The Library
A comprehensive collection of national and international good practice, policy, legal and academic publications, reports and resources on children and young people’s participation in decision-making.
Learning to listen: consulting children and young people with disabilities
This report is based on a consultation with disabled children and young people in London in 2000. It focuses on the methods and processes of carrying out such a consultation-consent issues, how to structure consultation sessions and tools used.
“Take My Hand” Young Peoples Experiences of Mental Health Services
“Take My Hand” report highlights young people’s experiences of, and perspectives on mental health services.
The participation of children and young people in care: insights from an analysis of national inspection reports in the Republic of Ireland
This paper outlines findings in relation to participation standards in HIQA foster care, residential care and special care inspection reports over a two-year period from 2013 to 2015.
Promoting the rights of children with disabilities Inoocenti Digest No. 13
The Innocenti Digest on Promoting the Rights of children with disabilities.
Deinstitutionalisation and community living of children with disabilities
This recommendation aims to promote the deinstitutionalisation of children with disabilities and their life in the community.
Voice of the child – raising the volume of the voices of children and young people in care
A special edition of Child Care in Practice on “Raising the Voice of Children and Young People in Care”
Supporting Childrens Participation in Decision Making: A Systematic Literature Review Exploring the Effectiveness of Participatory Processes
This article explores how effective processes are in supporting children’s participation in decisions concerning their personal welfare, protection and care.
Development and testing of an assessment of youth/young adult voice in agency-level advising and decision making
This paper describes the development and validation of the Youth/Young Adult Voice at the Agency Level (Y-VAL), an assessment of the extent to which agencies have implemented best practices for supporting meaningful participation.
Justifying children and young peoples involvement in social research: Assessing Harm and Benefit.
When children and young people’s involvement in research is increasingly the norm, this article reflects on the importance of a well-reasoned and transparent justification for their inclusion or exclusion
Listen to them! The challenge of capturing the true voice of young people within early intervention and prevention models; a youth work perspective
Exploring the challenges to youth work in capturing the voices of young people in a meaningful way within Meitheal and the Child and Family Support Networks model.
