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Bethan Carter, a research associate at Cardiff University, discusses the ReThink Project; a project run in collaboration with Adoption UK and Coram Voice to investigate what processes are linked to mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced young people and how they manage at two key transitions in life.
Find out more about the conference series 'On the Journey: Navigating Mental Health' here: https://www.exchangewales.org/on-the-journey-navigating-mental-health/
Individuals who have experienced living in alternative care settings have a critical role to play in the reform of child protection and alternative care systems. Engaging fully these children, young people, and adults in research and advocacy to inform policy and develop effective solutions requires more creative and flexible approaches to research methodology, with youth expertise, empowerment, and participation at the center.
Drawing from the learning from participatory research in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Australia, this webinar introduced different…
This webinar presentation by Professor Marie Connolly of the University of Melbourne was given at a UNICEF Seminar on the 1 April 2014. Professor Connolly began by introducing the history and background of Family Group Conference (FGC) in New Zealand, which was developed initially in the late 1980s as a culturally responsive way of diverting children and their families from the court system. It has since become a key decision-making mechanism for both care and protection and youth justice systems. FGC was later…