Individuals who have experienced living in alternative care settings have a critical role to play in the reform of child protection and alternative care systems. Engaging fully these children, young people, and adults in research and advocacy to inform policy and develop effective solutions requires more creative and flexible approaches to research methodology, with youth expertise, empowerment, and participation at the center.
Drawing from the learning from participatory research in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Australia, this webinar introduced different approaches used to engage individuals with lived experience of alternative care in research efforts and highlight some of the key findings and lessons for meaningful and effective engagement.
Las personas que han vivido en cuidado alternativo tienen un papel fundamental que desempeñar en la reforma de los sistemas de protección infantil y de cuidado alternativo. Involucrar plenamente a niñas, niños, jóvenes y adultos en la investigación y la promoción para fundamentar la política y desarrollar soluciones eficaces requiere enfoques más creativos y flexibles a la metodología de investigación, con la experiencia de los jóvenes, el empoderamiento y la participación en el centro.
A partir de lo aprendido en la investigación participativa en América Latina y el Caribe, así como en Australia, este seminario web presentará diferentes enfoques utilizados para involucrar a las personas con experiencia de vida de cuidado alternativo en los esfuerzos de investigación y destacará algunos de los principales hallazgos y lecciones para una participación significativa y eficaz.
Resources
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Más autonomía, más derechos: Investigación sobre modalidades de acompañamiento de las transiciones de adolescentes y jóvenes del sistema de cuidados alternativos a la vida autónoma en América Latina
Red Latinoamericana de Egresados de Protección, Doncel, UNICEF, HHC
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Construyendo Autonomía: Un estudio entre pares sobre la transición a la vida adulta de jóvenes sin cuidados parentales
Doncel, UNICEF, FLACSO
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Solos Contra el Afuera
Doncel, Guía Egreso
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Children's Rights to Participate in Out-of-Home Care
International Social Work Contexts
- Examining the Role of Lived Experience Consultants in an Australian Research Study on the Educational Experiences of Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care
Qualitative Social Work
- Learning from Lived Experience in Government Care: Sharing Gains in Knowledge and Practice in Youth Participation with Key Care Stakeholders
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
- Through Our Eyes: Giving due weight to the views of children and young people in policy making
Centre for Children and Young People
- The Poverty of Policy: Examining Care Leaving Policy in Ethiopia
Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond
- Stories of Leaving Care in India: Struggling, Moving On and Surviving
Udayan Care
- Kia Tika, Kia Pono: Honouring Truths
VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai
- Beyond a Dreamcatcher - Improving Services for Indigenous Justice Involved Youth with Substance Use Challenges: A Youth-led Study
McCreary Centre Society’s Youth Research Academy (YRA)
- Te Mātātaki 2021: Findings from the 2019/2020 Survey of Tamariki and Rangatahi in Care
Voices of Children and Young People Team within Oranga Tamariki
- The Mental Health of BC Youth With Government Care Experience: A Youth Research Academy Report
McCreary Centre Society Youth Research Academy
- Mutual Benefits: The Lessons Learned from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and Foster Carers
Children and Youth Services Review
