Children's rights have become a significant field of study during the past decades, largely
due to the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in …

This scoping review presents an overview of existing research about children's
representation in child protection decision-making and identifies the knowledge gaps …

This paper argues that ethical problems in research involving direct contact with children
can be overcome by using a participatory approach. A study of children's participation in …

Participation by children in child protection remains a complex area of practice. This paper
presents findings from a qualitative study exploring the views of 26 children, aged 6–17 …

This study of children's participation in decisions about their care draws on recent work in
sociology and anthropology, psychology and legal philosophy in order to understand this …

We consider the problem of reconciling the two commitments to hear a child and to promote
a child's best interests by identifying the principal issues at stake and illustrating them by …

Given that in our view the child has a fundamental right to be heard in all collective
deliberative processes determining his or her future, we set out, firstly, what is required of …

This international comparative paper examines how child protection workers in four
countries, England, Finland, Norway, USA (CA), involve children in decision making …

We describe an ontological approach to childhood studies that we refer to as Childhood
Ethics. This involves an interdisciplinary hermeneutic orientation towards examining the …

The attempt to give children an effective voice in social work processes which can have
substantial impact on their lives takes different forms in countries with varying professional …