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Refiguring childhood: Hannah Arendt, natality, and prefigurative biopolitics
(SAGE Publications, 2018-05-18)Arendt s concept of natality spans birth and action, which combine to inaugurate the new. Natality is used here to examine prefigurative forms of biopolitics, both past and present. These are practices that seek to actualise ... -
Governing the future: children's health and biosocial power
(Manchester University Press, 2017-05-31)Hannah Arendt’s concept of natality spans birth and action, which combine to inaugurate the new. Natality is used here to examine childhood as a prefigurative form of biopolitics. This concerns practices that seek ... -
Outcomes for permanence and stability for children in long-term care in Ireland
(Irish Foster Care Association, 2018)This article is based on research about children in long-term care. It focuses on the factors that help and hinder a child being and feeling stable in their foster home and having a sense of permanence. The research was ... -
“Bury don’t discuss”: The help-seeking behaviour of family members affected by substance-use disorders
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2018-04-10)The impact of substance-use disorders on families is well documented in the literature, with families experiencing physical, emotional and psychological stress. Also documented is the perceived stigma experienced by those ... -
Shining a brighter light into the digital black box: A call for stronger sociological (re)engagement with digital technology design, development and adoption debates
(SAGE Publications, 2017-11-19)Technology permeates our lives having significant effects on how we communicate, live, work and play. Information Communication Technologies have allowed individuals stay connected to family, friends and work colleagues ... -
Trust, responsiveness and communities of care: an ethnographic study of the significance and development of parent-caregiver relationships in Irish early years settings
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017-07-31)Conceptualising early years settings as 'communities of care' reflects the narrative arising from recent ethnographic research conducted in the West and Midlands areas of Ireland. Drawing on the ethic of care as an ... -
An informed pedagogy of community, care, and respect for diversity: Evidence from a qualitative evaluation of early years services in the west of Ireland
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017-07-03)This article draws on qualitative evidence from an evaluation of the Greater Tomorrow Crèche and Ballyhaunis Community Preschool in Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, Ireland in 2016. The article focuses on the approach to practice ... -
Evidence-based training of health professionals to inform families about disability
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2013-05-09)Objective The development, delivery and evaluation of a training programme for medical and nursing professionals on best practice for informing families of their child’s disability. Design A 2 h training course on ‘Best ... -
Child protection and family support practice in Ireland: a contribution to present debates from a historical perspective
(Wiley, 2017-07-11)This paper takes the opportunity of the current child welfare system change in Ireland to promote the value of learning from history to better understand the interface between family support and child protection. The paper ... -
Voice and meaning: the wisdom of family support veterans
(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 ... -
‘Hoping for a better tomorrow’: a process study evaluation of the Greater Tomorrow Crèche and Ballyhaunis Community Preschool Services, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Summary Report
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2016-06)This report presents the results of a qualitative, process study evaluation of the Ballyhaunis Community Preschool and ‘Greater Tomorrow’ crèche services, conducted by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre (UCFRC), ... -
Recruiting and retaining older adult volunteers: Implications for practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-10-13)There is an increased interest in the promotion of volunteering within nonprofit organizations. In this paper organizational supports for recruiting and managing volunteering among older adults are explored. The paper ... -
Supporting incarcerated mothers in Ireland with their familial relationships; a case for the revival of the social work role
(SAGE Publications, 2016-05-29)All families need both formal and informal supports throughout their life course. Parents relationships with their children need to be promoted, supported and maintained. For parents living with their children and acting ... -
Parenting support: Policy and practice in the Irish context
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-01-27)Increasing government interest in parenting support has emerged in response to the increasingly diverse form of families, a growing emphasis on children s rights and a policy shift towards prevention and early intervention. ... -
Irish women's ongoing experiences of domestic abuse in cases of separation and divorce
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-08-02)The issue of post separation abuse is a significant problem for women. This qualitative research examines Irish women s experiences of domestic abuse in cases of separation and divorce. Findings show that methods of abuse ... -
Understanding the key tenets of Heidegger's philosophy for interpretive phenomenological research
(SAGE Publications, 2016-10-30)Martin Heidegger's phenomenology provides methodological guidance for qualitative researchers seeking to explicate the lived experience of study participants. However, most phenomenological researchers apply his philosophy ... -
New technologies and creative practices in teaching groupwork
(Whiting and Birch, 2017-04-01)This paper introduces the use of new technologies and creative practices in teaching groupwork within two applied Irish postgraduate MA courses (Social Work and Community Development). By reflecting on experiences of ... -
Supporting children’s participation in decision making: A systematic literature review exploring the effectiveness of participatory processes
(Oxford University Press, 2018-01-06)In this article, the term ‘participation’ refers to the right of the child to express their views in matters affecting them and for their views to be acted upon as appropriate. While there is a growing emphasis in social ... -
Responding to child-to-parent violence: Innovative practices in child and adolescent mental health
(Oxford University Press, 2014-05-14)Although child-to-parent violence has yet to become a visible and explicit concern of social work policy and practice development, child-to-parent violence is a growing social problem with broad implications for research, ... -
Listening to practitioners talking about child to parent violence and abuse: Some findings from an action research project
(Irish Assocation of Social Workers, 2016)Contemporary debates about violence within the family are usually limited to the dynamics and prevention of adult-initiated violence. This largely ignores other kinds of challenges that social workers and other practitioners ...