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Accommodation-based interventions for individuals experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness. [PDF]

Campbell Syst Rev, 2021
Abstract Background Globally, almost 1.6 billion individuals lack adequate housing. Many accommodation‐based approaches have evolved across the globe to incorporate additional support and services beyond delivery of housing. Objectives This review examines the effectiveness of accommodation‐based approaches on outcomes including housing stability ...
Keenan C, Miller S, Hanratty J, Pigott T, Hamilton J, Coughlan C, Mackie P, Fitzpatrick S, Cowman J.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A community-based parent-support programme to prevent child maltreatment: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

HRB Open Res, 2018
The prevention of child abuse and neglect is a global public health priority due to its serious, long-lasting effects on personal, social, and economic outcomes. The Children At Risk Model (ChARM) is a wraparound-inspired intervention that coordinates
Furlong M, Stokes A, McGilloway S, Hickey G, Leckey Y, Bywater T, O'Neill C, Cardwell C, Taylor B, Donnelly M, ENRICH Research Team.   +10 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Childhood maltreatment and outcomes following electroconvulsive therapy in adults with depression. [PDF]

Acta Psychiatr Scand
Abstract Objective Childhood maltreatment is associated with less favourable treatment outcomes with pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy for depression. It is unknown whether this increased risk of treatment resistance in maltreated individuals extends to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
Jelovac A, Mohan C, Whooley E, Igoe A, McCaffrey C, McLoughlin DM.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Review of the international play policies and their contribution to supporting a child's right to play

Children &Society, Volume 37, Issue 6, Page 2179-2195, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Play is recognised as a fundamental children's right protected by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Despite legal and constitutional requirements for ensuring children's right to play, there are few international policies dedicated to play.
Fiona Armstrong, David Gaul
wiley   +1 more source

Home‐schooling in the Republic of Ireland

British Journal of Special Education, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 394-402, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Internationally, there continues to be a rise in the popularity of home‐schooling. Although the growth in the numbers of families choosing this alternative approach was evident prior to the Covid‐19 Pandemic school closures, it appears to have impacted on the decision for some to home‐school permanently.
Joanne Banks, Chris Forlin, Dianne Chambers   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Realizing the potential of a strengths‐based approach in family support with young people and their parents

Child &Family Social Work, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 481-490, May 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper on a strengths‐based approach (SBA) to practice is based on empirical research with stakeholders involved in an intensive support programme for young people at risk and their parents in Ireland. The Youth Advocate Programme (YAP) model provides wraparound support to respond to their needs by focusing on their competencies and their ...
Carmel Devaney, Bernadine Brady, Rosemary Crosse, Rebecca Jackson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accelerated adulthood, extended adolescence and the care cliff: Supporting care leavers' transition from care to independent living

Child &Family Social Work, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 748-759, November 2022., 2022
Abstract The pressures of ‘accelerated adulthood’ are a critical challenge for young people ageing out of the care system. Despite the trauma related to their placement history, young people ‘aging out’ are expected to adapt to adulthood at younger age and faster pace than their non‐care peers, who enjoy an ‘extended adolescence’ a far more gradual ...
Angela Palmer, Michelle Norris, Joanne Kelleher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A bit more understanding: Young adults' views of mental health services in care in Ireland [PDF]

, 2015
Children and young people in the care system typically experience very high levels of mental health difficulties, yet their views of these difficulties and of mental health services have rarely been explored.
McElvaney, Rosaleen, Tatlow-Golden, Mimi
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How Effective Are Ireland's Monitory Mechanisms in Improving Its Child Protection and Welfare Services?

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child protection and welfare systems are entrusted with significant power by governments and are therefore a significant focus of monitoring activities. Monitoring can help to build a better child protection system and to ensure child safety; track policy and legislative implementation and resource allocation; contribute to preventing systemic
Kenneth Burns, Eva Boyle, Susan Geary, Emma King   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

EUROPEAN MIGRATION NETWORK. Policies and Practices on Unaccompanied Minors in Ireland [PDF]

, 2014
This study is a broad-ranging exploration of the policies and practices in place for unaccompanied minors in Ireland. Unaccompanied minors and separated children, broadly defined as children below the age of eighteen, who are not in the care of ...
Gusciute, Egle, Joyce, Corona, Quinn, Emma   +2 more
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