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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Kadi Lauri, Karmen Toros & Rafaela Lehtme - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal,

This article explores children’s views and experiences of participation within the context of child protection assessment practice.

World Vision,

This global report is a consolidation of six regional reports based on consultations conducted between April and August 2020 that used a qualitative approach. The report is organised around the three themes emerging from the data: (1) the impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people; (2) their resilient responses to these impacts personally, in their families and communities; and (3) the support that children and young people need to be safe, healthy and help to fight the further spread of the virus.

World Vision,

This publication presents the voices of nearly 200 children and young people from across the Southern Africa region who shared their experiences on how COVID-19 continues to have an impact on their lives.

Scottish Children's Reporter Administration and Who Cares? Scotland,

In order to fully understand the relationship between privacy and confidentiality in the Children’s Hearings System, this research explored three broad questions: (1) How privacy and confidentiality impact on the participation of young people and their parents and carers in the Children’s Hearings System, (2) What is the relationship between advocacy and privacy and confidentiality, (3) And what solutions could be found to help young people and their parents and carers be heard and involved in decision making.

Francie Zimmerman - Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP),

This report describes efforts through 2019 by the Center for the Study of Social Policy's Youth Thrive initiative to increase opportunities so that all youth have the chance to thrive.

Scottish Care Leavers Covenant Alliance,

This briefing paper aims to highlight some of the key issues and some of the solutions that have been identified through regular meetings of the Scottish Care Leavers Covenant (SCLC) Alliance during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing together learning from their own work and extensive networks with partners to offer a number of recommendations, and to prioritise steps to improve the lives of care leavers.

Aida Urrea Monclús, Ainoa Mateos Inchaurrondo, Laura Fernández-Rodrigo, M Àngels Balsells Bailón - Journal of Social Work,

This article presents the results of a qualitative study whose objective was to collect information on the perceptions of changes in parents and their children who are in the Spanish foster care system after completing a positive parenting programme.

Karmen Toros - Children & Society,

This article examines children's views on and experiences with participation in the child protection system's decision‐making process.

Vanessa Currie, Laura H.V. Wright, Helen Veitch, Yana Mayevskaya, and Lindsay Rogers - Child Protection Area of Responsibility, CPC Learning Network, International Institute for Child Rights and Development, IFRC and UNICEF ,

How is it best for adult-led organizations to reach out to children? Who should do so, and how can they do so safely? This guide provides some guidance on those questions and links to additional resources.

#CovidUnder19,

This briefing presents the headline findings from a survey conducted by #CovidUnder19: Life Under Coronavirus, an initiative to meaningfully involve children in responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.