Support and Protection Across the Lifecourse

Caroline McGregor is a Senior Research Fellow at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre and Professor at the School of Political Science and Sociology at National University of Ireland Galway.Pat Dolan is Director of the UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement and Director of the Institute for Lifecourse and Society at National University of Ireland Galway.

• IntroductionPart 1: Introduction to the Framework and our Approach Setting the SceneTheoretical Perspectives Informing our Framework Part 2: Applying our Support and Protection Framework in PracticeSafeguarding, Protection and SupportEnlisting Family and Social Support Empathy, Resilience and Social SupportTransitions Across the LifecourseManaging and Challenging ‘Disrupted Development’Activating the Framework at Exo- and Macro-Level Interactions in PracticePart 3: Bringing it TogetherPractical Ways Forward for Social Work Theory and KnowledgeBinding our Learning Together and Looking Forward