Toolkit for Including Children in Participation in Decision-making from Birth to 5 Years
How to listen to babies, toddlers and young children and involve them in decision-making on matters that affect them.
Author: Hub na nÓg, DCEDIY
Child Participation Assessment Tool
Designed to provide specific and measurable indicators.
Author: Council of Europe
The Participation of Young People in the Arts in Ireland: A Proposed Policy and Action Plan for the Period of the Third Arts Plan
A proposed policy and action plan for the period of the third arts plan.
Education Act 1998
An act to make provision in the interests of the common good for the education of every person in the state.
Engaging Children in Planning, Design, Development, Delivery and Evaluation of Services
This paper proposes how to give effect to the 2004 OMC “Young Voices: Guidelines on how to Involve Children and Young People in Your Work” recommendations.
An Examination of Concepts of School Readiness among Parents and Educators in Ireland for the Irish Research Council and An Evaluation of Educational Provision for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Republic of Ireland for the National Council
An investigation behind the concepts, motivations and perceptions of parents and educators in relation to school readiness and school starting age.
Making Rights Real for Children: A Children’s Rights Audit of Irish Law
This report details the current legal protection that exists for children in Ireland as well as the gaps that remain in the recognition of their rights.
Children’s Participation – The Perspectives of Educational Welfare Officers on Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-Making, prior to the Implementation of the Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support
Key findings and recommendations from a study on children and young people’s participation in planning meetings concerning their school attendance.
Children’s Participation in Decision-making: Balancing Protection with Shared Decision-making Using a Situational Perspective
This article argues for a situational perspective of children’s participation to act in the child’s best interest.
Children’s Perspective on Their Right to Participate in Decision-making According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 12
The aim of this study was to describe and capture the meaning of children’s perspective on their right to participate in decision-making.