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-------------------------------------- Prof Pat Dolan. Issues of Rights Social justice and Participation over time?. Has Societal Issues Changed ?. Think of how Child/Youth Provide Family Support. Young People seen as causes of problems to be fixed by services
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Issues of Rights Social justice and Participation over time? Has Societal Issues Changed ?
Think of how Child/Youth Provide Family Support • Young People seen as causes of problems to be fixed by services • Actors and stakeholders with a view to solutions • Understanding Agency – untapped • New discourse on civic engagement (Dolan et al 2014)
Revisiting Hart’s Ladder? (Innocenti 1991) Civic Partners Non-linear Process Tokenism
Learning from mistakes Children in Care System and FS David and the response he received! Children and young people and prevention programmes
Power of informal support Over estimated and Under estimated by professionals – despite what young people tell us! (Bolger et al 2009)
2. Relationship Factor! – Measurable and Actionable Jameson (2008) – Caring For and Caring About!!! – A key differential in both Family Support and Participation
Citizen Proofing – participation goes beyond testimony Includes Real participation in design plans and Critique and finding out what works Issue of ‘fit’ with Proven Programmes Advocates Now introduced in (medicine – Gerontology)
4 Outcomes and Coping Focus (Pinkerton and Dolan 2008)
Children’s Parliament 6 messages for me! • Children should have a voice • Different ways to communicate • Conversation everyone contributes • Learn from each other- future asset building (and present) • Children having a say is cyclical • We are all unique!!! ( echoed by David)
5 Evidence not just if proven -but why/how works!(Canavan et al 2009) – what difference does it make – what I can do with it!!!
Think of how Child/Youth Provide Family Support • Changes over time - lifecourse issue • Unknown and Automatic unless unusual (kennan et al 2012) • Events derived ( e.g. 9/11) • Normative magic – its written in the posters!
Children/youth as researchers! Developing New Ideas A. Views YP Sourced B. Between YP C. Shared by YP Domain of Social Science! Dealing with Specific Issues Organising Capacity
PARTERSHIP WORKING (1-10) NEEDS LED (1-10) MEASURES SUCCESS (1-10) WISHES FEELINGS SAFETY (1-10) SOCIAL INCLUSION (1-10) Young Person STRENGTHS BASED (1-10) YP INPUT (1-10) ACCESSIBLE FLEXIBLE (1-10) MULTI ACCESS REFERRAL (1-10) INFORMAL NETWORKS (1-10) ACTIONING AGENCY (Dolan Canavan and McTiernan WIP)
1 ISSUE 2 BEHAVIOUR 3 PERSON REFLEXIVE TRACK
1 Person End 2 Programme Delivered 3 Issue End objective
Excellence Young Person Family Support Ecology Innovation Impact Dolan et al in press
Social Justice Theory and its integration by other theorists • John Bowlby Attachment Reliable Alliance in Life! Recognition and Respect Honneth (See Houston and Dolan 2008) Young Carers – Kennan and Fives 2013 But also what young people in Services have said REPEATEDLY!!!! (Stein 2012)