Constructions of child and youth advocacy: emerging issues in advocacy practice

Dalrymple, Jane

doi:10.1002/chi.828

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“…Advocacy could lead to an increased ability for children to be listened to and heard in proceedings (Dalrymple, 2005) in contrast to being subjects whose best interests are determined by powerful adults. This could lead to greater participation by children in legal proceedings, an increased role for children as citizens and a fuller implementation of their rights.…”

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Representing children's views and best interests in court: an international comparison

Bilson

White

2005

Child Abuse Review

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This paper provides a comparison of a number of alternative models of international practice in relation to the appointment and organization of guardians ad litem and other children's representatives in child care and family proceedings. The paper notes that, in their attempts to address the need for children to have representation in matters affecting their welfare, English-speaking countries have tended to conflate the two salient Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, that is, Article 3, which deals with the child's best interests, and Article 12, which deals with their right to express their wishes and feelings. Where systems other than 'stand alone' legal representation have been put in place, the child's representative is charged with both assessing their best interests and, often as a secondary duty, communicating their views. The paper concludes that for some groups of children in public or private law proceedings, an advocate (rather than a best interest oriented guardian, and where necessary in addition to a legal representative) may enable better representation of the child in the courts and greater participation by children in legal proceedings, an increased role for children as citizens and a fuller implementation of their rights. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.KEY WORDS: guardian ad litem; children's representation; children's voice; children's rights; courts T his paper provides a review of international practice in relation to the appointment and organization of guardians ad litem and other children's representatives in child care and family proceedings. It is intended to provide a concise comparative framework of a number of alternative models. We have written the paper as a consequence of a recent review

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Representing children's views and best interests in court: an international comparison

Bilson

White

2005

Child Abuse Review

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“…After a more careful analysis, it is clear that the children took advantage of the presence of the advocate as much as possible, both in relation to the time spent in the children's homes and with respect to their needs. To this we must correlate a reflection in relation to the mode of activation of the advocate (Dalrymple 2005) that, in the project, was initially proactive and later reactive.…”

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“…Children understood and valued very positively the fact that the advocate was present only for them and was interested in them so much that "she never got tired because she was happy to talk to us." According to some studies (Dalrymple 2005), children value the relationship with the advocate, even considering the advocate to be like "a relative who is happy to come in the children's home and who you can say anything to." 2.…”

Section: The Children's Point Of Viewmentioning

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Young People’s Voice: The First Visiting Advocacy Project in Italian Residential Care for Children

Calcaterra¹,

Raineri²

2017

STEPP

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“…Articles from a child indicator perspective do not cover use in child advocacy, and typically articles from a child advocacy perspective do not address the use of child indicators or data in an advocacy context (Takanishi 1978;Knitzer 2005;Dalrymple 2005). …”

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Data-Based Child Advocacy

O’Hare

2014

SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research

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Constructions of child and youth advocacy: emerging issues in advocacy practice

Abstract: All the studies indicated the need to find ways of promoting advocacy through training and support of practitioners in order to stimulate a culture of advocacy. However developing a culture of advocacy 'involves a long hard struggle to promote and justify Child and Youth Advocacy 11

Cited by 28 publications

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Representing children's views and best interests in court: an international comparison

Representing children's views and best interests in court: an international comparison

Young People’s Voice: The First Visiting Advocacy Project in Italian Residential Care for Children

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