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• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Children

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• 1.   How dangerous is food allergy in childhood? The incidence of severe and fatal allergic reactions across the UK and Ireland

  This paper discussed the incidence of severe and fatal food related allergic reactions across the UK and Ireland in children

  

  Abstract:

  Focuses on the incidence of severe and fatal allergic reactions to food among children across Great Britain and Ireland. Retrospective search for fatalities in children through death certificates; Death from milk allergy; Need to balance the benefits and drawbacks of prescribing an epinephrine autoinjector. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Child: Care, Health & Development, Vol: 28 Page: 432-432 2002
  Richard Reading

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• 2.   Improving outcomes for children in the island of Ireland: the role of philanthropic investment

  This is the second in a series of articles based on interviews with policy-makers, philanthropists and community activists about the reforms to children's services in Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  This is the second in a series of articles based on interviews with policy-makers, philanthropists and community activists about the reforms to children's services in Ireland. Subsequent series will examine reform efforts in other countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Children's Services is the property of Pavilion Publishing and its content may not be copied or more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Children's Services, Vol: 2 Page: 60-67 2007
  Michael Little; Ali Abunimah

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• 3.   INCADAT: The Hague Conference on International Child Abduction Database

  This article details a database of leading Hague Convention case law set up by the Hague Conference on Private International Law in May 2000 called the International Child Abduction Database (INCADAT).

  

  Abstract:

  This article details a database of leading Hague Convention case law set up by the Hague Conference on Private International Law in May 2000 called the International Child Abduction Database (INCADAT). The database is structured around summaries of the leading cases from different contracting states. The summaries highlight the full name of the case, the date of the judgment, names of more...

  Geography:

  Scotland

  Family Advocate, Vol: 25 Page: 46-47 2002 Summer2002
  Peter McEleavy

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• 4.   Independent schools counselling: Profiling the NSPCC service experience

  The aim of this study was to examine the profile of client and service use - of schools counselling service - between September 2004 and December 2005

  

  Abstract:

  Research reported in recent years highlights that many children and young people living in Northern Ireland are struggling to cope with a range of complex issues in their daily lives. The lack of accessible and appropriate professional support means that many children and young people carry these issues to school, where their struggle to cope manifests as behaviour problems contributing more...

  International Classification:

  Education

  Categories:

  schools counselling service

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 13 Page: 95-115 2007
  Aisling McElearney; Gary Adamson; Mark Shevlin; Anne Tracey; Bronagh Muldoon; Selina Roosmale-Cocq

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• 5.   Interview with Sylda Langford: People, relationships and power struggles -- the view from the Director-General of the Irish Office of the Minister for Children

  Interview with Sylda Langford: People, relationships and power struggles -- the view from the Director-General of the Irish Office of the Minister for Children

  

  Abstract:

  Ireland has suddenly become a hub of activity around children's services - at central and local government levels, involving the primary statutory and voluntary agencies, and engaging some of the more disadvantaged communities. Following a critical report when it appeared before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child over a decade ago, the Irish Government set up the National more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Children's Services, Vol: 2 Page: 67-75 2007
  Dwan Kaoukji; Michael Little

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• 6.   INTRODUCTION

  This article discusses articles in the May 2003 issue of 'Childhood.' Small-scale qualitative study of young children's experiences of separation and divorce in Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  Introduces articles in the May 2003 issue of 'Childhood.' Small-scale qualitative study of young children's experiences of separation and divorce in Ireland; Psychological perspective of understanding children's competence. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Childhood, Vol: 10 Page: 123 2003
  Carol Smart

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• 7.   INVOLVING CHILDREN IN SOCIAL POLICY: A CASE STUDY FROM NORTHERN IRELAND

  The aim of this study was to examine how children in Northern Ireland are involved in social policy.

  

  Abstract:

  The article presents a case study from Northern Ireland that examines how children are involved in social policy. It first introduces and then applies sociologist R. Hart's influential ladder of participation model to children taking the Eleven Plus test in Northern Ireland. Hart's intention was to provide a framework for participation, which would facilitate the involvement of children more...

