Current Publications & Research

  • The Child’s Independent Voice on Family Contact

    The Child’s Independent Voice on Family Contact

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  • Cover page of a guidebook titled 'Stability in Foster Care: The Child's Voice', featuring a black-and-white illustration of children holding hands within a heart-shaped frame, surrounded by symbols representing childhood and stability.

    Stability in Foster Care: The Child's Voice

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  • Family Contact: The Child's Voice

    Family Contact: The Child’s Voice

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  • Cover of a book titled "The Everyday Guide to Attachment, Play, Connection and Emotional Release" by Dr. Lisa O'Reilly. The cover features a black-and-white illustration of a woman and a young boy playing with building blocks.

    The Everyday Guide to Attachment, Play, Connection & Emmotional Release

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  • Diagram of a child attachment and relationship guide using the acronym CAR, with steps including Play & Information Support, Play-based relationship building, Secure Base Interview, Caregiver's History, and Home Observation, illustrated with cartoon children in and around a red car.

    The Child Attachment Relationship (CAR) Guide

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  • The front cover of a book titled 'The Voice of Children in Social Work Assessments' showing four children running on a grassy hill under a blue sky. The author's name is Lisa O'Reilly, and the publisher is Lambert Academic Publishing. The back cover contains a detailed blurb about social care policies and the author's biography, along with a barcode at the bottom.

    The Voice of Children in Social Work Assessments

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Further Publications & Articles

O’Reilly, L. (2025) The Child’s Independent Voice on Family Contact: Optimising Healing and Relationships in Foster Care, Gazette Law Society, Nov 2025.

O’Reilly, L. (2024) The Child’s Independent Voice on Family Contact: Optimising Healing and Relationships in Foster Care, Master Thesis, Arden University, Sept 2024.

O’Reilly, L. (2013) ‘The Voice of the Child in Social Work Assessments: What they Say? Or what they Play?’ Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany. https://www.amazon.com/Voice-Children-Social-Work-Assessments/dp/3659444006/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&...

O’Reilly, L. (2014) ‘The Voice of the Child in Social Work Assessments: What they Say? Or what they Play?’ Executive Summary. The Irish Social Worker.

O’Reilly, L. and Dolan, P. (2016) The Voice of the Child in Social Wok Assessments: Age-appropriate Communication with Children, British Journal of Social Work, 46(5), pp.1191 – 1207. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcv040

O’Reilly, L. and Dolan, P. (2017) The Use of Play Skills during Child Protection Assessments; building relationships with children to explore attachment relationships, The Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare, Dolan, P. (2017), Routledge Publishers, London https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315672960/chapters/10.4324/9781315672960-32 https://www.amazon.com/Routledge-Handbook-Welfare-International-Handbooks-ebook/dp/B06WVDP1YK/ref=sr...

O’Reilly, L. (2020) “The Introduction of Attachment Play in Child and Family Social Work; Optimising Connection, Emotional Release and supporting Challenging Behaviour”, The Irish Social Worker, December 2020

O’Reilly, L. (2021) IASW Book Review “The Everyday Guide to Attachment, Play, Connection & Emotional Release”, The Irish Social Worker, Winter 2021.

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