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The problem
Intervention: Structured engagement with children through focus group discussions to consult them about their placements and involve them in decision-making with child protective service professionals
Who it was tested with: Children exposed to domestic violence placed in residential care, family foster care, and crisis shelters in Germany.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Drawing on focus group discussions with children placed in residential care, family foster care and children crisis shelters, the paper analyses the ways in which the inclusion of children's opinions in child protection decision-making is facilitated or limited." The study gathers children's direct experiences and perspectives on participation in placement processes, which qualifies as practitioner-level evidence from the children's own accounts.
The study is qualitative and does not measure actual placement outcomes or compare impacts of participatory versus non-participatory approaches. No quantitative data on participation rates or outcome measures are provided.
Across countries and designs
2 studies · 2 countries
