Carmel Devaney joined the Child and Family Research

Centre in April 2007 as a Researcher and Course

Co-ordinator of the Higher Diploma/ Master Degree in Family Support Studies.  Carmel holds a BA in Social Studies (DIT) and MA in Family Support Studies (NUI, Galway).  At a practice level Carmel has worked for many years in children and family services and as Manager of a

Springboard Family Support Service. Carmel has researched

in the area of children and families service provision and has

published in the area of suicide prevention and family support. 

Carmel has a particular interest in the development of Family Support as
an approach to working with children and families and on the impact of
associated postgraduate training on practice. Carmel is currently
undertaking a PhD on this area at NUI, Galway.

Carmel Devaney, School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway

Phone:  091 495733

Email: carmel.devaney@nuigalway.ie

Recent Publications

http://www.baspcan.org.uk/congress2009freepapers2.php

'Postvention: A Community-based Family Support Initiative and Model of Responding to Tragic Events, Including Suicide', Child Care in Practice, (2006) 12:1, 53 – 61