Publication

Collective participation of children in care: a formative evaluation of the Tusla / EPIC foster care action groups

Jackson, Rebecca
; 
Brady, Bernadine
; 
Forkan, Cormac
; 
Tierney, Edel
; 
Kennan, Danielle
Thumbnail Image
Files
Thumbnail Image
EPIC_study_final.pdf
Adobe PDF, 3.21 MB
Identifiers
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14756
 https://doi.org/10.13025/20791
Publication Date
2018-10
Keywords
Collective participation, Children, Tusla, EPIC Foster Care Action Groups
Type
Report
Downloads
Show all metadata
Citation
Jackson, Rebecca, Brady, Bernadine, Forkan, Cormac , Tierney, Edel , & Kennan, Danielle (2018). Collective Participation of Children in Care: A formative evaluation of the Tusla / EPIC foster care action groups. UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway.
Abstract
Children’s participation has been defined as ‘the process by which children and young people have active involvement and real influence in decision-making on matters affecting their lives, both directly and indirectly’ (DCYA, 2015: 20). Children’s participation can relate to decision-making about their own lives and circumstances (individual participation) or to the issues affecting a group of children and young people (collective participation). This study focuses on collective participation, which is defined by Seim and Slettebø (2011: 498) as ‘the goal of improving services for everyone in the same situation’.
Funder
Publisher
UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway
Publisher DOI
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
cbn
Collections
The Child and Family Research Centre (Reports)