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Accessing a hard to reach population: reflections on research with young carers in Ireland
(Wiley Online Library, 2012-08)In keeping with developments in children's rights, research is increasingly including the views of children. Accessing a hard to reach population of children can, however, raise significant ethical and methodological ... -
Activating social empathy: An evaluation of a school-based social and emotional learning programme
(Elsevier, 2024-01-06)Previous evidence suggests that empathy is important for promoting positive youth development, and there is growing advocacy for the inclusion of empathy education within the school system. However, knowledge about the ... -
An analysis of Significant Event Notifications to inform Tusla's alternative care policy and practice developments
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2019-06)This report comprises an analysis of Significant Event Notifications to inform alternative care policy and practice. -
Assessing life design and evaluating its impact on the learning experience: A conceptual overview and emergent framework based on the Designing Futures Programme at University of Galway, Ireland
(University of Galway, 2023-06-14)In complex and challenging times, with the increasing imperative to advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, comes the call for new pedagogical approaches, which move education from a transactional to a reciprocal ... -
Assessing the community development-family support relationship: an exploratory examination of projects & programmes in the West of Ireland
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Ballinasloe Family Support Service: evaluation report
(Child & Family Research and Policy Unit, WHB/ NUI Galway, 2005) -
Barnardos Family Welfare Conference Project, South Tipperary: Evaluation Report
(The Child and Family Research Centre, NUI, Galway, 2009-01)The Barnardos Family Welfare Conference (FWC) service in South Tipperary was established in 2006. The service aims to improve the welfare of children and young people in South Tipperary through use of the FWC model. It ... -
Barnardos Family Welfare Conference Service South Tipperary: Evaluation Report
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The BELONG Programme
(2011-07)This report documents the early implementation phase of the BELONG Programme and forms the first report of 3 in the overall evaluation of the BELONG Programme. The overarching aim of this chapter is to provide a context ... -
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.
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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 ... -
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 ...