Links to Research

Please note that research findings contained within any summary reports are the researchers’ own and have not been endorsed by the Child and Family Agency and that the Agency has not had a role in determining the quality of the research in its entirety and the validity and reliability of the findings within it.

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C	Children and Young People’s Participation in Education Welfare Services. An exploration of children and young people’s involvement in the decisions made at planning meetings in relation to their school attendance - Bridget McGreal (Student Research Project undertaken for academic award)
E	The effects of Domestic Violence exposure: helping young people in residential care cope with the aftermath – Helena Kennedy Effectiveness of a trauma-informed care psychoeducational program for foster carers–Evaluation of the Fostering Connections Program. Child Abuse & Neglect, 102, 104390 - Lotty, M., Dunn-Galvin, A., & Bantry-White, E. (2020). Summary Report Full Text Enhancing Foster Carers’ capacity to promote placement stability: Initial development and early stage evaluation of Fostering Connections: The Trauma-informed Foster Care Programme - Maria Lotty Everyday Worlds in Foster Care: Exploring Children and Young People’s Socio-Spatial Experiences and Identities — Douglas, Danielle An Exploration of Foster Carers’ Identity in the Caregiving Role: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis — Maria Daniels Explorative study to identify what works when supporting parents with second generational child protection concerns – Helena Davis, Sé Fulham, Carol Boylan (2019) Exploring Systems of Support in Foster Care: from a socio-ecological systems perspective — Karen Cahill Exploring the Policy to Practice Gap: Social Workers' Experience of Embedding Child Protection Policy into their Practice — Olivia O'Connell
F	Fostering stability through ‘Fostering Connections: the Trauma-informed Foster Care Programme’ — Maria Lotty
H	How young people are heard and helped: an investigation into young people in Co. Mayo’s knowledge of its services and how they would prefer to receive information on these services — Laura Carroll, Rachel Foody, Racheal Munnelly, Shauna Leonard, Matthew Walsh, Kalem Garrett, Darren Garrett, Niamh Palamartschuk and Darragh Devers Hospitalisations for physical abuse in infants and children less than 5 years, 2013–2021: a multinational cohort study using administrative data from five European countries. — Catherine Quantin, Jonathan Cottenet, Colleen Chambers, Natasha Kennedy, Sadhbh Whelan, Geoff Debelle, Diogo Lamela, Ulugbek Nurmatov, Donna O’Leary, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Sinéad Brophy, Marcella Broccia, Ruth Gilbert, Troels Græsholt-Knudsen and Laura Elizabeth Cowley (Open Access Journal Article)
I	The impact of leadership styles on retention and employee engagement in a national social care agency – Dolores Roberts
L	Lessons Learnt on Caring for our Children — Children's Research Digest Listening to the Seldom Heard: Hearing the Voice of Children and Young People in Child Protection and Welfare Services – Dr Edel Tierney
P	Parental Engagement and Relationships (PEAR) in Early Childhood (EC) – Catarino Leitarno
Q	A Qualitative Study in Ireland: Foster Carers and Practitioners Perspectives on Developing a Trauma-Informed Care Psychoeducation Programme, Child Care in Practice – Maria Lotty, Eleanor Bantry-White & Audrey Dunn-Galvin (2021)
S	Social Workers in the Child Protection and Welfare Service, Current Expectations and Experiences of Professional Supervision — Anne O’Sullivan (Student Research Project undertaken for academic award) ‘Speak Up’: Participation of Children and Young People in Decisions About their Lives in Tusla Services — Tierney, Edel Summary Report Full Report The state in play: do regulatory and relational play skills enhance social worker-child relationships – Carol Duffy Supporting the participation of parents of children in care to enhance the experience of access and contact. A collaborative study between Tusla Mid-West Area, Clarecare, Limerick Social Service Council, Silver Arch Family Resource Centre & UCD – Caroline Roe & Dr Valerie O’Brien (2019) Full Report Leaflet
T	“Talk to me like I’m a Human” – An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Psychotherapy Experiences of Young People in Foster Care – Daire Gilmartin (Summary Report) Teamwork in mind: exploring collaborative practice in foster care as a key component of trauma-informed foster care — Maria Lotty The Dynamics of Sharing Professional Knowledge and Lay Knowledge - A Study of Parents' and Professionals' Experiences of Childhood Interventions with a Marte Meo Framework — DCU The experiences of foster carers and facilitators of Fostering Connections: The Trauma-informed Foster Care Program: A process study. - Maria Lotty, Eleanor Bantry-White, Audrey Dunn-Galvin Summary Report Full Text The Meitheal Model: Will the Discourse Be Compatible with the Actuality — Sharon Gorey (Student Research Project undertaken for academic award) Is Tusla, Child and Family Agency meeting its UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 12 obligations in respect of the Child in Care Reviews that it operates? A Case Study – Caroline O’Meara The Voice of the Child in Social Work Assessment: Age Appropriate Communication with Children — Lisa O'Reilly and Pat Dolan Towards a more comprehensive understanding of fostering connections: the trauma-informed foster care programme: a mixed methods approach with data integration. Maria Lotty, Eleanor Bantry-White & Audrey Dunn-Galvin (2022) Trauma-informed care psychoeducational group based interventions for foster carers and adoptive parents: A narrative review. Adoption & Fostering 2021, Vol. 45(2) 191–214 – Maria Lotty, Eleanor Bantry-White, Audrey Dunn-Galvin.
W	‘With new eyes’ : a study which questions ‘Does the inclusion of a standardised tool to observe contact between birth parents and their children in care improve the facilitator’s ability in observing same — Paddy Crampsey (Student Research Project undertaken for academic award) Working in a culturally competent way? Exploring the perceptions of social workers engaging with children and their families from minority ethnic groups – Edwina Flavin
Y	Young people as researchers: how young people are heard and helped. — Rachel Foody, Laura Carroll, Racheal Munnelly & Shauna Leonard Young people’s experiences of foster care placement breakdown: a qualitative study — Sinead Tobin