  International Classification:

  Legal or care issues

  Categories:

  social policy

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Sociological Studies of Children & Youth, Vol: 10 Page: 153-167 2005
  Madeleine Leonard

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• 8.   Involving Fathers in Psychological Services for Children

  This article is a commentary of the special series on involving fathers in psychological services for children

  

  Abstract:

  This paper is a commentary of the special series on involving fathers in psychological services for children. The following themes are addressed: the effects of fathers on child development; benefits of father involvement in child psychology services; obstacles to father involvement; engaging fathers; specific interventions for fathers; and implications for service development, training more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, Vol: 13 Page: 94-97 2006
  Alan Carr

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• 9.   Ireland's National Children's Strategy an inside outsider's view

  This article focused on the launching of Ireland's National Children's Strategy: Our Children--Their Lives

  

  Abstract:

  Focuses on the launching of Ireland's National Children's Strategy: Our Children--Their Lives. The growth in the Irish economy and accompanying changes in society have created opportunities and challenges for children. Social investment is seen by government as vital to continuing success and nowhere is that investment more important than in children. It is realistic to aspire to more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Children & Society, Vol: 15 Page: 118-121 2001
  John Pinkerton

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• 10.   Linking prevention science and community engagement: a case study of the Ireland Disadvantaged Children and Youth Programme

  This article discusses the lack of effective evaluation of children's services and discusses potential remedies for improving both the knowledge base and the quality of interventions

  

  Abstract:

  Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are acknowledged to provide the most reliable estimate of programme effectiveness, yet relatively few are undertaken in children's services. Consequently, there are few models with a demonstrated impact on child well-being, leading to a concern not only that services may frequently be ineffective but also that some may be harmful. This article more...

  Geography:

  England

  Journal of Children's Services, Vol: 2 Page: 40-54 2008

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• 11.   Listening To Children, Speaking For Children: Health and Social Services Complaints and Child Advocacy

  This article discusses the importance of Health and Personal Social Services responses to complaints from service users in upholding children's rights, and in particular Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

  

  Abstract:

  Health and Personal Social Services are required to respond positively and effectively to complaints from service users. This paper discusses the importance of such complaints systems in upholding children's rights, and in particular Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It outlines the nature of some of the advocacy services available to children and more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 9 Page: 109-116 2003
  Wendy Cousins; Sharon Milner; Eithne McLaughlin

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• 12.   LOOKING FOR COMMON GROUND

  This article discusses an assessment framework for children and their families, strengths and limitations

  

  Abstract:

  Looks at lessons for British professionals learned from research and development of a common assessment framework for children carried out in Ireland in 2004. Concerns raised by respondents; Factors that can distort assessments; Messages for policy makers developing a common assessment framework in England. more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Community Care, 2004
  Jan Horwath; Helen Buckley

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• 13.   Many childhoods?

  This article discusses articles on child research - including adult regulation of children's play, citizenship, employment, engagement of children as active thinking beings, childhood health and disability

  

  Abstract:

  Introduces articles on child research. Adult regulation of children's play and access to television; Citizenship as a transformational practice in the lifecourse of contemporary children; Employment experiences of children in Northern Ireland; Adolescent Chinese cultural beliefs within Hong Kong; Engagement of children as active thinking beings in social research and social policy; more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Childhood, 2004
  Chris Jenks

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• 14.   Measuring and Meeting the Needs of Children and Families in the Community: Survey of Parents on a Housing Estate in Dublin, Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine the needs of children and families in the community

  

  Abstract:

  The methodological and empirical literature on measuring the need of child populations is sparse. What does exist is more orientated towards children in receipt of non-universal or specialist services, overlooking those children with similar needs who are not in contact with such services. Further, there is a tendency often for need analyses not to lead to the development of needs-led more...

