myView myWay: Combining digital technology with strengths-based practice
Combining digital technology with strengths-based practice
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General
Child’s Journey Reports
Young people’s participation in decisions affecting their lives needs a context. It is not a one off isolated event. What does their self-report assessment tell a young person about their personal journey? ‘I wasn’t going to go to my review. There was no point, nothing seemed to have changed during my time in care. Now,
Building Participation
Meaningful participation helps children and young people: feel connected and committed to decisions, and enhances their self-esteem and sense of control. Viewpoint’s recent work with Judy Garsed, the recently retired Advocate for Children in Care in Western Australia, has identified the key elements underpinning the establishment of regular, meaningful participation by children and young people
Leadership & Children’s Participation
Much has been written about the benefits of participation on the wellbeing of children and young people, and about ways to achieve this. Different forms of children’s participation have been written about since Roger Hart’s Ladder of Participation. The Participation Wheel provides a conceptual framework that highlights the significant role Leadership plays in promoting Participation
EuSARF Conference – The Perspective of the child
Is this international digital conference, The Perspective of the Child, of interest to you or any colleagues? Click here for more information, including a link to the conference website where there is a programme of presentations to review. You will see that there is a wide range of presentations, including from ourselves Our contributions include
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Viewpoint Supporting Strengths-based Practice
There is a growing adoption of strengths-based (sometimes called asset-based) thinking and practice in work with children and young people and their families. The values and principles that inform this approach are not new, but in recent years there has been a rapidly growing interest in such approaches. Viewpoint self-assessment tools support Strengths-based Practice with children
Viewpoint’s Apps for 2021
During the current pandemic, with swathes of the UK under some form of lockdown or other, it’s more important than ever that children’s voices are heard. We’ve heard reports of children’s wellbeing plummeting, from the isolation from friends and teachers and other family members they don’t live with, with anxiety rising leading to sharp increases in