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Youth mentoring as a form of support for children and young people at risk: Insights from research and practice
(Routledge, 2017-02-16)
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Parenting support and parental participation: Mapping parenting support in the Irish context
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2017-03)
This study provides a mapping
of parenting support service provision in Ireland. It outlines the policy context, the existing evidence base and is informed by the best available data. It details the delivery ...
Parenting support and parental participation: Report of the parenting support champions regional learning group
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2017-07)
This research is part of a study to examine the process, implementation and outcomes of the Parenting Support Champions Project, which is one element of the Parenting Support and Parental Participation work stream. This ...
Parenting support and parental participation: Parental participation survey report
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2017-08)
This research is part of a study to examine the extent to which parental participation is currently embedded in Irish organisations providing parenting support. The study is part of a wider programme of ...
Parenting support and parental participation: Parenting support champions questionnaire report
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2017-07)
The purpose of the research is to ascertain the expectations for the role of Parenting Support Champions (PSC) from those who have volunteered for the position. Reasons why respondents volunteered for the role of PSC, ...
Outcomes for permanence and stability for children in long-term care
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2017-04)
The aim of this study was to explore how young people who have been in care, and their carers,
conceptualise permanence and stability. This study focuses on outcomes for permanence and stability
for children in long-term ...
Justifying children and young people’s involvement in social research: Assessing harm and benefit
(SAGE Publications, 2017-05-29)
At a time when children and young people s involvement in research is increasingly the
norm, this article reflects on the importance of a well-reasoned and transparent justification for their inclusion or exclusion. It ...
Fostering social innovation in youth: Learning from a youth social entrepreneurship initiative in Ireland
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
Wave Change was a youth social entrepreneurship initiative in Ireland, established to work directly with youth, aged 18-25, to develop the knowledge, skills and networks they needed to drive social change. Reflecting on ...
Introducing commissioning in Ireland: establishing a baseline
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2017-05)
Established on 1 January 2014, through the Child and Family Agency Act, Tusla is responsible for
improving well-being and outcomes for children.1
In 2014, Tusla published the first nationally developed
commissioning ...
Meitheal and child and family support networks: Interim report on the meitheal process and outcomes study
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2017-09)
This research study is being conducted as part of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre’s
evaluation of the Development and Mainstreaming Programme for Prevention, Partnership and
Family Support (PPFS) that Tusla, ...