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Ms. Eileen Lauster

B.A.,M.S.W.

Contact Details

Part-Time Teaching Assistant
School of Political Science &
Sociology
University of Galway
E: eileen.e.lauster@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

Eileen Lauster is an External Tutor for the MA in Social Work Programme in the School of Political Science & Sociology at the University of Galway. She was the Research Assistant Fellow for the Responding to Child to Parent Violence (RCPV) Project (2013-2015) in Ireland and with Dr. Declan Coogan co-wrote the Non Violent Resistance (NVR) Handbook for Practitioners: Responding to Child to Parent Violence in Practice in addition to published articles on the topic.

Eileen is a Marie Sk¿odowska-Curie Fellow PhD Student at Durham University, England, as part of the Applying Sustainability Transition Research in Social Work Tackling Major Societal Challenge of Social Inclusion (ASTRA) Project. Her research was conducted with a group of young people in Northeast England, exploring challenges to increasing bike use and sustainability.

She was awarded a Master in Social Work, majoring in Administration and Community Organisation, from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, before practising as a social worker in child protection and welfare in the United States and adult mental health services in Ireland. She is a member of the Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) and CORU registered. She is a founding member of NVR Ireland National Committee, established to promote and develop NVR research, practice and training in Ireland.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	'Reciprocal Relationships - Non Violent Resistance and the IASW as solidarity and support against abusive and violence behaviour' Coogan, D & Lauster, E (2021) 'Reciprocal Relationships - Non Violent Resistance and the IASW as solidarity and support against abusive and violence behaviour'. The Irish Social Worker Journal, Winter 2021 (Winter 2021):213-224 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2014)	'Practical Strategies for Coping with Child-to-Parent Violence: The Non Violent Resistance Programme in Practice' Lauster, E., Quinn, A., Brosnahan, J., Coogan, D. (2014) 'Practical Strategies for Coping with Child-to-Parent Violence: The Non Violent Resistance Programme in Practice'. Irish Probation Journal, 11 (Oct):208-221 [ARAN Link] [Details]

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	NVR Ireland Parent Handbook. Donna Butler, Madeleine Connolly, Declan Coogan, Ilse Dahms, Rosemary Fox, Tara Kelly, Eileen Lauster, Mella Magee, Glenn Perry (2021) NVR Ireland Parent Handbook. Dublin & Galway: Parentline & NVR Ireland. [ARAN Link] [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	'Challenging behaviour, Non Violent Resistance (NVR) and Parents/ Carers in a time of COVID 19' Declan Coogan & Eileen Lauster (2020) 'Challenging behaviour, Non Violent Resistance (NVR) and Parents/ Carers in a time of COVID 19' Social Work 2020 Under COVID 19, 1 (4) . [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2014)	'Non Violent Resistance Handbook for Practitioners- Responding to Child to Parent Violence in Practice' Declan Coogan; Eileen Lauster (2014) 'Non Violent Resistance Handbook for Practitioners- Responding to Child to Parent Violence in Practice' Non Violent Resistance Handbook for Practitioners, 1 (1) . [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2014)	'Restoring competence and confidence- non-violent resistance as a response to child-to-parent violence in Ireland' Coogan, Declan; Lauster, Eileen (2014) 'Restoring competence and confidence- non-violent resistance as a response to child-to-parent violence in Ireland' Context- magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK, 132 (April 2014) :29-31. [ARAN Link] [Details]

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	Country Report – Republic of Ireland: Responding to Child to Parent Violence - European Perspectives. Declan Coogan, Eileen Lauster (2015) Country Report – Republic of Ireland: Responding to Child to Parent Violence - European Perspectives. Responding to Child to Parent Violence Project, Brighton, England. [Details]
	(2015)	Responding to Child to Parent Violence & Abuse in Europe – Development of Self-Efficacy Tools (Workstream 3). Brighton. Responding to Child to Parent Violence Project. Wilcox, P, Pooley, Ferrando, M, Coogan, D, Lauster, E Assenova, A, Mortensen, U & Christoffersson, I (2015) Responding to Child to Parent Violence & Abuse in Europe – Development of Self-Efficacy Tools (Workstream 3). Brighton. Responding to Child to Parent Violence Project. RCPV Project Brighton, Brighton. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	Child to Parent Violence: European Perspctives, Eileen Lauster & Declan Coogan (2015) International Conference on Child to Parent Violence as part of the RCPV Project. [Oral Presentation], Child to Parent Violence: European Perspctives, Brighton, England , 29-JAN-15 - 29-JAN-15. [Details]
	(2014)	Child to Parent Violence: Innovations in Practice, Policy and Reserach, Lauster, Eileen; Coogan, Declan (2014) International conference on child to parent violence with paper presentations and workshops. [Program co-chair], Child to Parent Violence: Innovations in Practice, Policy and Reserach, Aras Moyola, NUI Galway Ireland , 12-JUN-14 - 13-JUN-14. [Details]

ANET/COS

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	Facilitating Remote Non Violent Resistance Support for Parents/ Carers during the COVID 19 Crisis - Some Guidelines;. Coogan, D, Connolly, M, Dahms, I, Fox, R, Kelly, T, Lauster, E, Magee, M, Scanlan, C & Quinn, A (2020) Facilitating Remote Non Violent Resistance Support for Parents/ Carers during the COVID 19 Crisis - Some Guidelines;. Dublin: NVR Ireland & Irish Association of Social Workers ANET/COS [Details]
	(2020)	Challenging Behaviour, Non Violent Resistance (NVR) and Parents/ Carers in a time of COVID 19. Declan Coogan & Eileen Lauster (2020) Challenging Behaviour, Non Violent Resistance (NVR) and Parents/ Carers in a time of COVID 19. Dublin: Joseph Mooney ANET/COS [Details]

Community Engagement Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Non Violent Resistance Handbook for Practictioners: Responding to Child to Parent Violence in Practice Declan Coogan & Eileen Lauster. Coogan, Declan; Lauster, Eileen (2014) Non Violent Resistance Handbook for Practictioners: Responding to Child to Parent Violence in Practice Declan Coogan & Eileen Lauster. Galway: Community Engagement Publications [Details]

Conference Poster

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Supporting Families with Child to Parent Violence- the Non Violent Resistance (NVR) Programme. Lauster, Eileen; Coogan, Declan (2014) Supporting Families with Child to Parent Violence- the Non Violent Resistance (NVR) Programme. What's Working for Young People Conference, Dublin: Conference Poster [Details]

Invited Seminars

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Digital Seminar- Workshop on Communicationg Research Using Video. Lauster, Eileen (2014) Digital Seminar- Workshop on Communicationg Research Using Video. Invited Seminars [Details]

Manual

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	Non Violent Resistance Handbook for Practitioners - Responding to Child to Parent Violence in Practice. Declan Coogan and Eileen Lauster (2015) Non Violent Resistance Handbook for Practitioners - Responding to Child to Parent Violence in Practice. Galway; Brighton: RCPV Project & NUI Galway (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre Manual [Details]

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Irish Association of Social Workers	Member	01-MAY-14 / 31-DEC-24
	CORU	Social Work Registration	01-MAY-13 / 31-MAY-24

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	NVR National Committee	Secretary	/

Community Engagement

	Title	Type	From / To
	Teaching (e.g. Service learning / comunity based learning)	Responding to Child to Parent Violence Project: Non-Violent Resistance Intervention Programme	04-APR-14 / 31-MAY-21