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Share experiences, best practices, research methods and research outcomes on child rights research

Child protection approaches and initiatives reflecting the lived realities of children, their communities and cultures.

My attention was drawn recently to a two-year research project based in London involving children 'with speech, language and communication difficulties', intended to discover what these children need while they are at school and funded by the UK government's Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). It's an area where research is sorely needed, but I was concerned by the information leaflet for the study. Parents are invited to opt out of the initial stage of the research (if we…See More