A strong body of research evidence highlights the struggle that disabled children and young people have in getting their voice heard. This can prevent them taking a central role in decisions about their life. This action research will identify and evaluate ways of addressing this situation by considering these questions:
- What do disabled children and young people feel support and hinder them to make informed and effective decisions?
- What do parents/carers feel support and hinder their son/daughter to make informed and effective decisions, and how do they see their role in supporting their child in the process?
- What do professionals feel help and hinder the child/young person to make informed and effective decisions?
- What tools, approaches and strategies work well and what does not work so well?
This Action Research Project is a partnership between Capability Scotland and the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR).
Contact:
Funding details:
The Scottish Government
Research team:
Eric Mitchell, Capability. Sarah Morton, CRFR.
Dates:
To March 2015
Output material: www.capability-scotland.org.uk/what-can-i-do-for-capability/policy-campaigns/current-research/empowered-and-effective-decision-making/
Keywords:
Disability, children, young people, families