How Parents can Involve Babies, Toddlers and Young Children in Decision-making Through the Support of Tusla Family Support Baby and Toddler Groups
How Young Children with Additional Needs are Involved in Decision-making in a GAA Club
How 3-5-year-old Children have a Voice in Decision-making in a Gymnastics Programme
Listening to and Acting on Young Children’s Lived Experience of Domestic Violence and Abuse
A Hub na nÓg Multi-method Approach to Consult with 3-year-old Children on What is Important in their Lives to Inform Policy Decisions
How Infants and Non-speaking Children are Involved in Decision-making About Their Healthcare Needs in Emergency Departments that Treat Children
How Children Take Part in Decision-making in a Junior Infants Classroom
How Children in an After-school Service are Involved in Decision-making
Enabling Children to Choose the Clothes They Wear in an Outdoor Preschool
This toolkit is about how to listen to babies, toddlers and young children and involve them in decision-making on matters that affect their lives.It contains guidance, advice and examples of good practice on involving children in decision-making for professionals and practitioners who work with babies, toddlers and children under the age of five. Throughout the toolkit, babies, infants, toddlers and young children under the age of five are referred to as ‘children’, and their stage of life is referred to as ‘early childhood’.