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Stenson, Kevin. "Social work discourses and the social work interview." Thesis, Brunel University, 1989. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5011.
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It will be argued that, in order to understand particular exchanges between social workers and clients, it is essential to go beyond the view that sees them simply in terms of interaction between unique persons, and locate them within the wider discursive settings within which they occur. Most of the talk which takes place in these interviews concerns problematic issues within family life, particularly in terms of the relationships between parents and children. Behind these apparently mundane conversations lie agendas of social work issues which have been constructed historically with the rise of the caring professions. The early part of the thesis is concerned with uncovering the historically constructed norms of acceptable motherhood which underpin social work strategies with families and which help set the agendas of interviews. Then the analysis focuses on how general norms and objectives are translated into operational, professional techniques. This theme is carried forward through a focus on the social settings in which interviews take place, the building up of subject positions within interviews, for social worker and client, and the implications of translating from a predominantly oral to a literate based, professional mode of discourse. Finally, the analysis is concerned with the tentative attempts, marked by ambiguity and resistance, to go beyond the mere monitoring of the life of the client, and draw her/him into a form of discourse which is openly committed to social work aims, where the client seems to want to present his or her life problems in terms which are intelligible to, and manageable within, the strategies open to the social worker.
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Teague, Alan John. "Social change, social work and the adoption of children." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281812.
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Wang, Yuxin, and Mengbing Zhang. "Domstic Violence against Children : views from social work." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-10718.
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Domestic violence against children is well known on the social problem aspect, and Sweden has become the first country clarifying its stance on physical punishment and child abuse since established “anti-spanking” law in 1979. The purpose of this research was to investigate how Swedish social workers deal with the issue about domestic violence against children. The research was developed with hermeneutics approach and ecological systems theory, and carried out by four respondents from Social Services Gävle. With the answers claimed by the respondents, constitute the results and conclusions, that is all kinds of tackling methods about child abuse should be regulated by laws, and cooperate with police or citizens comprehensively, especially in the period of investigation. This paper might be a general pattern, but we do hope it could make people rethinking about child abuse issues, that probably may reduce a little bit pressure to children in the future.
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Murray, Maree Kathleen. "Working children a social history of children's work in New South Wales, 1860-1916 /." Phd thesis, Australia : Macquarie University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/42754.
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Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, School of History, Philosophy and Politics, 1995.<br>Bibliography: leaves 427-449.<br>In the 1860s work performed by children was reflected the wider labour market. Children undertook paid employment in formal situations and work of a more casual nature on city streets. They also performed unpaid work at households and farmsites. Children working at the homesite contributed to home based production and service, and also, through domestic duties, to the daily reproduction of labour. Children's participation in the workforce was significant in the three main sectors of the economy. Small-scale farming, most commonly on selections, made significant use of children's labour. Selection, and its appropriation of children's labour power, continued throughout the entire period. The colony's infant industrialisation utilised cheap, child labour in its development from craft-based to more intensive, larger-scale industry. Children's labour power was usually of financial import to their households and usually allocated with regard to age and gender. In times of intensive demand or financial difficulty, the need for children's labour could lessen gender strictures. Demand for children's labour power was, at times, in conflict with the expanding liberal state, which was extending its training and supervision of future citizens through primary education. Mass education was generally accepted, although many families used schools on a casual basis so that children could alternate work and schoolwork. The 1880 Public Instruction Act pragmatically reflected common practice by making some schooling compulsory. -- By 1916 patterns of children's work participation which held for much of the twentieth century were set. Children were virtually excluded, through attitudinal and legislative change, from the paid main-stream workforce. Their effective, and permanent, removal from the urban, industrial workforce had been closely controlled. Their use as casual labour, was circumscribed by adherence to daily, all-day compulsory schooling. Children's work on city streets was limited and regulated. Their work at the home site and in the rural sector continued, now fitted around demanding schooling requirements. -- Pressure on the state, from organised labour and other concerned interests, to remove children from employment in factories and streets had intensified from the 1890s. These demands were echoed by educational authorities, who, since the beginning of the period, had called for strict adherence to their full-time ideal model of school. The state, reflecting and consolidating attitudinal change, responded in an incremental fashion with increasing regulation and control. State action included the 1916 Education Act which could enforce adherence to the ideal school model. The withdrawal of children from mainstream labour was accompanied by an increasingly widespread, accepted and entrenched ideology of protected, nurturant and dependant childhood.<br>Mode of access: World Wide Web.<br>[9], 449 leaves
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Hungerford, Gregory Patrick. "The children of inmate mothers: An exploratory study of children, caretakers and inmate mothers in Ohio /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487846354482053.
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Ocasio, Hilda Burgos. "Social workers' attitudes toward drug-addicted mothers and their drug-exposed children." Connect to resource, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1231506460.
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Kohli, Ravi K. S. "Social work with unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410498.
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This study concerns social work practice with unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee young people looked after by local authority Social Services Departments under s20 of the Children Act 1989. It examines the types of assistance offered by social workers that aids resettlement. Twenty nine social workers in four authorities were interviewed in relation to thirty four young people in their care. Each was asked to tell the story of one young person they were working with. The main aim of the study was to develop a detailed understanding of resettlement practice by social workers that addressed the young people's needs for practical assistance, emotional support, and companionship over a period of time, given their solitary circumstances after arrival in the United Kingdom. The interviews revealed that the social workers were guided by the young people's needs and capabilities towards three types of helping. The first, described in this study as 'humanitarian' practice, focused on practical 'outer world' assistance. The second, described as 'witnessing', focused on 'inner world' turbulence, helping the young people to manage uncertainty and distress, related primarily to past events. The third, described as 'confederacy' focused on the development of a protective friendship with the young people that was durable, long lasting and open ended. Each of these three types of helping appeared to be carried out in a particular 'domain' of practice, referred to in this study as the domains of cohesion, connection, and coherence. Each domain and each type of practice was considered by the respondents to be valuable. In addition to their practice being guided by the young people's needs and capabilities, many of them navigated across domains and between the different types of helping using their personal and professional experiences and their local cultures of working and learning.
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Miftari, Tringa. "COLLABORATION BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS: AN EXPLORATION OF HOW CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN ARE MANAGED : A case study at a Swedish Children's Advocacy Center." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-41163.
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Beltramo, Rebecca. "Vulnerability among children and youth in São Paulo. : A qualitative study of children living in a slum area, an occupied building and on the streets." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för socialt arbete, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-41212.
