'This is a Healthy Relationship' school pupils as researchers and equals

Porter, J ORCID: 0000-0003-0643-3272 (2025) 'This is a Healthy Relationship' school pupils as researchers and equals. In: Frankel, S and Kay-Flowers, S, (eds.) The Ethics of Unlocking Research with Children: Creativity, Agency and Change. Emerald, pp. 109-131. ISBN 9781836089933

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Abstract

This chapter draws on the author's experience of working with mainstream and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils on a research project about domestic abuse (DA) and healthy relationships. The Government definition of domestic violence and abuse was extended in 2012 to include young people aged between 16 and 17. This change increased awareness that young people in this age group experience domestic violence and abuse. Young people aged 12-19 with a disability experience violence at nearly twice the rate as those without (Harrell & Rand, 2008). This chapter considers how the methodologies used by the researcher to listen to and respect the voice of the pupil to ensure their participation became integral to the research and enable the creation of a co-designed resource on relationship education. It reflects on these experiences and explores how creative research methods can be used in a variety of situations and adapted to diverse participants, including those with special educational needs and disabilities in particular pupils with visually and sensory impairments. The context for this chapter is set by the increasing recognition of the need for whole school approaches to prevent gender-based violence from happening in the first place. This chapter aims to encourage researchers to explore the approaches and methodologies outlined to engage directly with young people in the school environment with SEND requirements. It explores critical issues around the development of better understandings to make sure the ethics process enables such engagement.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	39 Education; 3904 Specialist Studies In Education; Mental health; 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; 4 Quality Education
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions:	Education
Publisher:	Emerald
Date of acceptance:	15 October 2025
Date of first compliant Open Access:	20 January 2026
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2026 14:52
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2026 14:52
DOI or ID number:	10.1108/978-1-83608-992-620251008
Editors:	Frankel, S and Kay-Flowers, S
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27949

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