RESEARCH & PRACTICE TALKING SEMINARSilversprings Hotel Cork Foroige , 1st Oct 2014

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Professor Pat Dolan

UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway

Incorporating Research into Practice

An Organic Talk through‘practice in mind’

Start with the Power of Perception

Success V Confusion ?Success V Confusion ?

Does Young Person/Group Does Young Person/Group or other see things as or other see things as better, worse or no change better, worse or no change as a result of intervention?as a result of intervention?

Met Need V Unmet Need? Met Need V Unmet Need?

Power of Worker Power of Worker TriangulationTriangulation

Evidence-based Practice

Mitchell (2011)

Practice-based Evidence

AND

Time/Experience/Success/Failure- Learning

Professional Wisdom

5 Potential Truths!!!

Some Successesand

Some Failures

Peter Pecora’s 5 Key Qs for Family Support, Child Protection in Youth Work

• Is He/She at Home?

• Is the Young Person in School?

• Is the Young Person Actively wanted by the Law?

• Is he or she Physically OK (safe)

• Is he or she Mentally OK (safe)

Pecora et al 1997Pecora et al 1997

Social Support Theory Basics (Dolan and Brady 2012)

Tangible Support

Emotional Support

Advice Support

Social Support Theory BasicCheck In!!!!

(Dolan and Brady 2012)

Closeness

Admonishment

Reciprocity

Durability

Supporting Young People(Dolan and Brady 2012)

Natural

Nurtured

Develop Use RetainUse programmes –needed and Useful not overshadowed by robotic following(Dolan et al 2006)

The Inner Critic!!! Learning from Research1.Have Tried2.Would work 3.Wouldn’t work4.Cant implement5.Off the wall6.Only applies in other countries contexts!!!

7.Don’t Understand!!!

The Inner Critic!!! Learning from ResearchWorth a shotWill find out moree.g. Music and mental health sustenance – Neff 2009Resilience handbookGilligan 2009

Relationship Factor! –Jameson (2008) – Caring For and Caring About!!!

Youth Proofing – participation goes beyond testimony -Includes Real participation in design plans and finding out what works!

Outcomes and Coping Focus - Helping in crisis in maintenance of daily lives including – Resilience Building(Rutter 2012)

Evidence not just if proven -but why/how! (Canavan et al 2009; Fives et al In paper) –

What difference does it make for what I can do with it!!!

Common Sense - a Source of Evidence

It may or may not require to be backed up by research

wisdomwisdom

ProofedProofedEvidenced InformedEvidenced Informed

RelationshipsRelationships

Outcome/Coping

Balanced

Outcome/Coping

Balanced

Dolan in paper

Using Tools for Practice

Using Tools for Practice

Identify Objective

Identify/Match with ToolAnd Design Method

Implement

Evaluate/AmendFeedback to all Stakeholders

Re-assess Need

Young PersonYoung PersonColleaguesColleaguesForóigeForóigeResearchResearch

ACTIONING AGENCY

MEASURES SUCCESS

(1-10)

SOCIALINCLUSION

(1-10)

YPINPUT(1-10)

MULTIACCESS

REFERRAL(1-10) INFORMAL

NETWORKS(1-10)

ACCESSIBLEFLEXIBLE

(1-10)

STRENGTHSBASED(1-10)

WISHESFEELINGSSAFETY

(1-10)

NEEDSLED

(1-10)

PARTERSHIPWORKING

(1-10)

YoungPerson

(Dolan Canavan and McTiernan WIP)

Developing New Ideas

Developing New Ideas

Dealing with Specific Issues

Dealing with Specific Issues

OrganisingCapacity

OrganisingCapacity

Sources - Journals

ColleaguesYoung People

VeteransPersonal - Experience

Sources - Journals

ColleaguesYoung People

VeteransPersonal - Experience

Research as Useful and Usable

Developing New Ideas

Developing New Ideas

Dealing with Specific Issues

Dealing with Specific Issues

OrganisingCapacity

OrganisingCapacity

individual Work

Group WorkProgramme

ProjectsForóige

Other Orgs.

individual Work

Group WorkProgramme

ProjectsForóige

Other Orgs.

Kenneth Grahame (1908)Wind in the WillowsCreated FriendshipSecurityFunOvercoming the Odds