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Children living in vulnerability as living on the street has been a well discussed issue for a long time. The importance of addressing the factors of why children are living in vulnerability along with what concrete actions that can be taken to help these children to a safer life have formed the ground for this study. I conducted five semi-structured interviews with adults working with children and youth living in vulnerability in São Paulo, such as living in an occupied building so called occupation, in a slum area so called favela or on the streets. To receive a deeper understanding of the issue, four observations related to the different vulnerable living conditions were implemented. There are several factors found in the study that are arguing for the fact that children living in favelas or in an occupation are living well and are not living in vulnerability. The social movement engaged in these situations is providing the children with housing and other social rights, such as education and personal growth. On the other hand, there are numerous factors found in the study that confirms that children that are living on the street are living in vulnerability, since they get exposed to situations of violence, crime, drugs etcetera. One of the main reasons found in the study of why children are living on the streets in São Paulo are because they run away as a consequence of abuse or maltreatment. Another main reason is that they are kicked out or sent to the streets by their parents due to moral issues, for example unwanted pregnancy or homosexuality, or to earn money for the family, respectively. Overall, the study revealed that there are laws, public policies and social programs to guarantee children’s and youth’s rights, such as the constitution of children and adolescent rights. These have not been implemented properly or the people that have the right to access the policies or programs are not aware of them. Another conclusion drawn from the study is that there are some concrete actions that can be taken to help children and youth living in vulnerability in São Paulo to a better life. For example, that they should be provided with housing, education and social rights. To enable this, the government should refund the social programs that they have been cutting funding from, such as Bolsa Família [a Brazilian social welfare program for poor families].
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Mike, Natasha Yvette. "Phenomenological Study on Social Workers with children with special needs." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6926.
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Parents with children with special needs experience challenges when caring for their children. These challenges may be uniquely affected by the parent's employment. Because social workers are in professional roles, understanding their lived experiences provides awareness of the needed services and resources that help social workers maintain effectiveness in their home and work life. This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of social workers who have children with special needs. Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory guided this study. Criterion and snowball sampling were used to recruit 8 participants. Data were gathered through 3 in-depth semistructured interviews. Moustakas phenomenology method was used to analyze data. Two themes emerged from the data (a) coming to terms with having a child with special needs and (b) balance of home and work life. Sub-themes included (a) self-care, (b) supervision, and (c) having an awareness of resources. Part of the experience included social work parents recognizing, understanding, and accepting that their child has a special need. Balancing home and work life was an important aspect for the participants. Part of balancing home and work life for these participants was ensuring the use of self-care methods, adequate supervision, and being aware of resources to mitigate their stressors related to their child's special need. The findings may be used to create positive social change by informing administrators, specialists, counselors, and the profession of social work about areas of focus for strategies and interventions to address the needs of social workers parenting children with special needs.
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Scott, Agnes Marie. "Homeless children: the psychological effects of being homeless." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1989. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2365.
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The overall objective of this study was to determine the psychological effects of being homeless on children living in an emergency night shelter versus homeless children residing in a transitional facility on the variables anxiety and self-concept. A casual-comparative research design was used in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was given to children residing in a night shelter and children living in a transitional facility. Samples used in this study were 22 children from Shelter A and 18 children in transitional facility. The t-test was used to analyze the data.
The findings of the study revealed that there is no significant difference in regard to the variables anxiety and self-concept between homeless children residing in a night shelter versus those residing in a transitional facility. The similarity of the services provided for the children by the emergency night shelter and the transitional facility account for the outcome.
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Rivera, Lorena Reyes. "Assisting Latino children with ADHD| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527578.
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<p> The purpose of this project was to design a program, identify a funding source, and write a grant to develop a program that would offer social skills groups to Latino children diagnosed with ADHD and psychoeducation support groups for their parents and/or caregivers at The Guidance Center in Long Beach, California. The purpose of this program is to provide children with social skills to assist them to identify triggers to their behaviors, learn coping skills, and improve communication and problem resolution skills in order to improve their peer and family interactions. The psychoeducation parent support groups aims to offer education about ADHD, provide social support, and teach appropriate parenting skills. The Weingart Foundation is the potential funder for the proposed grant. The actual submission of this grant proposal was not a requirement for the successful completion of this project.</p>
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Sheridan, Martha Ann. "Emerging themes in the study of deaf children." The Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1251226793.
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Lam, Wai-fan. "Latch-key children in Hong Kong : their needs and the implications for social services /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1986. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1232582X.
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Hopwood-Wallace, Shirley E. "Documented symptoms in children exposed to domestic violence." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=86614.
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Children who experience trauma due to exposure to domestic violence are at risk of both physical and emotional harm and may exhibit symptoms of trauma that impact their functioning. This raises questions regarding the number of children who do exhibit symptoms and whether child protection workers document these symptoms during the post-investigative stage of service delivery. The present study examines the documentation of child symptoms in a review of 70 files in which children were receiving ongoing child welfare services due to exposure to domestic violence. The results of the file review indicate that children who have been exposed to domestic violence continue to exhibit symptoms during the post-investigative stage. However, there were very few cases in which the child protection worker attributed these symptoms to the trauma the child experienced. Practice implications, including the need for increased training for both trauma and assessment, are discussed.<br>L'exposition des enfants à la violence conjugale constitue une forme de mauvais traitement psychologique, dont certaines manifestations sont reconnues dans les typologies de la maltraitance physique et émotionnel. De plus, ces mêmes enfants évoluent dans un climat violent qui leur occasionne des symptômes reliés au trauma ayant un impact sur leur fonctionnement. Nous nous sommes intéressés à savoir si l'intervenant qui mène une évaluation en protection de la jeunesse tient compte de ces symptômes à la conclusion de son enquête et fait le lien au trauma. Cette recherche dépouille au-delà de 70 dossiers d'enfants exposés à la violence conjugale et passe en revue la documentation des intervenants cherchant spécifiquement la notation des symptômes et le trauma. La recherche conclut en soulignant d'abord que le trauma persiste chez les enfants suivant une exposition à la violence conjugale et qu'il s'avère souvent difficile pour l'intervenant de reconnaître le lien entre les symptômes manifestés et le trauma. Des pistes d'intervention, incluant la nécessité d'une formation plus approfondie au niveau de l'impact du trauma et de l'évaluation sont également discutées.
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Wessels, Angela. "The parental role in pre-school children." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3806.
