Date: 23 Apr 2013 – 24 Apr 2013
Institution: CRCF
The CRCF is hosting a 2 day workshop on Research with Vulnerable Children, April 23-24.
Research with Vulnerable Children
A two day research methods workshop
23 - 24 April 2013
The Centre for Research on the Child and Family has a national and international reputation for innovative research with vulnerable children - for example: child protection; children at risk of sexual exploitation; children in foster care, residential care and adoption; children and digital media; and adolescent offenders. Contributors to the workshop will be leading researchers in these fields, including Marian Brandon, Jeanette Cossar, Elsbeth Neil, Gillian Schofield, Jonathan Dickens, Jane Dodsworth, Laura Biggart, Simon Hammond.
This event will be an important opportunity for PhD students and researchers in universities and the voluntary sector, from any discipline and involved in any area of research with children, to hear from research experts and to share their research experiences and questions.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED INCLUDE
- Research questions and choice of methods for research with children
- Ethics of research with children, including informed consent
- Working with young researchers
- Engaging and interviewing children of all ages
- Analysis of children’s interview data
- Using digital media in research with children
- Using psychological measures with children and adolescents
- Combining quantitative and qualitative data e.g. to identify risk
Fees: £50 Registered PG students, £70 other researchers. This will include refreshments, lunches and dinner. Numbers will be limited.
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Centre for Research on the Child and Family
Research with vulnerable children workshop
Programme for 23rd and 24th April 2013
The programme for the workshop covers all aspects of the research process - from research questions to data collection, analysis and dissemination. We will draw on a range of examples from our research e.g. with children at risk in the community, children in foster care, adopted children and young offenders. We will also be considering the special issues that may affect research with disabled children. There will be opportunities for participants to share ideas, debate ethical issues and analyse sample data.
DAY ONE
10:30 Arrive /register/coffee
11:00 Welcome
Research questions, choice of design and methods for research with vulnerable children
Professor Gillian Schofield, Co-Director of the Centre for Research on the Child and Family
11:30 Ethical considerations when conducting research with children
Dr Elsbeth Neil, Senior Lecturer, Director of Research for the School of Social Work
1:00 Lunch
1:45 Working with young people’s advisory groups and with young researchers
Jeanette Cossar, Lecturer in Social Work; Dr Marian Brandon, Reader in Social Work; Julie Young, Senior Research Associate.
Young researchers from our study funded by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner.
3:15 Tea /coffee break
3:45 Using digital media in research with children
Dr Simon Hammond, Lecturer in Psychology; Vicki McDermott, post-graduate research student
5:00 Break – put up posters
5:30 -6:30 Poster / drinks reception
7.00 Conference Dinner (on campus)
DAY TWO
9:00 Coffee
9:30 Engaging / conducting interviews (including measures) with children 5-10
Dr Elsbeth Neil, Senior Lecturer, Director of Research for the School of Social Work;
Mary Beek, Senior Research Associate; Jeanette Cossar, Lecturer in Social Work
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Engaging and conducting interviews (including measures) with older
children / young people 11-18
Dr Emma Ward, Senior Research Associate; Dr Jane Dodsworth, Lecturer in Social Work
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Analysing children’s data - qualitative and quantitative
Dr Laura Biggart, Lecturer in Social Science Research Methods.
2:45 Tea
3:00 Impact / involving children and young people in dissemination
3:30 Finish