  International Classification:

  Other - Families:community needs

  Categories:

  community needs of children and families

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 14 Page: 331-353 2008
  Nick Axford; Rebecca Whear

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• 15.   Measuring children's emotional and behavioural problems: Comparing the Child Behaviour Checklist and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

  The aim of the study was to examine findings from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire that measures prosocial as well as problematic behaviours and compares it to the traditional Child Behaviour Checklist

  

  Abstract:

  In a child and adolescent mental health service it is important to accurately screen and measure children's emotional and behavioural problems. Traditionally many of the standardised self report questionnaires developed to do this have been difficult to use in practice, as they have been long and have exclusively focused on problems and pathology, sometimes making them off-putting to more...

  International Classification:

  Other - problematic behaviours

  Categories:

  prosocial as well as problematic behaviours

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychology, Vol: 23 Page: 18-26 2002
  Brian Waldron; John Sharry; Carol Fitzpatrick; Joanne Behan; Alan Carr

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• 16.   Mending a Public-Private Gap: Children's Rights and the Children's Ombudsperson

  This article discusses a social policy in which law is used to mend public-private gaps for children: the children's ombudsperson

  

  Abstract:

  "Public" and "private" are regularly used to organize social life, designating responsibilities and expectations. Gaps between public and private social worlds exist where responsibilities and expectations are unclear. Some social groups, such as children, are vulnerable to falling into public-private gaps. With mixed success, "law" is often used to mend more...

  Geography:

  Canada

  Conference Papers -- American Sociological Association, 2006 2006 Annual Meeting, Montreal
  Brian Gran; Antje Daub

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• 17.   Mixed blessings for NI schools

  This article discusses the results of effectiveness evaluation review of education system in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  Reports on the results of effectiveness evaluation review of education system in Northern Ireland. Proportion of children achieving good examination grades; Performance of children in international standards; Teaching standards. more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Public Finance,
  Paul Gosling

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• 18.   Moral reasoning among Nigerian and northern Irish children: A cross-cultural comparison using the Sociomoral Reflection Measure--Short Form

  The aim of the study was to examine the moral reasoning of 37 10-11 yr old Nigerian children was compared to 48 children of the same age from Northern Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  The moral reasoning of 37 10-11 yr old Nigerian children was compared to 48 children of the same age from Northern Ireland. The research employed the Sociomoral Reflection Measure-Short Form (SRM-SF; J. C. Gibbs et al, 1992) and assessed the measure's usefulness for cross-cultural research. The results indicated that the Nigerian children scored significantly lower on the SRM-SF. The more...

  International Classification:

  Other - moral reasoning

  Categories:

  moral reasoning

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  IFE Psychologia: An International Journal, Vol: 9 Page: 1-6 2001
  Neil Ferguson; Catherine S. Willis; Alice Tilley

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• 19.   National Children's Bureau Conference: Dealing with Feelings--Promoting and Supporting Young People's Emotional Health, 6 December 2006, Dunadry, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

  This article provides an overview of the workshops and papers presented at the National Children's Bureau Conference entitled Dealing with Feelings: Promoting and Supporting Young

  

  Abstract:

  Provides an overview of the workshops and papers presented at the National Children's Bureau Conference entitled Dealing with Feelings: Promoting and Supporting Young People's Emotional Health. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 13 Page: 153-162 2007
  �ine McGinnity

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• 20.   New England and New Labour: Retracing American Templates for the Change For Children Programme?

  This article discusses the need to have international transference in ideas associated with social welfare discourses may aid in understanding way to "modernise" children's services in the United Kingdom

  

  Abstract:

  The current New Labour administration in England is intent on the "modernisation" of children's services, and this is reflected in the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme. When examining the foundation of this programme, a key element that is lacking in most accounts is any discussion of changes to children's services in the United States. It is maintained that more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, Vol: 23 Page: 31-47 2007
  Paul Michael Garrett

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• 21.   NEWS

  This article presents news briefs on: Publication of guidelines on post-registration training and learning requirement for registered social workers by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council.

