This report recounts further consultation with children which took place to help shape NCCA’s development of the new curriculum specification for Wellbeing with children from Stages 3 and 4 (Third to Sixth Classes) in four primary schools between April and June 2023.
How Barnardos involved children and young people who experienced childhood domestic violence and abuse in service and policy decision-making
How Jigsaw involved young people in an online youth mental health event ‘Youth Talk, We Listen’
How the Irish Wheelchair Association involves young people in day-to-day decision-making in its young adult services.
How the Irish Secondary Students Union (ISSU) involved young people in the development of a charter for inclusive schools.
How Involve Youth Project involves Traveller children and young people in decision-making in their day-to-day programmes and activities.
The views of children and young people on creating guidance documents for policy makers and those who facilitate the participation of disabled children and young people in decision making, with a particular focus on those who use augmentative or alternative communication.
This literature review examines the available evidence concerning the participation of disabled children and young people in decision-making. This evidence is needed in order to inform the development of a toolkit on how to meaningfully and effectively involve disabled children and young people in the decision-making process and approach participative consultations and initiatives in the most accessible and inclusive way possible.
This is the second report produced as part of the RITEC project. The first report, produced in 2022, explored the question: what does well-being mean to children in a digital age? This first-phase report is also available for download.
Beyond Limits is the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) event for children and young people with disabilities and their families. It aims to show them the opportunities open to them, talk about the issues they want to talk about, and highlight inclusiveness. With Beyond Limits, we want to show how a fully inclusive event can be the rule and not the exception.