Consulting our Youngest Children Toolkit
The strategies in this tool can be used by adults working on an individual basis with a young child for a specific purpose.
Author: Highland Child Protection Committee & Care and Learning Alliance
ISSU Student Council Handbook – an A-Z on All Things Student Council
This document has been created to meet the needs of student councils at all levels – from those starting from scratch, to those who wish to just improve their functioning, and those who have a proven track record of affecting change in their school community Created by students, we hope this is a useful resource for your student council and helps you to further student voice in your school community. Further resources, including action plans on specific issues, “off-the-shelf campaigns and student resources are available on the ISSU website.
Children as Researchers: Wild Things and the Dialogic Imagination
Child-led research has arisen in response to changed perspectives on children’s rights and capabilities. However, questions remain about the implications of children participating in ways and for purposes designed by adults.
Engaging Girls with Disabilities Through Cellphilming: Reflections on Participatory Visual Research as a Means of Countering Violence in the Global South
Despite the fact that most countries have ratified the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child, girls with disabilities experience multiple forms of violence and oppression.
Decolonising Concepts of Participation and Protection in Sensitive Research with Young People: Local Perspectives and Decolonial Strategies of Palestinian Research Advisors
Scholars in childhood research have been reconsidering whether the participation of children and young people in sensitive research is necessary. This paper questions whether some of these objections arise out of colonial attitudes towards childhood, young people, human rights, and research.
Making Waves: A Cross-study Analysis of Young People’s Participation Arenas in Scotland’s Schools
This research aimed to evaluate young children’s This article compares democratic participation research in Scottish schools over a 10-year period.
European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights is a regional human rights treaty adopted by the Council of Europe in 1950.
Student Councils That Work: Reviewing and Improving Student Voice in NI Schools
The aim of the article is to champion and celebrate School Councils in Northern Ireland and identify ways to support and enhance their work.
Life Under Coronavirus: Children’s Views on their Experiences of their Human Rights
This article describes the process and findings of the ground-breaking CovidUnder19 survey which was co-designed with children, for children.
#ScotYouthandCOVID2 – Children and Young People’s Participation Through Crisis
The findings detailed here explore the experiences and ideas for change from children and young people precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.