  

  Abstract:

  Presents news briefs on social service in Great Britain as of January 2005. Plan of education minister Lord Filkin to meet with the Commission for Social Care Inspection regarding standards in children's homes; Sentence given to a couple for poisoning a three-year old boy they planned to adopt; Publication of guidelines on post-registration training and learning requirement for more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Community Care, 2005

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• 22.   News from BAAF

  News from BAAF This article provides updates concerning adoption and child care in Great Britain as of July 2006

  

  Abstract:

  This article provides updates concerning adoption and child care in Great Britain as of July 2006. In Scotland the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill is progressing well. The publication of the Green Paper to improve outcomes the looked after children in England has been delayed. The British Association for Adoption and Fostering has opened an office in Belfast, Northern Ireland. more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 30 Page: 3-3 2006 Summer2006
  David Holmes

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• 23.   NEWS: NEWS IN BRIEF

  This article offers news briefs on children care services in Europe. British Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services offers professional best-practices, case studies and expert advice

  

  Abstract:

  The article offers news briefs on children care services in Europe. British Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services offers professional best-practices, case studies and expert advice. Welsh Assembly Government allocates £7.5 million for early year services and school improvement projects. Northern Ireland's Speech and Language Therapy Task Force more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Children & Young People Now, 2008

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• 24.   Northern Ireland wants youth workers involved at school

  This article reports on the plan of Northern Ireland's government to integrate youth workers into schools.

  

  Abstract:

  The article reports on the plan of Northern Ireland's government to integrate youth workers into schools. It discusses the report published by the Department of Education which focuses on the services offered by Youthreach. Youthreach aims to provide educational assistance to young people aged 15-20 years old. It shows that cooperation and partnership between schools and youth workers more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Children & Young People Now, 2008
  Joe Lepper

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• 25.   NUMBERS GAME: Childcare in Northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to report on the difficulty of finding childcare in Northern Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  The article features a poll conducted by the Ipsos Mori for the Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA) regarding the difficulty of finding childcare in Northern Ireland. The survey was conducted on 1,204 people and result reveals that majority of parents struggled to find childcare, especially those living in rural areas. It also shows that parents valued quality of childcare more...

  International Classification:

  Legal or care issues

  Categories:

  childcare

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Children & Young People Now, 2008
  Tristan Donovan

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• 26.   'One more for my baby': Foetal alcohol syndrome and its implications for social workers

  This article describes the nature of foetal alcohol syndrome and the related condition of foetal alcohol effect, presents findings from a study of young children in the care of social services in Northern Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  Foetal alcohol syndrome has been described as the commonest preventable cause of mental retardation in the Western world. It refers to a pattern of malformations, growth retardation and central nervous system impairments found in children of mothers who drink large amounts of alcohol while they are pregnant. This paper describes the nature of foetal alcohol syndrome and the related more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 11 Page: 375-383 2005
  Wendy Cousins; Karen Wells

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• 27.   Operationalising children's rights: lessons from research

  This article discusses operationalising children's rights and lessons from research

  

  Abstract:

  This article considers ways in which the implementation of children's rights can be measured in law, policy and practice. It identifies best practice and lessons to be learnt when undertaking the process of auditing the implementation of children's rights. It draws on the author's experience of four different research projects whose task was to measure the extent to which children's more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Children's Services, Vol: 1 Page: 35-45 2006
  Ursula Kilkelly

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• 28.   Parenting education and support policies and their consequences in selected OECD countries

  This article discusses the parenting education and support policies and their consequences in selected OECD countries

  

  Abstract:

  Given the raised profile that parenting support and education is currently receiving on government family policy agendas in many nations, this paper reviews the ways in which parenting support and education policies are embedded within eight OECD countries. Drawing out the similarities and differences of policy and practice, and comparing the financial support each country affords to more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Children and Youth Services Review, Vol: In Press, Corrected Proof Page:
  Boaz Shulruf; Claire O'Loughlin; Hilary Tolley

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• 29.   Parents' Views on Social Work Interventions in Child Welfare Cases

  This article reports the findings of a research report examining the potential for social workers to shift from a child protection to a child welfare orientation in their practice

  

  Abstract:

