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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A	A Report on parental experiences in Tusla Child Protection Conferences in Galway and Roscommon - Marie Gibbons and Declan Quinn A Survey of the Library and Information Needs of Tusla Education Welfare Services Staff - Marian Brattman A Survey of the Library and Information Needs of Tusla Staff - Tusla and HSE Library Service
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). 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 Evaluation of an interdisciplinary model for integrating Infant Mental Health principles into everyday clinical practice and service in the community - Infant Mental Health Networks Groups Evaluation of the Contribution of the Child Protection Public Health Nurse to Inter-Professional Working in Child Protection - An Integrated Health and Social Care Model of Child Protection - Patricia O'Dwyer, Sheila Cahalane and Susanne Pelican-Kelly 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
L	Lessons Learnt on Caring for our Children - Children's Research Digest
N	National Research Office Reference Paper on the Development of a Research Skills Programme located within Research Minded Culture and Utilisation Structures - Angela Feeney
P	Parental Participation in Child Protection and Welfare: The Irish Context - Marie Gibbons, Nuala Connolly, Declan Quinn Pathways and Outcomes - A study of 335 referrals to the Family Welfare Conference (FWC) service in Dublin 2011 - 2013 - Dr. Valerie O'Brien and Hannaleena Ahonen
S	SEALS (Social and Economic Analysis of Legal Services) Project Briefing - February 2017 Sexual Health and Sexuality Education Needs Assessment of Young People in Care in Ireland (SENYPIC) - Abbey Hyde, Deirdre Fullerton, Maria Lohan, Caroline McKeown, Laura Dunne and Geraldine Macdonald 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) The state in play: do regulatory and relational play skills enhance social worker-child relationships – Carol Duffy
T	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 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 Stu dy – Caroline O’Meara The Voice of the Child in Social Work Assessment: Age Appropriate Communication with Children - Lisa O'Reilly and Pat Dolan
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