Toolbox

The Toolbox includes my own resources and then others' lists of  resources. At the bottom of the list and here, there is a link to a list of references that relate to children's participation. Please let me know what you think of the toolbox and let me know if you know of relevant publications that can be added to this list.

Last updated October 22nd 2011

LIST OF CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION RESOURCES

Please see below, my annotated list of practical resources for those promoting children's participation in their projects and for those seeking to develop children's life skills. The resources have been organised into five specialist areas and are free to download unless otherwise stated. There is a list of more general  resources at the end of the lists.

1. Child Health Education

• (Clare Hanbury) Children for Health: Children as Partners in Health Promotion. This book advocates, and aims to strengthen, the provision of good quality health education with and for all children, using examples of inspiring children's participation work being done across the world by dedicated educators and health workers. There are many objectives in this book, including broadening the idea of what health education is, providing basic facts on selective health issues, describing how effective health education programmes help children and their families - and how to implement them - and demonstrating how to achieve the objectives through quality planning, teaching and evaluation. To purchase from TALCUK click here

• (Clare Hanbury) Child-to-Child and Children Living in Camps. This is designed for teachers, health workers, group leaders and others. The book illustrates ways in which Child-to-Child activities can be used to improve the health and well being of children living in camps. Water and sanitation, malaria, disability and preventing accidents are some of the topics covered within in the four chapters. For the link click here . For a case study on a project that used this book to develop an award-winning project with traumatised children living in refugee camps in Rwanda, click here

• (Various authors) 27 Free Story Books on a range of health topics for children of primary school age. Click here to download (the list is at the bottom of the page!)

• (Clare Hanbury/Rachel Carnegie) Child-to-Child approaches to HIV and AIDS. This is a manual for teachers, young leaders and health workers. There are two sections and the first focuses on sexual health and the prevention of HIV and AIDS. Section Two focuses on coping and living with HIV and AIDS. To purchase from TALCUK. For link, click here

• Our Future: Sexuality and Lifeskills Education for Young People. (Clare Hanbury member of writing team). This series of books and training materials contribute to a comprehensive strategy for sexual and reproductive health and HIV education for young people in and out of school.
  It provides clear and factual information about puberty, friendship, gender, sexuality, pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, HIV and AIDS and drug use. The books contain many learning activities and illustrations, which engage young people in understanding themselves and their world.. For link, click here.

• (Clare Hanbury) Mine Risk Education Booklet. This activity booklet provides ideas on helping children be alert to the dangers in mined areas, how to avoid these dangers and how to encourage others to do the same. It is aimed at those planning mine risk education projects for children and for those involved in mine awareness programmes as teachers or trainers. Click the link here

2. Life Skills Education (including values eduction)

• (Clare Hanbury) The Life Skills Handbook. This book is a revised and updated version of a book published by VSO, An Active Learning Handbook for Working with Street Children. Visit the website to purchase and download free sample sessions. Click the link here.

• (Diana Sterling) Parent As Coach. I have known the author Diana Sterling for many years and have become one of her accredited PAC coaches. I found the approach relevant and enriching to my work in children's participation. It focuses on building fundamental skills of how to foster respect and appreciation with children and develop in them responsibility and independence. I am in talks with Diana at the moment about adapting the approach for grandparents who are raising children whose parents are affected by HIV and AIDS  To purchase, click the link here

• (Aids Alliance) A Parrot on Your Sholder: A guide for people working with orphans and vulnerable children. (Clare Hanbury was part of the advisory and review team). This fully illustrated activity guide is aimed at those who working with OVC's. Drawing on the experiences of the Alliance, its partners, and other organisations working in the field, it gives some pointers on working with children, including cultural and gender considerations. It includes 30 activities for engaging children in group work, as well as fun ideas for ice-breakers and energisers, group work and co-operation, observation, active listening and analytical skills, drama, mime and role play, and painting and drawing. To download click the link here

 3. Child Participation, Child Protection and Children's Rights

• Bamboo Shoots. A training manual on child rights, child protection and child-led community actions for facilitators working with children and youth groups. It  was originally created by Plan in Cambodia. It was developed to: Increase children’s understanding of their rights as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC); raise children’s awareness of their rights and build their capacities to claim them; create opportunities for children to recognize, identify and prioritize issues and problems or gaps in relation to child rights violations; and provide opportunities for children to influence agendas and action regarding identified and prioritized child rights violations.To download, click the link here

• In 2010, I developed training and teaching materials on Children's Participation and Child Protection for the Keeping Children Safe Coalition (KCS) with Children's Rights practitioners and children in Africa. These have now been published. They are incorporated as part of the KCS toolkit and they are selling the toolkit for £75 +P&P. This high price was a surprise and a disappointment to me - I had thought the materials would be made available online and for free. If you are able to purchase them or want to find out more, contact www.keepingchildrensafe.org.

