Seen and Heard

CONTENTS: Miriam Twomey/Clare Carroll: Introduction: Why voice and why now? - Kay M. Tisdall: Applying human rights to children's participation in research - Mary Wickenden: «I have a lot to say!»: A human rights perspective on recognizing the voices of disabled children globally - Elena Jenkin/Erin Wilson/Robert Campain/Matthew Clarke: Beyond childhood, disability and postcolonial theory: young children with disability in developing countries can tell their own story - Karen Watson: Researching among children: Exploring discourses and power in the «inclusive» early childhood classroom - Melanie Nind: Multimodal listening and attending to children with complex disabilities in educational settings - Ben Simmons: The phenomenology of intersubjectivity and research with profoundly disabled children: Developing an experiential framework for analysing lived social experiences - Miriam Twomey: Embodying voice: Children speak through their bodies - Martine M. Smith: Accessing the voices of children who use augmentative and alternative communication: Merits and perils of co-construction - Clare Carroll: Let me tell you about my rabbit! Listening to the needs and preferences of the child in early intervention - Helen Lynch: Beyond voice: An occupational science perspective on researching through doing - Maria Prellwitz/Helen Lynch: Universal Design for social inclusion: Playgrounds for all - Rena Lyons: Seen and heard: The voice of children with speech and developmental language disorders - Line Caes/Siobhán O'Higgins: Listen to us! The voices of young children with pain - Carolyn Blackburn: Young children's use of private speech in early childhood settings: Moving from a deficit approach to a rights and agency approach - Nóirín Hayes: We are all in this together: Inclusive early childhood education - Clare Carroll/Miriam Twomey: Participation, engagement and voice: Where do we go from here?.

Miriam Twomey is Assistant Professor in Early Intervention at the Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID), at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin. She has a background in teaching and research in the fields of early intervention, autism spectrum disorders and intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities.

«What are the necessary starting points for hearing directly from children with special needs or disabilities? For example, are there limits to children's capacity and competence which preclude 'voice'? Can we ever escape the social construction of children's views? Miriam Twomey and Clare Carroll have, in addressing such knotty problems, created a treasure trove - highly relevant for interdisciplinary professionals and researchers internationally.» (Professor Ann Lewis, University of Birmingham)







«This is an exciting and innovative book aiming to advance critical thinking from a range of disciplinary fields to facilitate the application of knowledge and practice for children with diverse needs. The authors explore both theoretical and practical questions to support research with children experiencing a continuum of need.» (Professor Pat Dolan, National University of Ireland, Galway)