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Poon, Wai-han Susan. "Working with new immigrant children from Mainland China : a study of social workers in children and youth centres /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20133510.
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Branhammar, Elin, and Angelica Edström. "Social Work with Street Children in Iringa, Tanzania : Challenges and Possibilities." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-23768.
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There is a large number of children living or spending most of their day on the street. The situation for those children is harsh since they for example do not get their basic needs met. Several organizations’ work includes interventions towards street children in their programmes, but the amount still increases every year. The aim with this study is to examine and explore which challenges the OVC-program face when working with street children, and how these challenges are addressed in their daily work. A qualitative approach was chosen where observations and interviews with personnel were conducted at the OVC- program in Iringa, Tanzania. The result shows that it is hard to know if the program’s goal – to reduce the number of street children in Iringa region – is reached as it is newly implemented. However, the program’s evaluation shows a positive trend. Focus in the work to fulfil the goal is primary the personnel’s attitudes towards the children. The result also shows that an empowerment- based approach is used in the daily work. By combining control and participation the possibility to help the street children to achieve autonomy increases. One challenge in the work is that this control limits the freedom on the street that the children desire. Consequently the relation between control and participation is important to create a successful intervention.<br>Det finns ett stort antal barn som lever eller spenderar merparten av sin dag på gatan. Situationen för dessa barn är svår, bland annat då deras basala behov inte blir tillgodosedda. Trots att många organisationer arbetar med interventioner riktade mot gatubarn ökar antalet varje år. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka och utforska vilka utmaningar OVC-programmet möter i arbetet med gatubarn, samt på vilket sätt dessa utmaningar hanteras i den dagliga verksamheten. En kvalitativ ansats har valts för att besvara studiens syfte, där observationer och intervjuer med personal har genomförts på OVC-programmet i Iringa, Tanzania. Resultatet visar att programmets mål, att reducera antalet gatubarn i Iringaregionen, i dagsläget är svårt att uttala sig om då det nyligen är implementerat. Dock visar programmets utvärdering på en positiv utveckling. I arbetet mot att nå målet ligger fokus främst på personalens bemötande gentemot barnen. Resultatet visar även att ett empowermentbaserat arbetssätt tillämpas i den dagliga verksamheten. Genom att kombinera kontroll och medbestämmande skapas möjligheten att hjälpa gatubarnen till ett autonomt liv. En av utmaningarna i arbetet är att denna kontroll begränsar barnens frihet som de upplever och värdesätter på gatan. Därmed är relationen mellan kontroll och medbestämmande viktig för att skapa en lyckad intervention.
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Pepper, Hannah. "The burden of accountability in social work with children and families." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694755.
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The research is concerned with the way in which social workers engaged in child and family work encounter the need to be accountable for their work. The concept of ' accountability' is problematised as an essentially contested term, the mechanisms and implications of which should not be assumed. Using a broad conception of ' accountability', the research focuses on both formal accounts, recorded electronically, that can be read and judged extralocally, and informal, oral accounts shared within small team working arrangements. The research was conceived in the wake of the Munro Review of Child Protection, which included in its recommendations a reduction of prescription and performance indicators. Guided by Dorothy Smith's Institutional Ethnography, the research adopted the standpoint of workers engaged in the everyday activities of children's social work. The ethnographic fieldwork took place over three months in a single English local authority children's services office. Social workers, social work assistants, managers and administrators were observed through participant observation as they engaged in activities which made their work visible (and thereby accountable) to others. Participants' experience of such activities were further explored through field- and extended interviews The research findings map ways in which the department's data-system (its Integrated Children's System, or ICS) and wider management systems, attempt to simplify the complexity of casework with families, through standardised procedures and statistical representations informing a 'performance improvement' agenda. The systems themselves introduce additional complexity, uncertainty and anxiety to already complex and unpredictable work. During the fieldwork, the team at the centre of the research underwent reorganisation in response to Ofsted's judgement of the authority's child protection arrangements as 'inadequate'. The reorganisation disrupted established informal forums (team meetings), revealing them to have been valued ' safe' spaces for sharing accounts, where emotion, uncertainty and the social act of social work itself could be discussed.
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Hopkins, Heather Nicole. "SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS ABILITY TO IDENTIFY SIGNS OF AUTISM IN CHILDREN." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/467.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of students in the Master of Social Work (MSW) program to correctly identify signs of autism in children by completing a survey. This research project was conducted in collaboration with California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) and the MSW program by using MSW students as participants. The study used a survey designed with items that measured the knowledge of participants. The results of this study may be beneficial to the Director of Social Work, future MSW students, and professors to examine how well the current MSW program is preparing students to work with children that have autism. Ultimately, this study may improve the MSW program and curriculum that could benefit future social workers and their competence in the field.
The results of this study found significance between amount of previous work experience with children who have autism and their scores on the survey, as well as their experience with children who have autism from learning about it in a course, personal interaction, or work experience. However, there were not significant findings regarding MSW standing or field of interest and autism scores. This can be determined to mean MSW students have knowledge of autism from previous work experience, but there are no findings that indicate the MSW program at CSUSB is additionally preparing students with an understanding of the nature, primary symptoms of, and treatment of autism. This may also mean students are able to retain more knowledge regarding autism based on their experiences directly working with children who have autism, rather than learning about it in a course. The findings of this study are beneficial to improve upon the CSUSB curriculum for the MSW program to incorporate autism into more courses to increase knowledge of autism symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and treatment options, as well as including more fieldwork opportunities with this population.
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Valdez, gia. "Social Work Student's Perception of Canine Therapy for Children of Trauma." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/837.
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The bond between animals and humans is one that has been consistent and unyielding since the beginning of time. Although animals have a long working history in assisting on battlefields and working for the police, it is only within recent decades that they have started expanding their job duties to include disaster relief, educational supports, and trauma care. This movement of training canines for specialty fields to work alongside their human companions comes at a time when the field of social work is also diversifying to a more expansive and accessible profession. This study will use interview style questions to assess the beliefs, experience and attitudes of canine assistance of eight current MSW students throughout Southern California. The research was conducted in face to face interviews which were audio recorded and transcribed word for word to examine common themes. The findings of the study may help to encourage further integration of social work and canine assisted therapies.
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Wright, Donald R. "Identifying children at risk: caseworkers’ assessment of father-daughter incest." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1988. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/356.
