Child Participation

Children have the right to participate in matters affecting their lives and should be enabled to give their opinions, and to have those opinions taken into account. Through participation, children learn self-expression, empowerment and ultimately greater self-esteem.  Children are a diverse group and therefore children of different ages, abilities, backgrounds, races, and both genders should ideally be included in a consultation process.

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Helen Bouma, Mónica López López, Erik J Knorth, Hans Grietens - Child Abuse & Neglect ,

In this study, the participation of children in the Dutch child protection system (CPS) under the new Youth Act 2015 is critically analyzed.

Inger Sofie Dahlø Husby, Tor Slettebø, Randi Juul - Child & Family Social Work,

On the basis of qualitative interviews with 10 children about their experiences collaborating with child welfare professionals, this study has identified ways in which professionals can facilitate children's participation.

Deep Savarni - Rise Learning Network,

In this webinar, hosted by Rise Learning Network, Deep Savarni, Founder & Director of Praajak Development Society shares his experience in establishing the Child Protection Committees as a means to realize effective participation of children in monitoring care services in government-run child care institutions in India.

Helen James and David Lane - The International Journal of Children's Rights,

This article examines the practice of child-centered principles in the UK child protection and public child law systems.

Modi, Kiran; Anbalagan, Emaya; Shroff, Radhika; Singhal, Nidhi - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care,

This article presents the findings of the Questionnaire to Assess Needs of Children in Care (QANCC), a tool designed to gather children's direct input on the management of Udayan Care's care homes in India.

Judy Havlicek, Ashley Curry, Fabiola Villalpando - Children and Youth Services Review,

This qualitative study explored youth participation from the perspectives of 42 primary foster youth advisory boards facilitators in 34 states in the USA.

Mariela Neagu - Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at the University of Oxford,

This study explores the childhood experiences and transitions to adulthood of 39 Romanian care leavers and adoptees, born around 1989 - 1990.

Julie Treinen & Michele Schmidt - Children's Bureau,

This podcast gives listeners an overview of how Arizona Kinship Support Services implements the Family Group Conference (FGC) model.

Dr Claire Baker - Coram Voice,

This rapid review from Coram Voice contributes to the understanding of care leavers’ experiences and is also the first stage in a project to develop a survey of care leavers’ subjective well-being, according to young people’s own evaluations of how they feel about their lives.

Lisa Trujillo - Medien Impulse,

Increased attention on the situations of unaccompanied refugee minors living in Europe has recently begun to include their voices and perspectives. This article focuses on the micro to macro contexts which give rise to their voices and explores the multiple features of voice.