Browsing School of Political Science & Sociology (Scholarly Articles) by Author "Dolan, Pat"
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Exploring Good Practice in Child and Family Services: Reflections and Considerations
Dolan, Pat; Brady, Bernadine (Taylor and Francis, 2007)The prospect of furthering good practice in child and family services is something that is in everybody¿s interest, service users, practitioners, policy makers, and academics alike. However, it is a task fraught with ... -
'He told me to calm down and all that': a qualitative study of forms of social support in youth mentoring relationships
Brady, Bernadine; Dolan, Pat; Canavan, John (Wiley, 2017-02-22)The worldwide growth in formal youth mentoring programmes over the past two decades is partly a response to the perception that young people facing adversity do not have access to supportive relationships with adults and ... -
Understanding youth civic engagement: debates, discourses and lessons from practice
Shaw, Aileen; Brady, Bernadine; McGrath, Brian; Brennan, Mark A.; Dolan, Pat (Taylor & Francis, 2014-07-24)While civic engagement provides a rich rationale for intervention, the array of discourses urging a focus on youth engagement or action means that the concept can be confusing, cluttered, and lacking consistent operationalization. ... -
Voice and meaning: the wisdom of family support veterans
Devaney, Carmel; Dolan, Pat (Wiley, 2014-12-10)Although a widely accepted term in child welfare discourses, thereremains a vagueness as to what Family Support as a named orientationin children and family services actually entails.This lack of clarityis, at times, used ... -
What added value does peer support bring?: Insights from principals and teachers on the utility and challenges of a school based mentoring programme
Brady, Bernadine; Dolan, Pat; Canavan, John (Taylor and Francis, 2014-09-26)Over the past decade, there has been greater attention placed on the potential value of peer support models, particularly in school contexts (Cowie, 2011 and others). This paper uses the case study of an Irish school based ... -
Youth mentoring and the parent-young person relationship: considerations for research and practice.
Dolan, Pat; Canavan, John; Brady, Bernadine (The National Youth Agency, 2008)Over recent years, youth mentoring has become increasingly popular as an intervention for young people deemed to be in need of support. There is a need, however, to pay attention to the potential impact of mentoring on ...