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This study was designed to determine the relationship between attitudes of child protective social workers in their identifying children at risk, and their assessment of father-daughter incest. Fifty-seven caseworkers participated in the study. The findings indicated that: 1) there is no significant difference in mean based on different levels of education in assessment of children at risk; 2) there was no significant difference between the black and white caseworkers in their identifying children at risk in father-daughter incest; and 3) there was no difference in workers living in rural areas as oppose to workers living in urban areas in their perception of children at risk.
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Joseph, Alfred Louis. "The tracking of school children : a comparison of life outcomes /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487863429096507.
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Nakayama, Mari. "Educational Advocacy for Children in Foster Care| A Grant Proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10262381.
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<p> There have been several federal and state legislations that were passed to ensure children in foster care receive educational equality. More specifically, federal and state laws are in place which requires child welfare agencies and school districts to ensure children in the child welfare system to continue at their school of origin. However, frequent school mobility remains an ongoing challenge. As a result of sudden separations from their birth and resource families, children experience educational instability and a disruption in their natural mentorship network. Furthermore, children and youths who experience frequent school transfers result in decreased school attendance, low academic performance compared to their peers, and a lower rate of successful high school graduation. The purpose of this project was to develop a grant for the Miles for Education Transportation Program: transportation and natural mentorship program for children and youths in the child welfare system to continue at their school of origin and preserve relationships with their natural mentors in the school setting. The overall goal of the program is to ensure minimal school disruption, increase the high school graduation rate of youths in the child welfare system, and the preservation of natural mentors in the children and youths’ education social network. The actual funding and submission of this grant proposal were not requirements for the successful completion of this project.</p>
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Smith, Allison Jayne. "Child care workers and HIV infected/affected children." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11167.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-77).<br>The objectives of this study are to explore stressors and challenges faced by child care workers working with HIV infected/affected children, their causes, what support is available to them and, finally, current and recommended coping strategies. The study explored the perceptions of 8 child care workers through 2 focus groups using a semi-structured interview schedule as the data collection tool. The findings reveal that the primary challenge experienced is working with traumatised children and working for long hours away from their children, who are often at home alone. It was also found that they not fear infection when working with HIV infected children. The primary recommendation was that child care workers receive regular counselling and that day care centres are established in low income areas to care for their own children.
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Chandra, Vinod. "Children's work in the family : a sociological study of Indian children in Coventry (UK) and Lucknow (India)." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2000. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/81093/.
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This is a sociological study of children's work in Indian families based on research carried out in Coventry (UK) and Lucknow (India). The data was gathered through unstructured and in-depth interviews of children from 10 Indian families in Coventry and 10 Indian families in Lucknow who run small-scale retailing businesses in each city. The research questions the assumptions of the existing literature on children's work in the family, where it is considered as a useful and beneficial task, and something that children ought to learn. Contrary to this understanding which marginalises the importance of children's work in the family, the evidence presented in this thesis demonstrates that children's work in the family is a specific part of their agency, which helps them to construct and reconstruct their own childhood and maintain their family's social order. It is the contention of the thesis that children's domestic activities are to be considered as meaningful 'work' that is not always oriented toward (future) goals of socialization, but rather toward the structuring of social relationships between children and adults. The data shows that although there is a slight difference in the expression of children's agency in Coventry and Lucknow due to different socio-cultural contexts, children's active involvement in housework and shop-work in both cities places them within the division of domestic labour. In particular, children's experiences in family businesses not only demonstrate them to be socially and economically useful members of their families, it also provides them with an opportunity to realise their potential.
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Hjelte, Sandra, and Filippa Eriksson. "På barnets villkor : En studie om hur socialsekreterare förhåller sig till barns möjligheter att komma till tals i sociala utredningar." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-158888.
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Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva och analysera hur socialsekreterare förhåller sig till barns möjligheter att komma till tals i sociala utredningar. Vi valde att utgå från frågeställningarna: Hur definierar socialsekreterare barns möjligheter att komma till tals? Vilken betydelse tillskriver socialsekreterare barns möjligheter att komma till tals? Vad anser socialsekreterare påverkar barns möjligheter att komma till tals? Vilka arbetssätt, modeller eller verktyg använder sig socialsekreterare av för att möjliggöra att barn kommer till tals? För att besvara syftet har vi genomfört sex individuella intervjuer samt en fokusgruppsintervju med socialsekreterare som arbetar med sociala utredningar som rör barn. Det insamlade datamaterialet har sedan analyserats utifrån en kunskapsöversikt bestående av tidigare forskning och annan relevant litteratur samt Shiers delaktighetsmodell. Resultatet visar att socialsekreterare upplever att det är viktigt att barn ges möjlighet att komma till tals samt att det finns en rad olika faktorer som påverkar barns möjligheter att komma till tals. En framstående faktor kan kopplas till föräldrars attityder och inställningar till socialtjänsten. Även barnets förutsättningar har betydelse i form av exempelvis inställning, ålder och förmåga att uttrycka sig. Socialtjänsten kan också påverka genom vilka riktlinjer och rutiner en arbetsplats har och vilket tidsutrymme som finns för barnsamtal. Vidare visar resultatet att socialsekreterare har ett flertal praktiska hjälpmedel att tillgå för att underlätta barnsamtal. De viktigaste slutsatserna avser att barns möjlighet att komma till tals är något som bör främjas i sociala utredningar, att det är viktigt för socialsekreterare att ha ett flexibelt arbetssätt samt att barns möjligheter att komma till tals förändras i takt med stigande ålder och ökad mognadsnivå.
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Livengood, Jennifer Leigh. "Exploring predictors of mothers and children in various work/family situations." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/3327.
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Hartweg, Janine. "Identification and assessment of intentional physical injuries to hospitalised preschool children." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51793.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates the indicators, different role players and the assessment
process of intentional physical injuries to children who are hospitalized.
The basic premise for this research is the importance of professionals working with
children in acquiring skills and knowledge on handling physically abused children.
Physical abuse affects and requires the involvement of the entire family of the
physically abused child. It is therefore necessary to consider the physically abused
child as a part of the larger family system, and not assessed or treated in isolation.
The purpose of this research is to broaden the theoretical knowledge of professionals
working with children, and specifically social workers, in identifying and assessing
physically abused children.
