Content: Section one: Theoretical and conceptual issues Introduction Researching children's perspectives ethical issues The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child giving children a voice Researching children's perspectives legal issues Researching children's perspectives a psychological dimension Researching children's perspectives a sociological dimension Section two: Practical applications Children and young people and care proceedings A matter of life and death a reflective account of two examples of practitioner research into children's understanding and experience of death and bereavement The educational self-perception of children with Down syndrome Research involving children with severe learning difficulties Let's do it properly inviting children to be researchers Researching 8-13 year olds' perspectives on their experience of religion A 'risky' business researching the health beliefs of children and young children Collecting the views of young people with moderate learning difficulties Falling out of school a young woman's reflections on her chequered experience of schooling Section three: Overview Appendices References Index.
