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Participation in practice: children and young people as partners in change
- Author:
- WILLOW Carolyne
- Publisher:
- Children's Society
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 175p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Considers the policy context for consultation and participation, and explores guiding principles and recommendations for achieving positive change with children and young people. Topics covered: promoting school inclusion; advocacy in the child protection system; consulting and including young carers in policy and practice development; learning from the views of young disabled people; listening and responding to very young children; setting up a children and young person's bureau.
Having a say: disabled children and effective partnership in decision making; section 1; the report
- Author:
- RUSSELL Philippa
- Publisher:
- Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 93p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Builds on issues raised at a seminar held in 1996 looking at giving disabled children a voice in the services they receive. Considers a range of practice examples and policy initiatives, relevant literature and personal experiences of the wider membership of the Council for Disabled Children. Includes chapters on: obtaining a user's perspective on assessment; consulting the children; styles of communication (including play and multimedia); working with disabled children from minority ethnic groups; advocacy, self advocacy and representation; mutual support between disabled children; using quality circles; an educational perspective on listening to disabled children; the children's perspective on partnership with pupils; creating a positive learning environment; issues for health services; the legal framework for determining consent; sharing information; access to information and confidentiality; disabled children living away from home; involving users in research and consultation; and practical approaches to consulting disabled children on service development and review.