The Child and Family Research Centre (Book Chapters)

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    Informing policy dialogue: The Youth as Researchers Programme
    (Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2021-12-24) Kennan, Danielle; Dolan, Pat; Anderson, Ella; Garrett, Kalem
    This chapter reflects on how youth, through the medium of youth-led research, can seek to influence public policy by bringing a more democratic and informed youth perspective into the policy-making arena. The chapter details the Youth as Researchers Programme Model. It outlines how the programme has supported youth, in Ireland and internationally, to undertake social research projects with their peers on issues of concern, to collectively inform policy dialogue. The chapter documents the development of the programme, including a case study of one of the early youth-led research projects set up in Ireland in response to Ireland¿s National Child and Family Agency seeking to better understand how young people facing adversity can be heard and helped. It traces the programme¿s development from its inception to the present day, when the programme is now central to UNESCO¿s global response to inform policy on supporting youth during COVID-19.
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    Walking a mile in Viktorija's shoes: Resilience, (Post-) memory and affordances
    (Transcript Verlag, 2020-11-09) Kovačič, Tanja; Prieto Blanco, Patricia
    [No abstract available]
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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) McGregor, Caroline; Lynch, Mary; Brady, Bernadine
    [No abstract available]
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    Promoting children's welfare through Family Support
    (Routledge, 2017-02-16) Devaney, Carmel
    [No abstract available]
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    Fostering social innovation in youth: Learning from a youth social entrepreneurship initiative in Ireland
    (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) Kennan, Danielle; Canavan, John; Kearns, Noreen
    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 the success of the Wave Change initiative, this chapter outlines the value of adopting a mixture of learning approaches that facilitate structured learning, peer-to-peer learning and project-based experiential learning. While the value of each of these individual learning approaches is outlined, the chapter demonstrates how operating together they create an environment to foster social innovation in youth, providing youth with the opportunity to acquire the requisite skill set to be engaged as architects of social change and to be part of a strong peer network of social entrepreneurs.
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    Understanding the ethical requirement for parental consent when engaging youth in research
    (Sense Publishers, 2015) Kennan, Danielle; |~|
    [No abstract available]