  The article reports the findings of a research report examining the potential for social workers to shift from a child protection to a child welfare orientation in their practice. Whilst social workers in Great Britain have been encouraged to make such changes, they have been hampered by concerns to manage risks. There was evidence of the continued influence of child protection more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  British Journal of Social Work, Vol: 34 Page: 199-224 2004
  Trevor Spratt; Jackie Callan

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• 30.   PIGS AND COWS IN NORTHERN IRELAND: Anthropology, Folklore and Contributing to Child-Centered Studies of Culture and Identity

  This study aimed to explore the author's social analysis on a catch question, a traditional question employed by many children in 1996 and 1997 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  The article presents the author's social analysis on a catch question, a traditional question employed by many children in 1996 and 1997 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The author's analysis is based on his nine months research work in five Belfast city primary schools. He argues that catch question allows the children to engage in a variety of different strategies which led them to more...

  International Classification:

  Anthropology or ethnographic

  Categories:

  social analysis on a "catch question" on background

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Social Analysis, Vol: 44 Page: 66-102 2000
  Donna M. Lanclos

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• 31.   Prospective Possibilities for Building Resilience in Children, their Families and Communities

  This article discusses a future agenda for building resilience in children, families and communities with particular emphasis on a greater utilisation of informal social networks.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper explores a future agenda for building resilience in children, families and communities with particular emphasis on a greater utilisation of informal social networks. Following a brief revisit of its definitions and principles, a tentative framework for consolidating resilience between children, their families and communities is provided. Messages for future policy and more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 14 Page: 83-91 2008
  Pat Dolan

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• 32.   Qualitative methods in the study of children's racial attitudes and identities

  This study explores children's racial attitudes and identities

  

  International Classification:

  Other - racial attitudes and identities

  Categories:

  racial attitudes and identities

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Infant & Child Development, Vol: 10 Page: 219-233
  Paul Connolly

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• 33.   RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FAMILY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AND MOTHER-CHILD BONDS

  This study explores the relationships between family and social support and early mother-child bonds

  

  Abstract:

  The relationships between family and social support and early mother-child bonds are explored in two different cultural contexts with ten at-risk families with children under five years of age. Five families in the United States attended a family center program; five families in Ireland utilized a home visiting program. The experiences and perspectives of the ten participants inform the more...

  International Classification:

  Relationships

  Categories:

  mother-child bonds

  Geography:

  International

  Journal of Children & Poverty, Vol: 13 Page: 133-156 2007
  Mary Ellen McGuire-Schwartz

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• 34.   RESEARCH ABSTRACTS: SHORT BREAKS

  This abstract reports on respite care and coping strategies among families of Irish Children with intellectual disabilities

  

  Abstract:

  The article presents abstracts on short break child care services which include "Use of Respite Care and Coping Strategies Among Irish Families of Children With Intellectual disabilities," "Support for Family Carers of Children and Young People With Developmental Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour" and "Breaking Point: Families Still Need a Break." more...

  Categories:

  respite care; coping strategies; intellectual disabilities

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Community Care, 2007

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• 35.   RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE

  This article provides information on research into the issues of poverty and deprivation in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  Provides information on research into the issues of poverty and deprivation in Northern Ireland. Percentage of children in the country that live below poverty line; Highlights of the research findings of Queen's University Belfast and University of Ulster; Recommendations of a report by Gingerbread NI and the University of Ulster. more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Community Care, 2004
  Neil Thompson

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• 36.   Researching Young Children's Perspectives on 'the Troubles' in Northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine the potentially negative effects that violence was having on children's development and general sense of well-being

  

  Abstract:

  It was not long after the emergence of the present phase of 'the troubles' in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s that concerns began to be expressed about the potentially negative effects that the violence was having on children's development and general sense of well-being. Since the early 1970s, a plethora of research studies have been conducted and published examining a range of more...