This research report includes an investigation of risk factors, consequences and the
adjustment process of physically abused children. Knowledge of these indicators of
physical abuse will increase the awareness and the ability of the social worker or other
professional to identify the injury as intentional. The assessment process by the
multi-professional team in the hospital is also examined, focusing on the central role
of the social worker in managing cases of physically abused children. The phases of
the assessment process, the role of each team member, the various techniques applied
as well as factors influencing assessment are described.
The empirical research involved the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods
in order to explore the theoretical part of the research. This section can be divided
into three phases. The first phase included setting up a profile, over a period of four
months, of physically abused children under the age of five, who were admitted to the
hospital and their families (N = 24). Of this sample, the characteristics and
circumstances of four parents/perpetrators (n = 4) were investigated in the form of
interviews, which formed part of the second phase of the empirical research. The
third phase included conducting a survey with the social workers (n = 5) that assessed physically abused children in the hospital. This was done III the form of
questionnaires, which included closed and open-ended questions.
The findings and responses of the respondents were analyzed and compared with the
findings from previous studies undertaken by various authors. The findings of this
research can be used as guidelines for professionals in general who work with
children, and more specifically social workers in a hospital that assess children
presenting with intentional physical injuries.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsing ondersoek die aanduidende faktore, die rolspelers en die
asseseringsproses van fisies mishandelde kinders wat gehospitaliseer word.
Die uitgangspunt is die noodsaaklikheid van professionele persone wat met kinders
werk, en veral maatskaplike werkers, om kennis en vaardighede te hê, ten einde
kinders wat fisies mishandel is te kan hanteer. Omdat die hele gesin van die
mishandelde kind geaffekteer word en betrokke is, is dit belangrik om die fisies
mishandelde kind nie in isolasie, maar as deel van die familie sisteem te kan benader.
Die navorsingsondersoek het ten doel om die teoretiese kennis basis van professionele
persone wat met kinders werk, en spesifiek maatskaplike werkers, oor die
identifisering en assesering van fisies mishandelde kinders uit te brei.
Ten einde maatskaplike werkers se kennis van die probleem onders aandag uit te bou,
vervat die navorsingsverslag 'n bespreking van die risiko faktore, gevolge en
aanpassingsproses van die fisies mishandelde kind. Kennis van hierdie aanduiders sal
die bewusdheid asook die vermoë van professionele persone om die fisiese
mishandeling te identifiseer, verhoog. Die asseseringsproses deur die multiprofessionele
span in die hospitaal word ook ondersoek, met fokus op die sentrale rol
van die maatskaplike werker in die hantering van fisies mishandelde kinders. Die
fases van die asseseringsproses, die rol van elke spanlid, verskeie tegnieke en faktore
wat assesering beïnvloed, word bespreek.
Die teoretiese doel van die verslag word uitgebrei in die empiriese ondersoek, deur 'n
bespreking van die bevindinge wat deur veskeie metodes verkry is. Kwalitatiewe
asook kwantitatiewe metodes is benut tydens die drie fases van die empiriese
ondersoek. Die eerste fase was die opstel van 'n profiel wat oor 'n tydperk van vier
maande geneem is, van fisies mishandelde kinders wat toegelaat is in die hospitaal en hul gesinne (N = 24). Vanuit hierdie streekproef, is die eienskappe en omstandighede
van vier ouers/oortreders (n = 4) ondersoek deur middel van onderhoude, wat die
tweede fase van die ondersoek bevat. Die derde fase was om 'n opname te doen met
die maatskaplike werkers (n = 5) wat die fisies mishandelde kinders in die hospitaal
asseseer.
Die bevindinge en response van die respondente is geanaliseer en vergelyk met die
bevindinge van vorige studies wat deur verskeie outeurs onderneem is. Die
bevindinge van hierdie navorsing kan as 'n riglyn gebruik word deur professionele
persone wat oor die algemeen met kinders werk, en meer spesifiek maatskaplike
werkers wat fisies mishandelde kinders in 'n hospitaal asseseer.
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Isidoro, Francis. "A transitional placement center for detained children| A grant proposal project." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1590108.
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<p> The purpose of this project was to locate a potential funding source and write a grant proposal to fund a transitional placement center for detained children at the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) located in Service Planning Area (SPA) 6, Compton West office. The overall purpose of this transitional placement center was to provide children, who come into the foster care system, with a suitable, safe, comfortable environment while they wait for their social workers to find them a placement. A search for a potential funding source identified the Stuart Foundation. This foundation was selected because of its interest in and commitment to helping vulnerable youth in the child welfare system. Actual submission or funding of this grant was not required for the successful completion of this project. </p>
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Roman, David. "Foster care prevention for at-risk Latino children| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527410.
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Ma, Lee-wo. "An exploratory study on the application of the social goals model in group work in children and youth centers /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13117130.
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Wright, Alexandra S. C. "Children in need : an examination of policy formulation in Scottish social work." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272905.
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Eriksson, Beatrice, and Maria Grönte. "ON DIFFERENT TERMS - Social work among vulnerable children in a developing country." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25000.
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The aim of this study is to get a deeper understanding, from a Swedish context, of how you can do social work with vulnerable and orphaned children in a developing country such as Uganda. We have investigated this through the example WEBALE, an NGO working in a context where among other things HIV/AIDS, poverty and a defective social safety net have led to social problems affecting children. Further, we have also aimed at acquiring a deeper understanding of what it is that motivates the volunteers and the director to work with vulnerable children at WEBALE. In order to fulfil this aim, the research has the following two key questions: What is the motivation for the teacher volunteers and the manager to work with vulnerable children at WEBALE? How do the teacher volunteers perceive the social work with the children in everyday life at WEBALE and what experiences do they have from this? The study is a field study with a phenomenological and ethnological approach. We were present at and took part in the everyday life of the informants at the school and orphanage in Uganda for eight weeks. The investigation uses a qualitative method where four interviews and participant observations were carried out. The results are analyzed in connection with theories on social work defining preventions and interventions, where theories on risk- and protection factors and the salutogenetic theory on SOC have been used. The analysis is also connected to theories on social work with children from a developmental-ecological and attachment-theoretical perspective. The results show what it is that motivates the volunteers and manager to work as volunteers in this specific contest through personal accounts of their background. Our observation is that the motivation of the volunteers and the manager to work with orphaned and vulnerable children is closely connected to their own background and childhood. The biggest reason for this kind of a life choice seems to be a sense of coherence and the largest motivating factor is that the work they do feels meaningful. The results further highlight the social work that is carried out and how the volunteers perceive their work at WEBALE. The study shows that the volunteers (who mainly consist of teachers) carry out what can be called social work, according to the definitions of interventions and preventions within various fields, such as health, education, emotional and behavioural development, ability to take care of oneself, social behaviour, family and social relations, and identity.
