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Listening to children and young people
No full textThis chapter is about listening to children and young people: about what it means to listen to children and young people, why we should listen to children and young people, and how we communicate with children. There are sections on dealing with specific issues that emerge in communicating, and on particular issues in work with younger children. The chapter also deals with questions of children’s competence, the concept of ‘wishes and feelings’ and how listening to children sits with promoting their ‘best interests’. Finally, the chapter considers organisations and initiatives to enable a voice for young people in care, and ways of listening to children and young people collectively. The chapter concludes with a guide to further reading.<br/
Identifying communities of practice: analysing ontologies as networks to support community recognition
No full textCommunities of practice are seen as increasingly important for creating, sharing and applying organisational knowledge. Yet their informal nature makes them difficult to identify and manage. In this paper we set out ONTOCOPI, a system that applies ontology-based network analysis techniques to target the problem of identifying such communities
Introduction
No full textMoving forward thinking and practice in relation to children and young people’s participation and engagement has never been more urgent. This means going beyond simply seeking to involve children and young people in existing structures and processes to realise visions of new democratic alternatives. Faced with barriers and mistrust of mainstream political processes, many young people around the world are seeing new spaces for democracy in local and trans-local communities, nationally, globally and digitally, to speak out, organise and exercise their voice and democratic rights. Irrespective of boundaries and scale, there is a clear groundswell in young people turning away from established democratic structures and processes and engaging in new forms of child and youth-led participation initiatives rooted in everyday struggles and a deeper moral commitment in remaking democracy
Action research with young people:possibilities and ‘messy realities’
No full textThis paper reflects on the experience of using participatory action research (PAR) in a formal, non-formal and informal setting. The paper outlines key tenets of action research and provides a letter review of the literature concerning the use of PAR in youth research. Drawing on three case studies, we provide an honest account of some of the realities involved in realizing the promise of participatory action research in practice. The central focus is on how to do it in practice, the challenges of doing so are discussed in action research
A qualitative study of parents' experiences using family support services: applying the concept of surface and depth
No full textUK policy and practice endorses family support for child well-being. Achieving such support requires multi-agency approaches, that consider all aspects of parents’ and children’s lives and which offer practical, social and emotional help. The potential for services to make a positive impact on parents and their families will depend in part on the level and nature of engagement. In this paper a case is made for the application of the two-part ‘surface and depth’ concept for understanding how practitioners engage with families and how they might improve the chances of supporting sustainable differences for parents and families. To illustrate, qualitative data from a review of family centre support provided by a north of England local authority, are presented. The review was commissioned to explore why families often need to re-engage with intensive support services. Data are drawn from interviews with parents (n=18, recruited following a survey of all those registered with the service during April – May 2009) and discussions with family centre support workers (n=4) and following thematic analysis three dominant themes emerged: ‘resources available’, ‘staff approach’ and ‘real life’, were appraised in light of the ‘surface and depth’ concept. Much of the work with parents effectively dealt with pressing needs. This felt gratifying for both parent and worker and supported immediate service engagement. However, each noted that the more complex issues in parents’ lives went unchallenged and thus the sustainability of progress in terms of parenting practice was questionable. A ‘strengths focused’ approach by staff, that understood needs in the context of parents’ ‘real life’ circumstances was important to parent engagement. Thus, longer term benefits from family support requires practitioners to work with parents to problem solve immediate issues whilst also digging deeper to acknowledge and seek to resolve the more complex challenges parents face in their real lives
In the Head the Fire
No full textAlexander Archdale, narrator; John Brosnan, baritone; Michael Deutsch, cantor; David Galliver, tenor; Adelaide Singers (chorus master Patrick Thomas); Members of Sydney Symphony Orchestra and South Australian Symphony Orchestra / John Hopkins [not commercially available]ABC Classic FMOff-air broadcast recording. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Ac
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