  International Classification:

  War, violence and conflict

  Categories:

  violence and well-being

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 8 Page: 58-64 2002
  Paul Connolly

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• 37.   Resilience in Practice Interventions

  This paper discusses the concept of resilience in practice interventions including resilience in the practitioner and how the practitioner fosters resilient interventions

  

  Abstract:

  Resilience is normally sought in the child, family and the community. It is a complex term that needs to be understood in context. This paper seeks to locate and trace resilience in the practitioner. It also examines how practitioners foster resilient interventions. A number of practice examples, taken from the author's own practice experience, are interlaced throughout the text; it is more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 14 Page: 45-54 2008
  Gerard Phillips

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• 38.   Responses of the social work profession to unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the Republic of Ireland

  This article discusses the provision of social work services to unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Ireland and considers the wider implications for the development of the social work profession and social work practices

  

  Abstract:

  The Republic of Ireland is rapidly developing immigration legislation and policies to respond to its relatively new status as a destination for asylum seekers and refugees within the European Union. New political definitions of asylum seekers and refugees are being constructed in a country with its own history of mass emigration. At the same time, the economic growth that is making more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  European Journal of Social Work, Vol: 5 Page: 187-198 2002
  Alastair Christie

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• 39.   Schizophrenia: The impact of parental illness on children

  The aim of this study was to investigate the daily life and experiences of children to examine the impact parental schizophrenia makes on a child's life.

  

  Abstract:

  This research sets out to discover what impact parental schizophrenia makes on a child's life. It focuses on the daily life and experiences of children. Their health, education, family and leisure activities are examined. Contact with helping agencies and their unmet needs are investigated. The sample was drawn from the children of patients attending the mental health services in South more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders - schizophrenia

  Categories:

  parental schizophrenia; -daily life and experiences

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  British Journal of Social Work, Vol: 37 Page: 1319-1334 2007
  Victoria Somers

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• 40.   SEARCH FOR REDRESS

  This article discusses the plight of children in Ireland during the 1930s through 1970s who were abused in residential institution

  

  Abstract:

  Deals with the plight of children in Ireland during the 1930s through 1970s who were abused in residential institutions. Way in which children entered the system; Efforts of the government to compensate for the victims; Social and psychological impact of the abuse on the children. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Community Care, 2002
  Mark Hunter

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• 41.   Section 29 of the Family Law Act 1986, Article 8 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Article 13 of the Hague Convention, Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 8 of the European Convention on

  The article focuses on the ruling on the wishes of a child and legal representation concerning her decision to live in Northern Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  The article focuses on the ruling on the wishes of a child and legal representation concerning her decision to live in Northern Ireland. The child wrote a letter to the South American court stating that she wanted to live in Ireland with her grandmother and step-grandfather. The child was given leave to commence proceedings in her own name, was granted the services of the Deputy more...

  International Classification:

  Legal or care issues

  Categories:

  legal ruling regarding place of abode

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 29 Page: 75-78 2005 Winter2005
  Kerry O'Halloran

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• 42.   So How Are We Doing? A Review of the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: United Kingdom

  This article discusses the "United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child" issued response to the British government's submission on the progress made in respect of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

  

  Abstract:

  On October 4, 2002, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child issued its response to the British government's submission on the progress made in respect of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Signatories to the Convention on the Rights of the Child are required to present a periodic report every five years. However, due to delays more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Children & Society, Vol: 17 Page: 71-74 2003
  Lisa Payne

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• 43.   Social Work in Ireland

  This article discusses several articles pertaining to child social service in Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  Comments on several articles pertaining to child social service in Ireland. Issues on child abuse; The controversy surrounding the television documentary "States of Fear," which focused on the abuse of children in industrial schools and Mary Raftery and Eoin O'Sullivan's book, "Suffer the Little Children: the Inside Story of Ireland's Industrial Schools." more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  British Journal of Social Work, 2001
  Alastair Christie

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• 44.   Special educational needs: balancing the interests of children and parents in the statementing process

  This article discusses the autonomous legal interests of children, but also the failure of provisions governing the special educational needs to take this approach on board

  

  Abstract:

  While the law in England and Wales has gradually begun to recognise the autonomous legal interests of children, the provisions governing the special educational needs statementing process have not followed this trend. In spite of the obvious importance of allowing the child to contribute to the various stages of this process, such as assessments, drafting and reviewing of statements, more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child & Family Law Quarterly, Vol: 20 Page: 199-218 2008
  Conor O'Mahony

