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Time to abandon prevalence studies of childhood sexual abuse?
Time to abandon prevalence studies of childhood sexual abuse? by Dr Sarah Nelson ABOUT THE AUTHORS CRFR Associate Researcher, Dr Sarah Nelson summarises her presentation to the Connect 2018 conference in Cardiff, (available on request). Prevalence and disclosure issues, and official statistics, are analysed
In a search for competence? Children’s participation in family law proceedings
I have been on a journey for the few past months, in terms of exploring the underlying reasons why we find it so challenging to involve children and young people in decisions that affect them. Involving children and young people is required by the
Children’s Participation in Decision-Making: Questioning Competence and Competencies
Children’s participation rights remain highly dependent on adults, who in one way or another, hold powerful positions such as legal guardians, administrative or political decision-makers, or front-line professionals. The attitudes of such adults towards children and childhood strongly influence whether or not the adults
Prioritising Children’s Autonomy is Prioritising their Best Interests
In my recently-published book Children, Autonomy and the Courts: Beyond the Right to be Heard, I look at cases where courts decide children’s best interests (for example about parental contact) to see how much influence children themselves have on decisions
The red flags are everywhere, but nobody can see them
Coercive control is a harmful criminal offence, yet it hides in plain sight. Sitting front and centre within our culture, it is performed routinely before our eyes. Coercive and controlling behaviours are glamorised in plotlines where abusers are sexy and romantic bad boys, and
Resilience in early years—continuing the conversation
Resilience in early years—continuing the conversation by Dr Caralyn Blaisdell ABOUT THE AUTHOR Caralyn Blaisdell is a Lecturer in Early Years Education at the University of Strathclyde. She completed her PhD at CRFR on ‘Young children’s participation as a living right: an ethnographic study
Resilience – continuing the conversation
It’s not a surprise that our seminar, ‘The Troubling Concept of Resilience’, received such interest. In recent years, fostering resilience has become a central dimension not only of early years, education and youth policy, but wider social policy and practice. The concept has, arguably,
Evaluating the Bookbug programme in Scotland
A little yellow bug in red dungarees has become a familiar part of Scottish family life. It’s name – and you will likely know this if you have young children – is Bookbug, and it’s the mascot of Scottish Book Trust’s Early Years programme.