Browsing Child and Family Research Centre by Title
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Big Brother Big Sister and Garda youth diversion projects: perspectives on youth mentoring as a preventative intervention
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-06-26)Current policy emphasises the need for community involvement and inter-agency co-operation in youth crime prevention, as well as approaches that seek to strengthen the protective factors in young people’s lives, thus ... -
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Ireland: Evaluation Study, Report 2: Qualitative Evidence
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2010-11)[no abstract available] -
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Ireland: Evaluation Study. Report 3: Summary Report
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre on behalf of Foróige, 2011)[no abstract available] -
Big Brothers Big Sisters Ireland: youth mentoring programme Galway, Mayo & Roscommon: evaluation report
(Child & Family Research and Policy Unit, NUI, Galway, 2005) -
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ireland: Evaluation Study. Report One: Randomised Control Trial and Implementation Report.
(Foroige, 2011)[no abstract available] -
Big Brothers Big Sisters: Mobilising peer support in schools: An evaluation of the BBBS school based mentoring programme
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2012)The Big Brothers Big Sisters Youth Mentoring Programme was established by Foróige in Ireland in 2001. The programme has two strands - a community-based programme which facilitates a friendship or ‘match’ between a young ... -
Building children's futures: Using children's rights to recover from the global pandemic: The children's report
(Children's Rights Alliance, 2024-02-28)[No abstract available] -
Child and Family Agency Commissioning Strategy
(Child & Family Agency, 2013-08)[no abstract available] -
The child and family support networks research study
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)Child and Family Support Networks (CFSNs) are multi-agency networks that are in the process of being established in each Tusla Integrated Service Area (ISA).1 Their purpose is to support Tusla’s aim of developing an ... -
Child, parent or family? Applying a systemic lens to the conceptualisations of Family Support in Europe
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-11-19)This paper considers how Family Support is conceptualised in the European context with respect to its primary beneficiaries. The central question considers the focus of concern in a child welfare system and what it means ... -
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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Children’s perceptions of the skills needed to ‘fit in’ when starting school
(Melbourne Graduate School of Education, 2019)Children from low socioeconomic backgrounds are at an increased risk of experiencing lower levels of school readiness. Ready children are children who can navigate both the social and academic tasks and challenges of ... -
Collective participation of children in care: a formative evaluation of the Tusla / EPIC foster care action groups
(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’ ... -
Commissioning in Ireland: exploring the landscape for child and family services: a literature review.
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2016-12)In 2014, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, published the first nationally developed commissioning strategy for child and family services in the Republic of Ireland. The strategy defines commissioning as ‘the process ... -
Commissioning work package final report: Tusla’s programme for prevention, partnership and family support
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)The Development and Mainstreaming Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) is a programme of action being undertaken by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, as part of its National Service Delivery ... -
Communication to promote and support physical distancing for COVID‐19 prevention and control
(Cochrane Collaboration, 2023-10-09)This review is an update of a rapid review undertaken in 2020 to identify relevant, feasible and effective communication approaches to promote acceptance, uptake and adherence to physical distancing measures for COVID‐19 ... -
Comparing areas of commonality and distinction between the national practice models of Meitheal and Signs of Safety
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)In this report, a characterisation is provided on the central elements/principles that are contained within the Meitheal and the Child and Family Support Networks and Signs of Safety practice models. Both represent two ... -
'Computer Characters': Barnardos participatory IT project for children, Galway: evaluation report
(Child & Family Research & Policy Unit, WHB/NUI Galway, 2004)