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Aparicio, Joseph. "Training for foster parents on commercially sexually exploited children| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10011274.
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<p>The purpose of this project was to locate a potential funding source and write a grant to create a training program for foster parents who care for and supervise foster children at-risk of becoming Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC). The program?s objectives were to bring awareness to foster parents about the risks and challenges surrounding CSEC, prepare foster parents in identifying foster children at-risk of becoming CSEC, and provide foster parents with the resources and support to address the needs of foster children at-risk of becoming CSEC.
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation was selected due to its focus on social impact. The proposed program matched the foundation?s focus on providing services to an underserved and disadvantaged population by preparing foster parents in identifying and addressing the needs of foster children at-risk of becoming CSEC. Actual submission of this grant was not a requirement for this project.
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Zaarour, Micheline. "Enhancing the foster care experience of children with autism| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10260783.
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<p> This project served to locate a potential funding source and develop a grant to provide foster children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in-home based intervention focused on improving the level of care for children with ASD in out-of-home care. The triad that defines the core symptoms of ASD (communication, social, and behavioral) poses concerns on how children with ASD fare while in foster care. The literature review revealed that in home-based intervention would allow the integration of behavioral therapy techniques into parenting, and the transmission of communication, social skills, and behavioral strategies into the child’s natural context, home. The chosen potential funding source is The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, which focuses on improving quality of care for underserved populations by offering foster parents the services needed to provide better care to children with ASD. The proposed program aims to provide in-home services to children with ASD through partnership with the Alliance Foster Family Agency (AFFA) to assist foster parents in gaining the skills and the knowledge necessary to provide care for children with ASD. If funded, this program will promote a better quality of life for children with ASD. Actual submission of this proposal for funding was not mandatory for the conclusion of this project.</p>
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Miller, Jessica Seacrist. ""Over the Rainbow" a prevention group for bereaved children and families in a rural area /." Open access to IUP's electronic theses and dissertations, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2069/188.
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Elmer, Susan. "Overcoming Barriers to the Use of Play Therapy and Direct Work with Children in Social Work Practice." Thesis, Leeds Beckett University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.515208.
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Wan, Nam-sing Anton. "A study of social workers' use of play in children & youth centres /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22331372.
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Persson, Jenny, and Cecilia Andersson. "Betydelsen av en plan : En analys av integrationsarbete med ensamkommande barn." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-39436.
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In 2015 a number of 35 000 unaccompanied children came to Sweden with hopes of having a brighter future and finding some sort of safety. There are many reasons as to why unaccompanied children seek asylum, escaping a war-town country, human trafficking and forced marriage are just a few to be named. It is common that these children carry traumatic experiences from their flight which needs to be taken care of, otherwise these children risk their health and wellbeing. With this study we aim to analyze how the guidelines regarding integration work from Malmö Stad respond to the children’s needs. To do this we have compared the guidelines with a mapping made by Socialstyrelsen (the National Board of Health and Welfare) as well as with previous research by scientific articles and by applying theories. The results show that the needs of unaccompanied children are complex, and that it is challenging to provide what is needed. For one to establish themselves in a new country, it takes a lot of different elements of the integration work that are all depending on one another. If one element isn’t fulfilled the other elements are at risk of enabling the integration process. Malmö Stads guidelines have many important elements in mind and it clearly shows that they care for the wellbeing of unaccompanied children. By applying theories the analysis gained a critical perspective of the guidelines and the actual work practice. A well worded plan regarding integration brings awareness regarding the needs of unaccompanied children, that later will spread throughout the operation and society as a whole.
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Yoon, Susan. "Fostering Resilient Development: Risk and Protective Factors Underlying Behavioral Trajectories of Maltreated Children." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1459363057.
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Crook, Deborah Jane. "Children and the transformation of schools : enabling participation through intergenerational work." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2017. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/20720/.
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This study places children’s participation at the core of school practice, challenging narrow interpretations of participation and education. Previous research, reinforced by the UNCRC (1989), indicates that schools must be more ready to listen and involve children, highlighting the benefits of voice but in practice limiting it to consultation. There is scarce research that considers children’s participation in schools as essential to education itself or as integral to democracy. Yet children flourish in schools with good relationships where teachers value what they say. This research in two English primary schools used group inquiry and intergenerational work to build children’s participation. During Phase 1 children interviewed adults and worked in intergenerational focus groups to consider the purpose of schools. Overwhelmingly, good relationships dominated school purpose, experience and hopes for the future. Phase 2 extended this through a series of workshops that integrated participation and education through National Curriculum inspired inquiry. The findings suggest that intergenerational work is a catalyst for children’s agency, repositioning children so they can shape classroom spaces for richer, more trusting relationships. In turn, through recognition of their selves in relation to, and with others, understanding of their situation and possibilities, children were able to work together, and with adults, to co-construct knowledge which takes account of temporal frames of reference and is more meaningful. This change in space and purpose also gave new meaning to the teacher’s roles, moving away from policy controlled authoritarianism, repositioning them as mentors. The study shifts focus away from preconceived outcomes, to the process of participation itself, providing significant insight into how rights based education can be made to work in schools.
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Van, Wyk Carlien. "Beroepstres en streshantering by maatskaplike werkers wat betrokke is by intervensie met seksueel misbruikte kinders." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6870.
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Thesis (PhD (Social Work))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Maatskaplike werkers kry daagliks te doen met seksueel misbruikte kinders en daar word spesifiek deur wetgewing en beleidsdokumente voorsiening gemaak vir hierdie intervensie. Sommige maatskaplike werkers is in diens van 'n spesifieke organisasie wat van hulle verwag om aan 'n spesifieke groep kliënte dienste te lewer. Die fokus van hierdie studie is gerig op maatskaplike werkers wat betrokke is by intervensie met seksueel misbruikte kinders. Dienslewering geskied in 'n emosioneel hooggelaaide omgewing waar die moontlikheid van beroepstres groot is. Beroepstres kan veroorsaak word deur faktore in die interne omgewing (individu), die eksterne omgewing (werk/omgewing) of in die aard van die werk. Die doel van hierdie studie was om begrip te ontwikkel vir beroepstres en streshantering by maatskaplike werkers wat betrokke is by intervensie met seksueel misbruikte kinders. Die navorsingsvraag vir die studie lui soos volg: “Hoe word beroepstres ondervind en hanteer deur maatskaplike werkers wat betrokke is by intervensie met seksueel misbruikte kinders?” Hierdie navorsingsvraag is aangespreek deur kwalitatiewe navorsing te onderneem. Die studie kan geklassifiseer word as verkennende en beskrywende navorsing. Twee- en-twintig maatskaplike werkers, werksaam by vyf organisasies wat spesifiek fokus op intervensie met seksueel misbruikte kinders in die Kaapse Metropolitaanse Gebied, is deur middel van 'n doelgerigte, nie-waarskynlike steekproef geselekteer.
