Contents 1. Child protection rights : can an international declaration be an effective instrument for protecting children 2. Children's rights to participation : a critique 3. Consulting children about the effectiveness of schoolbased victimisation prevention programmes 4. No one ever listens to us : interviewing children and young people 5. From the margin to the centre : empowerering the black child 6. Young people with al disability : aspects of social empowerment 7. The Dolphin Project : the impact of the Children Act 8. Issues for children and young people in local authority accommodation 9. Approaches to empowerment and participation and in child protection 10. Perceptions of child protection casework : views from children, parents and practitioners 11. Involving and empowering children and young people : overcoming the barriers 12. Child Advocacy : getting the child's voice heard 13. Improving quality through participation : an approach to measuring children's expectations and perceptions of services 14. Forging the circle : the relationship Between children, policy, research and practice in children's rights