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Educational Disadvantage: Understanding the Misunderstood. Labour Youths' policy document on educational disadvantage (2010).

Travers, J., Balfe, T., Butler, C., Day, T., McDaid, R., Dupont, M., O'Donnell, M & Prunty, A. (2010). Addressing the Barriers and Challenges to Inclusion in Irish schools. Special Education Department St. Patrick's College. (DES funded)

Dublin City Childcare Committee (2009) School-age Childcare in Dublin City. Executive Summary.

Dr Ursula Kilkelly (2007). Barriers to the Realisation of Children’s Rights in Ireland University College Cork. Commissioned by the Ombudsman for Children

Barnardos (2006) Make the Grade. Dublin: Barnardos

Hefferon, C. (2000). Process drama: Its effect on self-esteem and inclusion of primary Fifth Class boys and girls. Dissertation (M. Ed). St. Patrick's College

DEIS 2005 - Delivering Equality Of Opportunity In Schools. An Action Plan for Educational Inclusion. DES

DEIS 2005 - A Report on the First Phase of the Evaluation of DEIS. Susan Weir and Peter Archer with Adrian O'Flaherty and Lorraine Gilleece. ERC (2011)

EU COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS ON EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING

COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION on policies to reduce Early School Leaving. 7th June 2011

Proposal for a COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION on policies to reduce Early School Leaving. 6th May 2011

NESSE (2010) Early School Leaving: Lessons from research for policy makers. An independent expert report submitted to the EU Commission

Early School Leaving in Europe – Questions and answers. Memo with country specific statistics. 31st January 2011

Proposal for a COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION on policies to reduce Early School Leaving SEC(2011) 98 final, SEC(2011) 97 final, SEC(2011) 96 final. 31st January 2011

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the committee of the regions. Tackling Early School Leaving: A key contribution to the Europe 2020 Agenda. 31st January 2011

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING PAPER
Reducing Early School Leaving. Accompanying document to the Proposal for a Council Recommendation on policies to reduce Early School Leaving. 2010

EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING

Progetto Lifelong Learning Project - School Inclusion - Early School Leaving. For reviews on a wide ranging database of publications

Hawley, J. & Nevala, A.M. (2011). Reducing Early School Leaving in the EU. GHK Consulting and Directorate General for Internal Policies Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies Education and Culture.

Oireachtas (Irish Government and Senate) Joint Committee in Education and Skills on Early School Leaving (2010). Staying in Education: A New Way Forward - School and Out-Of-School Factors Protecting Against Early School Leaving,

Byrne, D & Smyth, E. (2010). No Way Back: The dynamics of early school leaving. Dublin: ESRI

Smyth, E & McCoy, S. (2009). Investing in Education: Combating
Educational Disadvantage. RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 6

Limerick Health Promotion - Health Service Executive (2008) Health Impact Assessment of Early School Leaving, Absenteeism and Truancy. Limerick Regeneration

Ivers, J., McLoughlin, V. and Downes, P. (2010). Current Steps and Future Horizons for CASPr. Review of CASPr North-East Inner City After Schools Project. North Inner City Dublin: Community After Schools Project (CASPR).

Byrne, D. McCoy, S and Watson, W. (2008). School Leavers' Survey Report 2007. Dublin: ESRI/DES

BACK TO SCHOOL: A chance for better life. Survey report. Actual stage of school abandons in the countries involved (2007) BtoS: Gaziantep, Turkey

Downes, P & Maunsell, C (2007) Count us in: Tackling early school leaving in South West Inner City Dublin: An integrated response. Dublin: Commissioned by the South Inner City Community Development Association.

Downes, P, Maunsell, C & Ivers, J (2006) A Holistic Approach to Early School Leaving and School Retention in Blanchardstown : Current Issues and Future Steps for Services and Schools. Dublin: BAP

Quality Development of Out-of-School Services: An Agenda for Development. (2006) Compiled by Dr. Paul Downes on behalf of the QDOSS Network.

Barnardos (2006) Make the Grade. Dublin: Barnardos

Study on Access to Education and Training, Basic Skills and
Early School Leavers (Ref. DG EAC 38/04) Lot 3. Final Report
European Commission DG EAC. A report submitted by GHK. September 2005

Downes, P. (2004) Voices of Children: St. Raphael’s Primary School, Ballyfermot. Commissioned report for URBAN Ballyfermot

Downes, P. (2004) Present and Future: Psychological Support Services for Ballyfermot. Dublin: URBAN

Canal Partnership(2004) Listen B/4 I Leave. Dublin: Canal

Downes, P. (2003). Living with heroin: HIV, Identity and Social Exclusion among the Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia. Chapter 5

Educational Disadvantage and Early School Leaving. (1998) Discussion papers by Scott Boldt and Brendan Devine, Delma McDevitt and Mark Morgan. Dublin: Combat Poverty Agency

Kellaghan, T., Weir, S., O' hUallachain, S & Morgan, M. (1995) Educational Disadvantage in Ireland. Dublin Educational Research Centre and Combat Poverty Agency

LITERACY / NUMERACY

LITERACY AND NUMERACY FOR LEARNING AND LIFE
The National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy
among Children and Young People 2011-2020

ADDICTION / SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Eustace, A & Clarke, A. (2006). Quantifying and Assessing the provision of educational services to address educational inequality in a rural setting. Pobal

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). (2003) Selective prevention: First overview on the European situation. Lisbon: EMCDDA

Downes, P. (2003). Living with heroin: HIV, Identity and Social Exclusion among the Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia. Chapter 5

BULLYING / AGGRESSION

Mizen R. (2003) A contribution towards an analytic theory of violence. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2003, 48, 285–305

EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES / EBD

Fleming, T & Gallagher, A. (2002) In trouble from day one. Children in Clondalkin with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties: A Community Response. NUIM

St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9

Coláiste Phádraig. Droim Conrach, Baile Átha Cliath 9

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