Abstract: The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation as victims or witnesses in criminal cases. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Mozambique
This article is dedicated to the description of the “Framework for a Participatory Approach in Child Protection Services” (Lacharité et al., 2022), as contextualized within the Program of Intervention For the Prevention of Institutionalization – P.I.P.P.I., conceived by the Laboratory of Research and Intervention in Family Education – LabRIEF – of the University of Padua, made its own by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy since 2011. The implementation of P.I.P.P.I. is indeed inscribed in this participatory perspective, and it finds its figure in putting at the centre the right to participation not only of children, but also of their parental figures and the communities in which they live. By this is meant the consideration of the child in his or her world of ties and relationships, in an ecosystemic and multidimensional paradigm that looks at the wholeness of the human person and his or her potential for emancipation. The presentation to the Italian audience of this Framework, considered in the context of recent national and international literature, is aimed at helping to overcome the gap between intentions, theoretical representations and participatory practices, and to highlight its potential and limitations, in the context of P.I.P.P.I. implementation in Italian social services.
Abstract Using mixed methods, we looked into USA children's reasons behind their non‐participation in the 2018 Parkland school shooting protests from newsletters of randomly sampled 57 middle (MS) and high schools (HS) across USA. We found five themes of reasons that point to non‐protesting children's concern about protest method and issues. The MS and HS non‐protesters' concerns overlapped and differed. The reasons reveal the protests to pose adherence issues to most CRC articles on and almost all of the basic requirements of child participation. We attribute the adherence issues to problems on assigning duties in non‐adult‐provided child participation spaces like protests. To identify protest as child participation necessitate propping children's freedom of expression as the animating force behind child participation's first key element and children's right to information a prerequisite for both. In this reframing, organizing/leading children become duty‐bearers while adults primarily remain so.
Background: Aim: The study compared child participation of children undergoing dialysis with that of normal population. Study design: comparative study design. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Sparsh Rotary south end charitable trust, Batra Hospital, New Delhi during year 2013-2015.Subjects and Methods:In this study design thirty children, fifteen children undergoing dialysis (5-18) years were recruited from Sparsh, Rotary south end charitable trust. And fifteen children without any problem were selected as per inclusion criteria. The participation in home-school and community of these children is measured using Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP and Life balance and perceived stress in caregivers was measured with Life Balance Inventory (LBI) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) respectively. The same scales were used for normal population. The scores was collected from each scale and statistically analyzed for both groups.Result:Results revealed that children on dialysis have less participation in home school and community with that of normal population. The perceived stress of caregivers of these children is also very higher and life balance score was found to be lesser when compared with caregivers of normal population.Conclusion:Clinical intervention of children undergoing dialysis is narrowed upon only medical intervention and not focuses more on participation. The Occupational Therapy intervention should be given to children undergoing dialysis.
This research analyses the legal politics of children's participation in public policy in Batang District, focusing on the gap between normative recognition and practical implementation. Although Indonesia has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (KHA) and adopted it in the Child Protection Law, children's participation rights are still reduced, as seen in the vagueness of Article 10 of Law No. 23/2002 which limits participation based on ‘decency and propriety’. This qualitative study combines legal document analysis, participatory observation at the Children's Forum and Musrenbang (2018-2024), as well as stakeholder interviews, to find that children's participation in Batang District-despite being recognised as a Child Friendly District-is symbolic. Key challenges include a lack of stakeholder understanding, manipulation of children's voices, and the absence of a follow-up mechanism for aspirations, which is reflected in the omission of participation indicators in the Regional Action Plan. The research concludes that there is a need to strengthen ratification of the KHA, constitutional amendments to recognise children's right to be heard, and local policy reforms that guarantee space for meaningful participation. The findings emphasise the urgency of a holistic approach in the politics of child protection law.
Child welfare services in Norway aim to provide a comprehensive and holistic policy and practice approach. This includes a range of in-home support measures to support parents and their children to resolve challenges. Youth and child participation are basic rights within the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) context, grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the constitution, and the Child Welfare Act. While recent research has identified youth and children more often being consulted, the involvement of youth and children in their own child welfare services measures is limited and more should be done to facilitate meaningful participation. This article presents findings from a recently completed qualitative study in Norway focusing on child and youth participation in the specialist CWS measures Multisystemic Therapy (MST), Parent Management Training – Oregon (PMTO), and Functional Family Therapy (FFT). A total of 78 participants contributed to this study (21 children and youth, 27 parents/care givers, and 30 therapists/CWS workers). Findings are analysed thematically across measures and different informant groups. While the ideal is for children and youths to fully participate in all aspects of their CWS measures, the dilemma is that models developed to facilitate this risk becoming procedural.
Stian Thoresen, Gro Ulset, Lena Catherine Lossius Westby et al.
