All Outputs (13)

‘Rights indictors: Using disabled children’s childhood studies' (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2017, June). ‘Rights indictors: Using disabled children’s childhood studies'. Paper presented at ISCI 2017: 6th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators, Montreal, Canada

This paper asks how disabled children’s childhood studies can inform the development of child rights indicators. The use of child development and the medical model of disability is generally justified on the grounds that they enable us to identify ch... Read More about ‘Rights indictors: Using disabled children’s childhood studies'.

Disabled children's childhoods: What are the research priorities? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2016, July). Disabled children's childhoods: What are the research priorities?. Paper presented at 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavorial Development, Vilnius, Lithuania

This paper discusses the discourses of childhood and disability to develop research questions that are concerned with disabled children's childhoods. The three principles proposed focus on the views of disabled children; discuss the ethics involved a... Read More about Disabled children's childhoods: What are the research priorities?.

Disabled children's childhood studies in a global context: Creative contributions to change (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T., & Runswick-Cole, K. (2014, April). Disabled children's childhood studies in a global context: Creative contributions to change

We introduce the emergence of disabled children’s childhood studies; present stories about home, school, and community life by disabled children, parents, and disabled adults; and discuss ethical research toward change in a global context.

A reflective study into the use of workforce research in children’s services: Illustrating integrity and innovation in a changing context (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2012, July). A reflective study into the use of workforce research in children’s services: Illustrating integrity and innovation in a changing context. Paper presented at On Knowledge, Culture And Change Management University Centre Chicago,, Chicago, USA

A Foucauldian analysis of social work with disabled children (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2010, September). A Foucauldian analysis of social work with disabled children. Paper presented at Power and Knowledge 2nd International conference, University of Tampere, Finland

Disabled Children in Childhood Studies (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2010, May). Disabled Children in Childhood Studies. Paper presented at Multiple Childhoods/Multidisciplinary Perspectives: Interrogating Normativity in Childhood Studies Conference, Philadelphia, USA

How do disability and childhood studies contribute to understanding disabled children's childhood? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2010, April). How do disability and childhood studies contribute to understanding disabled children's childhood?. Paper presented at Child, Family and Disability conference, Manchester Metropolitan University

Three turns to Foucault for transformation in social work with disabled children (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2009, April). Three turns to Foucault for transformation in social work with disabled children. Paper presented at Sickness and in Health 3rd International Conference, Victoria University, Canada

Social workers, disabled children and organisations of disabled people: A cycle of practice transformation towards desirable ways of living (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2008, September). Social workers, disabled children and organisations of disabled people: A cycle of practice transformation towards desirable ways of living. Paper presented at Disability Studies Biannual Conference, Lancaster University

Conditions for creative social work: a cycle of discourse action research (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2008, March). Conditions for creative social work: a cycle of discourse action research. Paper presented at Towards Professional Wisdom, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK

Discourse action research listening with foucault (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2007, September). Discourse action research listening with foucault. Paper presented at 8th Advances in Qualitative Methods, University of Alberta, Banff Canada

Disabled childhoods: Social workers and listening to disabled children (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2007, April). Disabled childhoods: Social workers and listening to disabled children. Paper presented at The State of Childhood: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives Conference, University of West of England, Bristol, UK

Re-storying disabled childhood: A post structural framework for social work (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2007, April). Re-storying disabled childhood: A post structural framework for social work. Paper presented at British Sociological Association Conference, University of East London, London, UK