Browsing School of Political Science and Sociology by Author "Brady, Bernadine"
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Associations between non-parental adult support and youths’ individual and contextual characteristics
Mirković, Barbara; Brady, Bernadine; Silke, Charlotte (Routledge, 2021-01-15)While the role parents play in supporting young people is well established, support from other caring adults also becomes important during adolescence, particularly when young people are facing problems in their lives. ... -
Bridging the gap: Using Veerman and Van Yperen s (2007) framework to conceptualise and develop evidence informed practice in an Irish youth work organisation
Brady, Bernadine; Canavan, John; Redmond, Susan (Elsevier, 2016-04)While there is considerable support among the policy, practice and academic communities for the idea that practice in youth work should be based on evidence, Veerman and Van Yperen (2007) highlight the fact that little ... -
Bridging the gap: Using Veerman and Van Yperen's (2007) framework to conceptualise and develop evidence informed practice in an Irish youth work organisation
Brady, Bernadine (2016-04)While there is considerable support among the policy, practice and academic communities for the idea that practice in youth work should be based on evidence, Veerman and Van Yperen (2007) highlight the fact that little ... -
Connecting research and practice: Perspectives on the role of manualised programmes in youth work
Brady, Bernadine; Redmond, Susan (Taylor & Francis, 2017-05-12)While there is a strong movement in favour of the use of manual based programmes in the arena of social care, there is a view that such programmes are not applicable in the more fluid setting of youth work, which operates ... -
Developing Children's Participation: Lessons from a Participatory IT Project
Brady, Bernadine (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007)The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, advances in the sociology of childhood and the consumer rights movement have placed the spotlight on children¿s rights in society, challenging those working with children to ... -
Empathy, social values and civic behaviour among early adolescents in Ireland: Composite report
Slike, Charlotte; Boylan, Ciara; Brady, Bernadine; Dolan, Pat (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2019)This new century is indeed one of pressing global issues, from climate change to large-scale migration and displacement – issues that challenge us to exercise our capacity for empathy, to feel for the plight of those we ... -
Empathy, social values and civic behaviour among early adolescents in Ireland: Scientific report
Silke, Charlotte; Boylan, Ciara; Brady, Bernadine; Dolan, Pat (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2019)At an international level, there is evidence that empathy values, social concern, and civic engagement are declining among younger generations as a consequence of the increasing individualisation of society over ... -
Engaging urban youth: community, citizenship and democracy
Chaskin, Robert J.; McGregor, Caroline; Brady, Bernadine (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2018)It is well known that disadvantaged youth in urban environments often experience marginalisation and disenfranchisement that can lead to serious consequences for them, their families, and the wider society. Such ... -
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 ... -
From care packages to Zoom cookery classes: youth work during the COVID-19 “lockdown”
Shaw, Aileen; Brady, Bernadine; Dolan, Patrick (Emerald, 2022-03-10)Purpose: This paper explores the experience of one large Irish youth work organisation, Foróige, to measures introduced during the initial phase of Covid-19 in 2020. In the face of the unprecedented crisis including the ... -
'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 ... -
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 ... -
Initial motivation of mentors in formal youth mentoring relationships
Brumovská, Tereza; Brady, Bernadine (Routledge, 2021-06-22)The paper presents results of a phenomenological longitudinal qualitative study undertaken with mentors associated with the Big Brothers Big Sisters programme in the Czech Republic. Ten mentors were interviewed during the ... -
Liminal citizenship: Young people's perspectives on civic and political engagement in three European cities
Chaskin, Robert; Brady, Bernadine; McGregor, Caroline (University of Chicago Press, 2021-06)Concerns about young people s disengagement from civic and political life, particularly disengagement of those from marginalized backgrounds, are prominent in contemporary discourse and increasingly serve as an impetus ... -
Parenting in Direct Provision: Parents' Perspectives Regarding Stresses and Supports
Uchechukwu Ogbu, Helen; Brady, Bernadine; Kinlen, Louise (Taylor and Francis, 2014-04-23)The Irish direct provision system for asylum seekers is acknowledged as providing a very challenging and exclusionary living environment for adults and children. To date, there has been little research focused specifically ... -
Promoting civic and political engagement among marginalized urban youth in three cities: Strategies and challenges
Brady, Bernadine; Chaskin, Robert J.; McGregor, Caroline (Elsevier, 2020-06-17)Over the past decade and more, there has been a significant emphasis in western societies on policy processes to engage youth in civic and political life. Concerns about the extent to which marginalized urban young people ... -
A rapid review of the benefits and outcomes of universal youth work
Brady, Bernadine; Silke, Charlotte; Shaw, Aileen (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, University of Galway, 2022-03)[No abstract available] -
Realizing the potential of a strengths-based approach in family support with young people and their parents
Devaney, Carmel; Brady, Bernadine; Crosse, Rosemary; Jackson, Rebecca (Wiley, 2022-10-22)This paper on a strengths-based approach (SBA) to practice is based on empirical research with stakeholders involved in an intensive support programme for young people at risk and their parents in Ireland. The Youth Advocate ... -
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 ... -
Spaces of connection and belonging: Young people's perspectives on the role of youth cafes in their lives
Brady, Bernadine; Forkan, Cormac; Moran, Lisa (Taylor & Francis, 2017-04-19)A youth café is a relaxed, drug-free and alcohol-free meeting space for young people. The youth café model has become a prominent form of policy provision for young people in Ireland over the past decade, with in excess ...