Project Title

Social inclusion for children and young people with complex disabilities  

Research Focus

Maternal and Child Health 

Funder & Dates

DfE and Mae Murray Foundation

2020-2022 

Principal Investigator or Primary Supervisor (if PhD project)

Dr Claire Kerr 

Co-Investigators or additional supervisors

Dr Bronagh Byrne (School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work)

Dr Fiona Lynn

Dr Karen McConnell  

Research Fellow(s) or PhD Student

Ms Adele Boyd  

Name & Institution of Collaborators

Name of External Partner Organisations

Mae Murray Foundation 

Description of Project:

Aim; Methods; Expected Outcomes

This co-designed project will use sequential exploratory mixed methods to:  

(1) understand the meaning of social inclusion from the perspectives of children and young people with complex disabilities who live in Northern Ireland;  

(2) understand how social inclusion is understood by other stakeholders including parents/carers of children and young people with complex disabilities, their siblings and wider family circle, able-bodied children and young people, and agencies that provide community-based services (such as sport, recreation and leisure activities) and 

(3) conduct an evidence synthesis and economic evaluation of shared social care for young people with complex disability.

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