• A guide for children/child-led organisations. This is a child- and youth-friendly tool that provides information about how children and youth can engage with the CRC Committee and be involved in on-going monitoring of the CRC and its Optional Protocols in their respective countries. In addition is guide for NGOs to support them in the process.

 4. Training Adults and Young Leaders as Participation Practitioners

• (Clare Hanbury) The Tricycle System.  This is a framework for promoting children's participation in health and other child rights-related projects. It builds upon the 6-step Child-to-Child approach that I helped to develop as a result of many years of  field work with The Child-to-Child Trust. Added to this are  ideas and activities developed out of coaching and appreciative enquiry. Click here for a summary and contact me for a copy of the 50-page manual. It is particular relevance to the current focus on non-communicable diseases e.g. tobacco, unhealthy diets, inactive lifestyles and alcohol or drug abuse

• Guide to Social Change Led By and With Young People (2006)
  By The Freechild Project. Centering on the "Cycle of Youth Engagement," this publication is a summary of the social change issues and actions addressed by and with young people around the world.

• (Clare Hanbury) We are On The Radio. A book and tape about children making radio broadcasts for other children and families about health and development issues important to them. This is only available from myself. Please contact me!

 5.  Monitoring and Evaluation

• (Clare Hanbury) Monitoring and Evaluating Life Skills Projects for Youth Development for The Jacobs Foundation. (April 2011). For link click here

• Author of Monitoring and Evaluating Children’s Participation in Health and Education. The Child-to-Child Trust. 2007. To purchase from TALCUK click here 

OTHERS LISTS OF PARTICIPATION RESOURCES

Here is a full list of publications by Clare Hanbury. Most of these are related to promoting Children's Participation and developing the skills of adults and children to strengthen participation.

Clare Hanbury's Children's Participation Resources

Here is a link to the website of Adam Fletcher, an expert in youth voice and youth engagement

Adam Fletcher's Participation Resources

Here is a list of children's participation-related resources from the website of Plan International

Plan International's Children's Participation Resources

Her is a list of children's-participation related resources from the Save the Child Alliance

Save The Children Alliance: Children's Participation Resources

Here is a list of resources relevant to child and youth participation in adult organisations from the UNICEF site

UNICEF: Children's Participation Resources Guide

Here is a list of books to purchase from TALC UK. They include many story books connecting children's participation and health. Click here for the list.

Books and Manuals addressing the Theories behind on Children's Participation

(Please note I make no profit from these links!)

• Empowering Children and Young people: Promoting Involvement in Decision Making. Phil Treseder. Purchase link here.

• A Journey in Children's Participation, The concerned for Working Children (2002). Free to download by clicking here

• Participation, The New Tyranny. Bill Cooke. Purchase link here

• Children's Participation: The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care. Roger Hart. Purchase link here
  

• Stepping Forward: Children and Young People's Participation in the Development Process
  By Victoria Johnson, Evan Ivan-Smith, Gill Gordon, Pridmore Pat, and Scott Patta.

Stepping Forward presents the key issues and challenges involved in facilitating children and young people's participation. The contributors to this book come from a range of backgrounds including NGOs in development, children's agencies, academic institutions and governments, bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to children's participation. The main issues discussed and analysed include: the ethical dilemmas that face professionals in addressing children's participation; the process and methods used in participatory research and planning with children; the inter-relationship between culture and children's participation; considerations for institutions, and the key qualities of a participation programme for children and young people's participation. Purchase link here

Practice Guides for Purchase

• Never Too Young: How young children can take responsibility and make decisions -  This practical resource has tools and techniques to help young children take part, make decisions and take responsibility for their actions.  It includes activities to develop confidence, self-esteem and group co-operation to tools for facilitating discussions and expressing feelings and opinions. Purchase link here.

Click here for a link to the Children's Participation Reading and References