UNESC0 Child and Family Research Centre Books' Launch Webinar

UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre

UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre: 2021 Publications Books' Launch Webinar

About this Event:Four books recently published by staff at the UNESCO Child &amp; Family Research centre will be launched at this online event. The publications reflect core themes across the UCFRC’s work programme including prevention and early intervention, rights and participation as well as support and protection to individuals and families across the lifecourse. The collection features the experiences of researchers in partnering with statutory and community agencies to undertake research that informs public policy and contemporary societal issues.     



Taken together, the approaches in this body of work demonstrate the UCFRC’s commitment to engaged research and the adoption of methodologies that emphasise voice and participation. The publications draw on the experience of the UCFRC and academic colleagues nationally and internationally including innovative, collaborative research with a range of stakeholders including the public, policy makers and practitioners. The benefits of interdisciplinary working are evident across a number of areas including sociology, social work, social care, education and community development. The publications capture the life transitions, diversity of home, community and educational spaces occupied by children, adults, families and communities and will inform the development of real world guidance relevant to professionals, agency leaders, policy-makers, practitioners, academics and researchers. Abstracts:Narrating Childhood with Children and Young PeopleDiverse Contexts, Methods and Stories of Everyday LifeEditors: Lisa Moran, Kathy Reilly, Bernadine BradyCritically analyses how narrative research methods are applied across interdisciplinary contextsOffers empirical insights on children and young peoples lived experiences in different contexts and environmentsAnalyses how various narrative methods are used in studies in Ireland, Europe, and internationally, as tools for understanding children’s experiences of placeSupport and Protection Across the LifecourseA Practical Approach for Social WorkersBy Caroline McGregor and Pat DolanCrossing the traditional divide between social work with children and families and adults, this text applies a lifecourse perspective, within an ecological frame. Based on the principle that practice drives theory, a practical approach for social work is put forward using five interconnected themes:•	duality of support and protection•	life transitions and life events•	intergenerational relations•	civic partnership and engagement•	health and wellbeingDesigned for students and practitioners, this text takes an enquiry-based approach using Critical ART (analysis, reflection and thinking). The book features:•	case studies•	research examples•	tips for Critical ART in practice•	further reading and resourcesUnderstanding System Change in Child Protection and Welfare (Routledge Advances in Social Work) 1st EditionBy John Canavan (Editor), Carmel Devaney (Editor), Caroline McGregor (Editor), Aileen Shaw (Editor)This book provides an account of the experience of a multifaceted system-change programme to strengthen the capacity of Ireland’s statutory child protection and welfare agency in the areas of prevention, early intervention and family support.Many jurisdictions globally are involved in system change processes focused on increasing investment in services that seek to prevent children’s entry into child protection and welfare systems, through early intervention, greater support to families, and an increased emphasis on rights and participation. Based on a four-year in-depth study by a team of University-based researchers, this text adds to the emerging knowledge-base on developing, implementing and evaluating system change in child protection and welfare. Study methodological approaches were wide ranging and involved a number of key stakeholders including children, parents, social workers and social care workers, service managers, agency leaders and policy makers. Since the change process involved an agency-university partnership encompassing design, technical support and evaluation, the book also contributes to understandings of the potential and limits of such partnerships in the child protection and welfare field. Uniquely, the book gives voice to the experience of both agency personnel and academic in the accounts provided.It will be of interest to all scholars, students and practitioners in the areas of child protection and welfare.Child and Youth Participation in Policy, Practice and ResearchEdited By Deirdre Horgan, Danielle KennanThis book showcases rights based participatory approaches to policy-making, practice and research with children and youth.Throughout its three parts, the book conceptualises a rights-based participatory approach; showcases constructive and innovative rights based participatory approaches across the domains of research, policy and practice; and interrogates the challenges and complexities in the implementation of such an approach. In recent times, Ireland has been at the forefront of promoting and implementing participatory approaches to policy-making, practice and research focused on children and youth. This edited volume is a timely opportunity to capture previously undocumented learning generated from a wide range of innovative participatory initiatives implemented in Ireland. In capturing this learning, real world guidance will be provided to international policy-makers, practitioners and researchers working with children and youth.This book is essential reading for those interested in a rights based participatory approach, for those who want to appropriately and meaningfully engage children and youth in research, and for those wishing to maximise the contribution of children and youth in policy-making.

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