What's new in the field

This page gives you access to a featured relevant policy document, research report or legislation from Ireland, Northern Ireland, UK and the EU in the field of children, young people, families and the communities in which they live.

Understanding Policy Development and Implementation for Children and Young People - UNESCO Centre Northern Ireland  and Republic of Ireland

Link to full report

Summary Report of Responses to the Consultation on Every School a Good School – The Way Forward for Special Educational Needs and Inclusion and the associated Equality Impact Assessment

Link to report

PART Broadening Horizons - Linking Evidence to Child Welfare Supervision Guidebook

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The Primary Classroom: Insights from the Growing Up in Ireland Study

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Growing up in Ireland Research Conference 2011 - speaker's papers

Growing Up in Ireland held its third annual research conference on Thursday 1st December 2011in Dublin.

Link to speaker's papers:

National Strategy for Research and Data on Children's Lives

Author: Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2011)

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A review of the international evidence on interagency working

Author: June Stantham (2011)

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Expanding the Evidence Universe - Doing better by knowing more

Author: Lisbeth Schorr and Frank Farrow

Link to report

Early Intervention: Smart Investment, Massive Savings

Author: Graham Allen MP
Introduction: This is an Independent Report to Her Majesty’s Government. (UK)

In July 2010 the Prime Minister asked Graham Allen MP to lead a review on Early Intervention. In his first report, Early Intervention: The Next Steps Graham Allen provided a list of recommendations to build on the present political and financial momentum of Early Intervention and made a strong economic case for investing in early intervention. However the first report did not address the challenges of how to increase investment in Early Intervention at a time when public resources are constrained. This follow up publication focuses on how to finance an expansion of Early Intervention through better use of public resources and through the alternative routes to attract additional investment.

Link to report: www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/earlyintervention-smartinvestment.pdf