier, then I'm happy: Study of Young Carers in the Irish Population
Fives, Allyn; Kennan, Danielle; Canavan, John; Brady, Bernadine; Cairns, David (2010-10)The purpose of the study was to examine mechanisms through which young carers in Ireland can be identified, to investigate the impact of caring on their lives and to examine ways in which they can be assisted. -
If I can make their life a little easier, then I'm happy: Study of Young Carers in the Irish Population,. Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Dublin: The Stationary Office.
Fives, Allyn; Kennan, Danielle; Canavan, John; Brady, Bernadine; Cairns, David (The Stationery Office, Dublin, 2010)[no abstract available] -
Influencing policy and practice for young people in foster care: Learning from a model of collective participation
Jackson, Rebecca; Brady, Bernadine; Forkan, Cormac; Tierney, Edel; Kennan, Danielle (Elsevier, 2020-03-05)A strong rationale for the collective participation of young people in care regarding decisions related to their care experience is evident in literature and statutory reports. However international research demonstrates ... -
Informing policy dialogue: The Youth as Researchers Programme
Kennan, Danielle; Dolan, Pat; Anderson, Ella; Garrett, Kalem (Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2021-12-24)This chapter reflects on how youth, through the medium of youth-led research, can seek to influence public policy by bringing a more democratic and informed youth perspective into the policy-making arena. The chapter details ... -
Involving children and young people in social research: navigating the balance between protection and participation
Kennan, Danielle (2016-10-14)This thesis is an article-based PhD. Against the backdrop of the almost universal acceptance of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the scholarly works comprising the ‘new social studies of childhood’, the ... -
Justifying children and young people’s involvement in social research: Assessing harm and benefit
Kennan, Danielle; Dolan, Pat (SAGE Publications, 2017-05-29)At a time when children and young people s involvement in research is increasingly the norm, this article reflects on the importance of a well-reasoned and transparent justification for their inclusion or exclusion. It ... -
The participation of children and young people in care: insights from an analysis of national inspection reports in the Republic of Ireland
Brady, Bernadine; Kennan, Danielle; Forkan, Cormac; Tierney, Edel; Jackson, Rebecca; Holloway, Rowan (Taylor & Francis, 2018-11-27)The term participation is widely used to refer to the involvement of children and young people in decision-making on issues that affect their lives. The Health and Information Quality Authority (HIQA) is the national ... -
A Rights Based Approach to Monitoring Children and Young People's Well-Being
Kennan, Danielle; Keenaghan, Celia; O'Connor, Una; Kinlen, Louise; McCord, John (CYP The children and youth programme, 2011-10)This foundation Report is the First in a Special Report Series addressing the well-beingof children and youth in Ireland and Northern Ireland. This report corresponds with three key UNESCO aims: to strengthen awareness od ... -
A Rights-Based Approach to Monitoring Children and Young People's Well-Being
Kennan, Danielle; Keenaghan, Celia (The Children and Youth Programme, 2011-10)The purpose of the Report is to contribute to a shared understanding of a human rights-based approach to monitoring children and young people s well-being. -
Space, voice, audience and influence: Implementing the Lundy model of participation (2007) in child welfare practice
Kennan, Danielle; Brady, Bernadine; Forkan, Cormac (Taylor & Francis, 2018-07-11)According to Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, children and young people have a legal right to have their views heard and acted upon as appropriate. The Lundy model of participation (2007) was ...