OBJECTIVE: Sport participation promotes health benefits for children. Current media and scientific coverage of sport-related head injury may influence a parent's decision on sports participation. Physicians must understand what influences these decisions to effectively counsel patients and families. This study sought to better understand and quantify the parental decisions to allow/disallow collision sports, including football participation. METHODS: A 31-question survey related to child/parent demographics, sports history, and influences to allow/disallow sport participation was available to parents in the United States through a national volunteer registry, between November 2016 and September 2019. Pearson's chi-squared and Wilcoxon's signed-rank test were used to analyze categorical and continuous variables, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify the most powerful factors associated with the decision. RESULTS: Of the 884 responses, 430 (49%) parents would disallow collision sport participation and 334 (38%) would disallow football. Parents who would allow collision sports more commonly cited child desire, while those parents who would disallow cited safety concern as the greatest influence to generally disallow a sport. Those who would disallow reported doctors (35.1% vs 25.3%; P = 0.002), media (12.8% vs 7.3%; P = 0.006) and other parents (11.2% vs 7.3%; P = 0.045) as influences. A child's age (OR 1.039, 95%CI 1.007-1.073; P = 0.018) was independently associated with their parent responding that they would allow collision sports. Parent educational status showed that those with higher than a bachelor's degree would be less likely to allow football participation (OR 0.635, 95%CI 0.443-0.910; P = 0.013). CONCLUSIONS: Parents incorporate many sources of information into the decision to allow or disallow their child to participate in collision sports. A child's desire to play a sport and child safety are driving factors for parents faced with the decision of whether to allow participation in collision sports. Physician input is more frequently influential to parents than the media, underscoring the responsibility of physicians to engage families on the risks, benefits, and resources available for sport participation.
Natalie Hibshman, Aaron Michael Yengo-Kahn, Alyssa L. Wiseman et al.
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation as victims or witnesses in criminal cases. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Argentina, Federal and National level.
Tavoitteet. Tämän kirjallisuuskatsauksen tavoitteena on syventää ymmärrystä opettajan roolista lasten osallisuuden edistämisessä varhaiskasvatuksessa. Tarkoituksena oli selvittää, miten opettajat voivat omalla toiminnallaan edistää lasten osallisuutta varhaiskasvatuksessa ja miten opettajan käyttämä valta voi joko vahvistaa tai estää lasten aktiivista roolia oman oppimisensa ja oppimisympäristönsä kehittämisessä. Opettajan käyttämä valta on keskeinen tekijä, ja sen ymmärtäminen on olennaista, jotta voimme kehittää pedagogisia käytäntöjä, jotka tukevat lasten aktiivista roolia oman oppimisensa ja oppimisympäristönsä kehittämisessä. Menetelmät. Tutkimusmenetelmänä käytettiin kuvailevaa kirjallisuuskatsausta, jonka tarkoitus on tiivistää ja koota yhteen aiemmin tehtyä tutkimusta tai kirjallisuutta tietyllä aihealueella. Sen tavoitteena on tarjota yleiskuva ja kokonaisvaltainen ymmärrys kyseisestä aiheesta, esittelemällä erilaisia näkökulmia, teemoja ja löydöksiä. Lisäksi kuvaileva kirjallisuuskatsaus pyrkii havainnollistamaan nykytilannetta, tunnistamaan tutkimuksen aukkoja ja ehdottamaan mahdollisia suuntaviivoja tulevalle tutkimukselle. Tämä katsausmenetelmä nojaa tutkimuskysymykseen ja pyrkii antamaan kuvailevan ja laadullisen vastauksen valittuun aineistoon perustuen. Tutkimusaineistoksi valikoitui neljä tutkimusartikkelia ja kaikki tutkimukset ovat toteutettu varhaiskasvatuksen kontekstissa Suomessa, Uruguayssa, Kyproksella ja Italiassa aikavälillä 2010—2019. Tulokset ja johtopäätökset. Tutkimuksen tulokset osoittavat, että opettajien rooli on keskeinen lasten osallisuuden edistämisessä varhaiskasvatuksessa. Lapsia osallistetaan toiminnan suunnitteluun ja toteutukseen monin eri tavoin. Lasten osallisuus on erityisesti nähtävillä leikin suunnittelussa ja toteutuksessa. Vaikka opettajat pyrkivät tukemaan lasten osallisuutta, valta-asetelman vaikutus on havaittavissa, ja opettajat säilyttävät usein viime kädessä valtaa ja kontrollia oppimisympäristön suunnittelussa ja toteutuksessa, ja näin ollen lasten mahdollisuus vaikuttaa heitä koskeviin päätöksiin saattaa olla rajalliset. Tasapainon löytäminen edellyttää opettajilta aktiivista lasten aloitteiden ja mielenkiinnonkohteiden havainnointia ja huomiointia sekä jatkuvaa huomiota vuorovaikutuksen dynamiikkaan lasten ja opettajien välillä.
Children have the right to express their views and to have those views considered respectfully in matters affecting them, as articulated in Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In emergency care, this right must be balanced with the child's best interests, particularly when illness, distress or developmental or cognitive factors limit a child's ability to participate directly (Article 3). Little is known about how this is implemented in prehospital emergency care. This study explores how children's participation occurs during ambulance care, as perceived by their parents, using Shier's ‘Pathways to Participation’ model. A qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with 12 parents (nine mothers and three fathers) of 12 children (five females and seven males, aged 0–14) who received ambulance care in Sweden was conducted. A deductive content analysis was performed, guided by Shier's five-level participation model. Ethical approval was obtained. Participation was described at the first levels of Shier's model: children being listened to, supported in expressing their views and having their views considered. Parents described how emergency medical services clinicians used age-appropriate language, adjusted tone and body language and made meaningful adaptations. Preverbal children were included through non-verbal interaction and emotional presence. However, higher levels of participation were absent. Participation appeared relational and dependent on individual clinicians’ communication style. Participation was more likely when time allowed and less likely during urgent interventions. Children's participation in prehospital emergency care is not only feasible but already realised through relational and responsive clinical behaviours. However, participation is inconsistent and dependent on individual clinicians rather than embedded structures. To align practice with Article 12, clinicians should consider implementing training and clinical routines that facilitate child participation. These findings contribute to evidence that child-centred care is possible in fast-paced emergency contexts.
Mathias Näsström, Lena Junehag, Malin Rising Holmström et al.