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• 45.   Start-up fund for childminders ends

  This article reports on the loss of start-up fund for childminders in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  The article reports on the loss of start-up fund for childminders in Northern Ireland. The investment body Invest Northern Ireland has stopped the £400 start-up funding and it is not certain whether a replacement for the fund will be created. According to the Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA), childminders utilize the grant in the absence of any specific start-up more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Children & Young People Now, 2008

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• 46.   Supporting mothers: issues in a Community Mothers Programme

  This study describes a community support programme which implicitly challenges the assumption that the existence of a partner and local kin obviates the need to support women when they come home from hospital with a new baby

  

  Abstract:

  This article describes a community support programme which implicitly challenges the assumption that the existence of a partner and local kin obviates the need to support women when they come home from hospital with a new baby. Implicit in the programme is the idea that support by mothers, of mothers, validates the activity of child care and is one way of facilitating the child's more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  community support programme - mother and child support

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Community, Work & Family, Vol: 4 Page: 63-85 2001
  Pat O'Connor

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• 47.   The Age of Criminal Responsibility: "The Frontier between Care and Justice"

  This article addresses the potential conflict between the concept of the welfare of children inherent in the family care system and that of responsibility inherent in the criminal justice system.

  

  Abstract:

  This is an extract from a speech given by Mr Justice Gillen to a conference in Belfast organised by Children Law UK in January 2006. It addresses the potential conflict between the concept of the welfare of children inherent in the family care system and that of responsibility inherent in the criminal justice system. It questions whether the abolition of doli incapax and the age of more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 12 Page: 129-139 2006
  John Gillen

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• 48.   The burden of oral ill health for children

  This article discusses common oral and dental diseases and conditions in childhood in the context of aetiological factors

  

  Abstract:

  This paper aims to draw attention to the common oral and dental diseases and conditions in childhood in the context of aetiological factors and to highlight how many of the risk factors for oral and dental ill health are common to other areas of chronic diseases among this age group: diet, hygiene, trauma, stress, and in older children and adolescents, smoking, alcohol use, and use of more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol: 91 Page: 251-253
  J. H. Nunn

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• 49.   THE CHANGING MEANING OF FAMILY: INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND IRISH ADOPTION POLICY, 1949-99

  This article discusses child adoption discourse to investigate the changing cultural conceptions of children, family, and individual rights

  

  Abstract:

  This article examines child adoption discourse to investigate the changing cultural conceptions of children, family, and individual rights. Through an analysis of Irish child adoption debate from 1949 to 1999, the author explores the relationship between the worldwide individual rights imperative and culturally specific, national ideals of family. This analysis reveals two general more...

  Geography:

  United States of America

  Journal of Family History, Vol: 30 Page: 86-108 2005
  Suzanne Shanahan

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• 50.   The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 10 Years On: The Resource Demands of Legislative Change

  This article argues that the issue of effective use of system resources is applicable to Northern Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  In the paper "A Fairer Deal For Legal Aid" (2005), the Department of Constitutional Affairs poses the question: Are we ensuring that system resources are used in the "most proportionate, efficient, effective and timely way to ensure the best possible outcomes for children and families?" This paper argues that the issue of effective use of system resources is equally more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 12 Page: 299-308 2006
  Theresa Donaldson; Jeremy Harbison

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• 51.   The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Article 50 (2): choice between care or supervision orders; conflict between preference of guardian ad litem and applicant Trust; intractable contact disputes and the family justice system

  This article discusses the choice between care or supervision orders; conflict between preference of guardian ad litem and applicant

  

  Abstract:

  Focuses on a court case regarding a mother's choice between child care and supervision orders filed in the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland. Claims of a mother concerning public law intervention on domestic violence; Rules included in care and supervision orders; Grounds for choosing supervision order in relation to the case. more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 29 Page: 94-97 2005 Spring2005
  Kerry O'Halloran

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