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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 ...
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 ...
The longest negotiation: British policy, IRA strategy and the making of the Northern Ireland peace settlement
(SAGE Publications, 2013-11-24)
This article offers a new analysis of the Northern Ireland peace settlement through an examination of the pivotal relationship between two key actors: the British state and the Provisional Republican movement that included ...
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 ...
Space, voice, audience and influence: Implementing the Lundy model of participation (2007) in child welfare practice
(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 ...
Restoring the parental position in the face of emerging childhood challenges with non violent resistance
(Family Therapy Association of Ireland, 2020)
Behaviours associated with child to parent violence and abuse (CPVA) and anxiety can paralyse parents and children in a cycle of fear, intimidation and parental accommodation. Psychotherapists and practitioners can also ...
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 ...
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 ...
Youth mentoring and the parent-young person relationship: considerations for research and practice.
(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 ...
Developing Children's Participation: Lessons from a Participatory IT Project
(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 ...