Prof. Dr. Nicole Knuth

• Chairwoman of the International Association for Educational Assistance (IGfH)
• Member of the IGfH Board of Directors and Assembly of Delegates
• Member of the Bundesnetzwerk Fachpolitik für Eltern und Familien in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe e.V. (Federal Network for Parents and Families in Child and Youth Welfare)
• Expert in the Children's Commission of the German Bundestag on the topic of "Placement in alternative care - no way out of the residential group" (2020)

As part of this project, the Fachhochschule Dortmund will present practical research and development, on the basis of which the children's rights app "Justy" can be developed, which is oriented towards the life situations and interests of young people in residential youth care and involves professionals from the field of work in its realization.

The aim of the project is to

• to present findings on subjective attributions of rights and possibilities for complaints that take into account both the perspective of the addressees themselves (young people) and the perspective of professionals from inpatient youth welfare services.
• Describe the requirements for an app that functions interactively between young people and also between young people and professionals as an additional driver of communication and promotes both individual participation and participation in a group context.
• To develop information on the content of a children's rights app that improves cooperation and utilization of complaints offices and actively involves professionals and young people in the design.

Project duration: 01.02.2023 - 31.01.2025

Further information:

• "Justy" app strengthens the rights of young people | Fachhochschule Dortmund (fh-dortmund.de)(Opens in a new tab) 
• Launch of the children's rights app "Justy" | Diakonie RWL (diakonie-rwl.de)(Opens in a new tab) 

Contact:

• Prof. Dr. Nicole Knuth (project management) - nicole.knuthfh-dortmundde
• Marius Biele, M.A. (project collaboration) - marius.bielefh-dortmundde
• Benjamin Hantke (project collaboration) - benjamin.hantkefh-dortmundde

Faltermeier, J./Knuth, N./Stork, R. (2022): Handbook for parents in educational support. Weinheim/Basel.

Knuth, N. (2021): Foster care for children. In: Amthor, C.-R./Goldberg, B./Hansbauer, P./Landes, B./Wintergerst, T. (Eds.): Dictionary of Social Work. Weinheim/Basel, pp. 648-649.

Knuth, N. (2021): Demands on the further development of home education from the perspective of parents and professionals. In: Hagen, B. (ed.): Schutz und Qualität in den Erziehungshilfen, Beiträge zu Theorie und Praxis der Jugendhilfe 34. Hanover, pp. 67-76.

Knuth, N. (2020): Documentation and evaluation of the participation workshop with parents and professionals as part of the project "Zukunftsforum Heimerziehung". Frankfurt am Main.

Knuth, N./Riehm, R. (2020): Parental work and parental participation in care. In: Specialist group on taking into care (ed.): Handbook on taking into care. Regensburg, pp. 331-346.

Knuth, N. (2019): Parent participation: A challenge for inpatient educational support. In: Our youth, 71st year, issue 5, pp. 59-68.

Knuth, N./Schmidt, H. (2019): Parental participation in home education - Desired and yet not a matter of course? In: Evangelische Jugendhilfe, 96th vol. 2, pp. 84-91.

Knuth, N. (2019): Participation in the field of educational support. In: Ledig, M./Merget, G./Püttmann, C./Uhlendorff, U./Weyhe, H./Fthenakis, W. E. (eds.): Erziehen als Profession. Learning fields 1-3, Cologne, pp. 513-520.

Knuth, N. (2019): Working field of educational support: Educational partnerships with parents and/or guardians. In: Ledig, M./Merget, G./Püttmann, C./Uhlendorff, U./Weyhe, H./ Fthenakis, W. E. (Eds.): Educating as a profession. Learning fields 4-6, Cologne, pp. 513-519.

Knuth, N./Kluttig, M./Uhlendorff, U. (2017): Clearing procedures for unaccompanied refugee minors. In: Brinks, S./Dittmann, E./Müller, H. (eds.): Handbuch unbegleitete minderjährige Flüchtlinge. Regensburg, pp. 104-112.

Gies, M./Hansbauer, P./Knuth, N./Kriener, M./Stork, R.: Mitbestimmen, Mitgestalten (2016): Parental participation in home education. Evangelischer Erziehungsverband e.V. (ed.): Beiträge zu Theorie und Praxis der Jugendhilfe 15. Hannover.

Knuth, N./Stork, R. (2014): Participation procedures and complaint options. Can home education practice fulfill the new legal requirements according to §45 SGB VIII. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen, 20th volume, issue 4, pp. 245-248.

Biller, E./Hansbauer, P./Knuth, K. (2014): Younger children in care. Results of a practice development project. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen, 20th volume, issue 1, pp. 17-21.

Knuth, N. (2013): Targeted help is needed. In: Playing and learning, issue 3, p. 40.

Knuth, N. (2013): Specialization of inpatient educational support. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen, 19th volume, issue 3, pp. 143-145.

Hansbauer, P./Knuth, N. (2013): Young children in crisis situations: Requirements for inpatient educational support. Results of a practice development project. In: Blickpunkt Jugendhilfe, 18th volume, issue 5, pp. 10-14.

Knuth, N./Koch, J. (2010) (eds.): Hilfen zur Erziehung in Europa. Developments, trends and innovations. Frankfurt.

Knuth, N. (2010): Between professionalism and cost savings: placement policies in Germany and England. In: Jugendhilfe, 48th Vol., 2010, No. 6, pp. 315-328.

Knuth, N./Pothmann, J. (2009): Fields of social work - an overview. In: Uhlendorff, U., Handbuch Erziehungswissenschaft, vol. III Sozialpädagogik (ed.: Böhm, W./Frost, U./ Ladenthin, V./Mertens, G.). Paderborn.

Knuth, N. (2009): Inpatient youth welfare in a German-English comparison. In: Jugendhilfe aktuell, Issue 1, p. 70.

Knuth, N. (2009): Educational support in France. In: Kontakte, issue 14, pp. 5-9.

Knuth, N./Koch, J./Wolff, M. (2008) (eds.): Hinter'm Horizont geht's weiter... Perspektiven der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe. Frankfurt am Main.

Knuth, N. (2008): Placement policies in England and Germany. The system of residential youth care in an English-German comparison. Weinheim.

Knuth, N. (2008): Pedagogical processes in regular groups of residential care - developments and perspectives. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen, vol. 14, issue 4, pp. 227-228.

Knuth, N. (2007): Green Paper on the reform of youth welfare in England. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen, Vol. 13, Issue 1, pp. 43-44.