'n Profiel van deelnemers is saamgestel en semi-gestruktureerde een-tot-een onderhoude is benut om 'n gedetailleerde beeld te verkry van beroepstres en streshantering by maatskaplike werkers wat betrokke is by intervensie met seksueel misbruikte kinders. Hierdie onderhoude is aan die hand van 'n onderhoudskedule gevoer wat na aanleiding van die literatuurstudie saamgestel is. Die onderhoude is getranskribeer vir die doeleindes van data-analisering en aan die hand van Creswell (2009) se stappe geanaliseer. Sewe temas is geïdentifiseer, naamlik (1) perspektiewe op keuse van beroep, (2) dienslewering binne die konteks van 'n organisasie-struktuur,
(3) oorsake van beroepstres, (4) manifestering van beroepstres, (5) implikasies van beroepstres, (6) voorkoming en hantering van beroepstres, en (7) ontwikkeling en groei van maatskaplike werkers. Hierdie temas is in subtemas en kategorieë verdeel en aan die hand van toepaslike narratiewe uit die onderhoude bespreek en met literatuur gekontroleer. Ten opsigte van elke tema is daar bepaalde gevolgtrekkings en aanbevelings gemaak. Daar is bevind dat maatskaplike werkers om verskeie redes in die veld van seksuele misbruik begin werk het, waarvan die meerderheid toevallig in hierdie veld begin werk het. Aangesien die intervensie in die konteks van 'n organisasie-struktuur plaasvind, is dit belangrik dat hierdie organisasies die verantwoordelikheid aanvaar vir werknemers se welstand, die nodige ondersteuning bied en hulpbronne/infrastruktuur voorsien. Daar is verder insig ontwikkel in watter faktore 'n oorsaak van beroepstres is, op watter wyses dit manifesteer en wat die implikasies daarvan vir die maatskaplike werker, gesin/huis/vriende en werkopset is. Daar is verskeie primêre, sekondêre en tersiêre strategieë wat benut kan word om beroepstres te voorkom of te hanteer. Dit blyk dat ondersteuning wat op verskeie vlakke aan die maatskaplike werkers gebied moet word, een van die belangrikste bevindinge in hierdie verband is. Laastens is die belang van ontwikkeling en groei van maatskaplike werkers in die veld van seksuele misbruik beklemtoon en verskeie wyses waarop dit kan geskied is geïdentifiseer. Aanbevelings is gemaak na aanleiding van die gevolgtrekkings van die studie. Die belangrikste aanbeveling is dat maatskaplike werkers wat betrokke is by intervensie met seksueel misbruikte kinders op verskeie wyses na hul eie welstand moet omsien. Daar moet verder ook ondersteuning ontvang word van die organisasie in wie se diens hulle is ten einde effektiewe betrokkenheid te verseker by intervensie met seksueel misbruikte kinders.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Social workers work with sexually abused children on a daily basis and legislation and policy documents contain specific provisions for this intervention. Some social workers are employed by a specific organisation that expects them to render services to a specific group of clients. The focus of this study is on those social workers who are involved in intervention with sexually abused children. Service delivery takes place in an emotionally charged environment where occupational stress is a very real threat. Occupational stress can be caused by factors in the internal environment (individual), the external environment (work/environment) or in the nature of the work. The aim of this study was to create awareness of occupational stress and the handling thereof by social workers involved in intervention with sexually abused children. The research question for this study is as follows: “How do social workers that are involved in intervention with sexually abused children experience and handle occupational stress?” This research question was addressed through the use of qualitative research. The study can be classified as explorative and descriptive research. Twenty-two social workers, working at five organisations that are specifically focussing on intervention with sexually abused children in the Cape Metropolitan Area, were selected by means of a purposive, non-probability sample.
A Profile of participants was compiled and semi-structured one-on-one interviews were used to obtain a detailed reflection of occupational stress and the handling thereof by social workers involved in intervention with sexually abused children. These interviews were conducted following an interview schedule that was compiled in accordance with the literature study. The interviews were transcribed for the purpose of data analysis and were analyzed according to the steps of Creswell (2009). Seven themes were identified, namely (1) perspectives on the choice of occupation, (2) service delivery within the context of an organisation structure, (3) causes of occupational stress, (4) manifestation of occupational stress, (5) implications of occupational stress, (6) prevention and handling of occupational stress, and (7) development and growth of
social workers. These themes were divided into sub-themes and categories and discussed according to relevant narratives from the interviews and controlled with literature. Conclusions and recommendations were made according to each theme. It was concluded that social workers started working in the field of sexual abuse for a number of different reasons, with the most workers starting in this field by chance. Because this intervention takes place within the context of an organisation structure, it is important that the organisations take responsibility for the wellbeing of employees, give the necessary support, and supply resources/infrastructure. Insight was further gained into the factors causing occupational stress, the ways in which it manifests, and what the implications are for the social worker, family/home/friends and the work setup. There are different primary, secondary and tertiary strategies which can be used to prevent and handle occupational stress. It seems that one of the most important findings in this regard is that support must be given to social workers on various levels. The importance of development and growth of social workers in the field of sexual abuse was lastly emphasized and various ways in which this can be done were identified. Recommendations were made in accordance with the conclusions of the study. The most important recommendation is that social workers who are involved in intervention with sexually abused children must look after their own wellbeing in various ways. Support must also be received from the organisation by which they are employed in order to be effectively involved in intervention with sexually abused children.
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Akesson, Bree. "Contradictions in place: everyday geographies of Palestinian children and families living under occupation." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=123204.
