Laws and policies in different jurisdictions provide a range of mechanisms that allow
children involved in child protection processes and care proceedings to express their views …

Participatory approaches are important to ensuring that the involvement of children in
decision‐making is normalised in service provision. Participation work requires that …

Purpose Understanding children's experiences of living with domestic violence and abuse
(DVA) is central to a child-centered, rights-based approach to working with children and …

Youth in foster care are often excluded from participating in planning for their permanent
homes and making other decisions about their lives. In the past decade, there has been an …

Background Balancing children's right to participate and their need for protection constitutes
a core dilemma in child protection. The CRC obligates states to facilitate and ensure …

Background Over the last decade, children's right to participation in the child protection
system has received considerable professional and researcher attention. Child protection …

This paper compares children's participation in child protection (CP) legislative and policy
frameworks and how this is then reflected in practice among five European countries namely …

Background Children have a right to participate in decisions about their lives. They also
have the right to family and cultural connection, including when they are removed due to …

Background Children's right to participation in child welfare decision-making is highlighted
in law and research. However, there is a lack of comprehensive empirical research on how …

Background Young people living in out-of-home care (OOHC) are required to make
significant decisions when transitioning from care. Without measures to support participation …