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Prof Pat Dolan

Issues of Rights Social justice and Issues of Rights Social justice and Participation over time?Participation over time?

Has Societal Issues Has Societal Issues Changed ?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)

Tokenism

Civic Partners

Non-linearProcess

Learning from mistakesChildren in Care System and FSDavid 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!1.Children should have a voice2.Different ways to communicate3.Conversation everyone contributes4.Learn from each other- future asset building (and present)5.Children having a say is cyclical6.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!

Developing New Ideas

Developing New Ideas

Dealing with Specific Issues

Dealing with Specific Issues

OrganisingCapacity

OrganisingCapacity

A. Views YPSourced

B. Between YPC. Shared by YP

Domain of Social Science!

A. Views YPSourced

B. Between YPC. Shared by YP

Domain of Social Science!

Children/youth as researchers!

ACTIONING AGENCY

MEASURES SUCCESS

(1-10)

SOCIALINCLUSION

(1-10)

YPINPUT(1-10)

MULTIACCESS

REFERRAL(1-10) INFORMAL

NETWORKS(1-10)

ACCESSIBLEFLEXIBLE

(1-10)

STRENGTHSBASED(1-10)

WISHESFEELINGSSAFETY

(1-10)

NEEDSLED

(1-10)

PARTERSHIPWORKING

(1-10)

YoungPerson

(Dolan Canavan and McTiernan WIP)

REFLEXIVE TRACK

REFLEXIVE TRACK1 ISSUE

2 BEHAVIOUR3 PERSON

1 ISSUE2 BEHAVIOUR

3 PERSON

objectiveobjective1 Person End2 Programme

Delivered3 Issue End

1 Person End2 Programme

Delivered3 Issue End

Dolan et al in press

Young PersonFamily Support

Ecology

Young PersonFamily Support

Ecology

Excellence

Innovation Impact

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)