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Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
How do we better involve young children in the decision-making of their own social care? This book, developed from the Erasmus+ funded PANDA project, explores the development of knowledge and resources to educate and support social workers in their collaboration with children aged 12 and under.
Featuring real-life practice vignettes, reflective questions and evidence-informed implications for practice – plus free additional resources on the PANDA project website – the book provides valuable insights that combine the work of academic and professional practice from a European perspective.
With contributions from authors in Belgium, Northern Ireland, Norway and Spain, this essential resource empowers practitioners and policy makers to promote the participation rights of young children in decision-making processes and to help children find their voice in challenging times.
“This is a much-needed practice-facing book drawing on a four-country collaboration for social work professionals to reflect on and develop their participatory practice with young children. The book provides a clear rationale rooted in the UNCRC and detailed chapters on how such practice can be made possible with even the youngest children, using playful and creative approaches and optimising the potentials of the natural world. I am confident this will inspire practitioners to experiment and engage in the joys of relational work with children.” Debbie Watson, University of Bristol
Karen Winter is Professor of Children’s Social Care at the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast.
Gillian Ruch is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex.
1. Introduction - Wendy Eerdekens and Karen Winter
2. Young children’s rights - Karen Winter
3. Contextual influences on participation - Wendy Eerdekens, Eva Heirbaut, Karen Winter, Alicia Toal, Geraldine McGuigan Carmen Roncal Vargas, Manuel Ortíz Mateos, Inger Sofie Dahlø Husby and Randi Juul.
4. The participation rights of infants and babies - Wendy Eerdekens and Eva Heirbaut
5. Creative participatory approaches, methods and tools - Esther Mercado Garcia and Elin Hassel Iverson
6. Listening and talking to young children outdoors - Inger Sofie Dahlø Husby, Pål Børmark and Solvår Hernes
7. Key principles in participation and collaboration with young children - Karen Winter and Gillian Ruch