Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome!

    • Course Overview

    • Glossary

  2. 2

    • Welcome to Module 1!

    • Participatory Approaches

    • History of Participatory Research

    • Reflective Exercise: Traditional vs. Participatory Research

    • Childhood and Child Participation Key Concepts

    • Childhood and the UNCRC

    • Child Participation Models and Principles

    • Quiz: Which Level of Participation?

    • Thinking About Trauma-informed Practice

    • Considerations for Participatory Research on Childhood Sexual Violence

    • Researcher Perspective: Using a Trauma Informed Lens

    • Participant Perspectives: Importance of Participation

    • Reflective Exercises: Your Perspective

    • Module 1 Conclusion

    • Module 1 Resources
  3. 3

    • Welcome to Module 2!

    • Planning and Designing Participatory Research

    • Case Example: Hopes and Rationale for a Participatory Approach

    • Quiz: What is the Rationale? What Type of Power?

    • Researcher Perspective: Value of Children's Input

    • Reflective Exercise: Research Design Influences

    • Next steps in setting up a Participatory Research Project

    • Foundations for Research: Developing Groups

    • Demonstration: Power Walk Activity

    • Researcher Perspective: Research Skills Training

    • Foundation for Research: Topics and Resources

    • Identifying Resources and Funding

    • Case Example: Participatory Grant Giving

    • Quiz: Early Steps

    • Small Steps Case Study: Early Stages

    • Module 2 Conclusion

    • Module 2 Resources
  4. 4

    • Welcome to Module 3!

    • Participant Perspectives: Participation and Safety

    • Thinking About Safety and Wellbeing

    • Researcher Perspective: Managing Distress

    • Reflective Exercise: Disclosure of Possible Harm

    • Participant Wellbeing in Group Settings

    • Small Steps Case Study: Supporting Youth Peer Researchers During Field Work

    • Quiz: Designing Group-based Engagements

    • Demonstration: Child-friendly Safeguarding and Feedback Mechanisms

    • Demonstration: Explaining Confidentiality in Group Settings

    • Thinking About Researcher Wellbeing

    • Researcher Perspective: Researcher Safety and Wellbeing

    • Thinking about Participation in Groups

    • Reflective Exercise: Researcher Wellbeing and Safety

    • Ethics in the Context of Research

    • Research Ethics

    • Reflective Exercise: Ethical review processes

    • Module 3 Conclusion

    • Module 3 Resources
  5. 5

    • Welcome to Module 4!

    • Participant Perspectives: Data Collection

    • Participatory Approaches to Data Collection

    • Case Example: Youth Participatory Action Research (CLARISSA Project)

    • Reflective Exercise: YPAR

    • Quiz: Participatory Approaches

    • Ideas for Participatory Data Collection

    • Small Steps Case Study: Using a Survey for Data Collection

    • Case Example: Collaboration on Data Collection, Validation and Dissemination

    • Supporting Wellbeing in Participatory Data Collection and Analysis

    • Quiz: Participatory Data Collection Tools

    • Researcher Perspective: Training Peer Researchers

    • Data Analysis

    • Participants Perspective: Data Analysis

    • Quiz: Participatory Approaches to Data Collection and Analysis

    • Module 4 Conclusion

    • Module 4 Resources
  6. 6

    • Welcome to Module 5!

    • Collaborative Writing

    • Reflective Exercise: Navigating the Complexities of Collaborative Writing

    • Research for Social Change

    • Dissemination and Advocacy

    • Demonstration: Stakeholder Mapping

    • Practitioner Perspective: Managing Dilemmas Surrounding Advocacy

    • Practitioner Perspective: Staying Safe During Dissemination and Advocacy

    • Case Example: Storytelling Without Disclosing Identities

    • Small Steps Case Study: Engaging Youth in Monitoring Systems and Institutions

    • Quiz: Advocacy

    • Closing Groups and Projects

    • Demonstration: River Walk

    • Reflective Exercise: Integrating Trauma-Informed Principles

    • Module 5 Conclusion

    • Module 5 Resources
  7. 7

    • Congratulations on Finishing The Course!