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Scarce research to date has examined the role of place in the lives of children affected by political violence. The following dissertation explores the concept and meaning of place for children and families living under occupation and experiencing political violence in post-second intifada Palestine. By tackling a theoretical concept such as place, this dissertation tangibly uncovers how and to what extent the occupation and political violence affect Palestinian children and families' relationships with place and how different kinds of places—home, school, neighborhood communities, and nation-state—protect or do not protect children and families. Using an innovative rapid ethnographic approach to data collection, 18 families from various physical settings (e.g., refugee camp, encampment, village, city) throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem participated in collaborative family interviews. Interviews included narrative, drawing, and mapmaking and were each followed by a child-led neighborhood walk tracked with global positioning system (GPS) software. Data were analyzed using grounded theory and ultimately organized according to the socio-ecological layers of home, school, neighborhood community, and nation-state. Data indicate that Palestinian children and families experience multiple contradictions in place in the context of occupation and violence: home can be experienced as a castle and a cage; schools can be both protective and risky; neighborhood communities can be positive and negative; and the nation-state supports feelings of both anger and hope. Findings reaffirm the importance of place in the lives of children and families affected by violence and inform international social work practice and policy.<br>À ce jour, peu de recherches ont examiné le rôle du concept du lieu dans la vie des enfants touchés par la violence politique. Cette thèse a pour objet principal l'étude du concept du lieu et la signification de cette notion pour les enfants et les familles vivant sous l'occupation et victimes de la violence politique de la seconde Intifada en Palestine. En examinant un concept théorique comme celui de « lieu,» cette thèse dévoile comment et dans quelle mesure l'occupation et la violence politique affectent les enfants palestiniens et les relations familiales avec le lieu et la façon dont les différents types de lieux— le domicile, l'école, les communautés du quartier, et l'État-nation—protègent ou n'arrivent pas à protéger les enfants et les familles. En utilisant une approche innovatrice d'ethnographie rapide pour la collection des données, 18 familles provenant de divers environnements physiques (par exemple, le camp de réfugiés, le campement, le village, la ville) dans toute la Cisjordanie et Jérusalem-Est ont participé à des entretiens familiales collaboratifs. Les entretiens ont inclus le récit, le dessin, et la cartographie et ont été suivis par une promenade du quartier guider par enfant, ce dernier étant surveiller par le logiciel du système de localisation mondial (GPS). Les données ont été analysées en employant la théorie ancrée et ont été organisées selon les couches socio-écologiques de la maison, l'école, la communauté du quartier, et de l'État-nation. Les données indiquent que les enfants et les familles palestiniennes ressentent des contradictions multiples en ce qui concerne le concept du lieu dans le contexte de l'occupation et de la violence: la maison peut être vécue en même temps comme un château et une cage; les écoles peuvent à la fois être considérées comme des lieux sûr et des lieux de danger et de risque; les communautés du quartier peuvent être positifs et négatifs; et l'État-nation provoque à la fois les sentiments de colère et de l'espoir. Les résultats de cette recherche réaffirment l'importance du lieu dans la vie des enfants et des familles touchées par la violence et rend visibles les pratiques et la politique international du travail social.
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Wirz, Bea. "An object relations approach to therapeutic work with children in clinical settings." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15955.
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Bibliography: pages 106-121.<br>The aim of this paper is to elucidate an object relations approach to therapeutic work with children. The study is conducted by means of a critical theoretical evaluation of psychoanalytic and object relations conceptualisations of the nature of the primary biological mother-child relationship; an in depth theoretical exploration of the mother's involvement in and contribution to both optimal and pathological development in the child, and of her role in the child's treatment. The theoretical exposition is supplemented by the presentation and examination of clinical material derived from a child treatment case in clinical practice. Child treatment is located within an historical context; the role of parents in child treatment is addressed and divergencies in technical approaches to their inclusion in child treatment are reviewed. The nature of the primary biological mother-child relationship - its evolution, unconscious interrelational processes, optimal and pathological vicissitudes and its implications for child treatment - is explored. Simultaneous treatment of mother and child is offered for consideration, as an object relations approach which addresses the operation of both conscious and unconscious processes within the mother-child relationship, the vicissitudes of developmental disturbances and how these manifest in the therapeutic situation. The conclusion drawn is that an in-depth understanding of the primary relationship and its unconscious processes is of crucial importance in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children and that in many instances the mother needs to be directly involved in the treatment endeavour. It is further concluded that simultaneous treatment of mother and child is valuable in highlighting points of interaction between the disturbances of mother and child, and facilitates an understanding of the unconscious meanings and associations held by the mother in connection with her child, as well as the ways in which her unconscious expectations are fulfilled by the symptomatic child.
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Lees, Amanda. "Spotlights and shadows : a social work perspective on information sharing to safeguard children." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2013. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/364371/.
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Information sharing has often been identified as an area of weakness in inter-agency practice (e.g. Lord Laming, 2003). Failures in inter-agency communication seem to haunt professional practice and are repeatedly cited in public inquiries and serious case reviews relating to harm to children (Reder & Duncan, 2003). This is despite a long-standing governmental drive to improve the systems and practices of information sharing (Thompson, 2010). In considering the disparity between the attention received and improvements affected within the field of information sharing, this thesis suggests that the assumptions that have underpinned governmental responses to communication failures are problematic. Whilst policy makers have tended to assume that information sharing should be a straightforward matter, this research is grounded in a belief that, in fact, it is likely to be a highly complex task, affected by the emotional dynamics and contextual constraints of day to day child protection practice. Using a psycho-socially informed case study of three local authority children’s services teams, the research seeks a deeper understanding of what information sharing entails for front line children’s social work practitioners and how it is experienced at an emotional level. Findings from the research highlight the centrality of information work and the diversity and complexity of the tasks involved. Attention is drawn to a disparity between the resources, opportunities or skills described as necessary for the fulfilment of information tasks and those actually occurring within the context of 21st century welfare organizations. Findings suggest that the anxieties inherent within the research setting around lack of resource and high demand, have given rise to a number of socially structured defences against anxiety which influence the way in which work is carried out. The thesis concludes with a number of practical steps that could offer enhanced support for practitioners undertaking the complex and emotionally laden tasks of information sharing.
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Albertyn, Angelique. "Moeders se fasilitering van hul voorskoolse kinders se emosionele ontwikkeling : 'n kinderregte perspektief." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71746.
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Thesis (M Social Work)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The emotional development of a preschool child is of great importance, since it serves as a basis for later emotional development. South African policy and legislation emphasizes the protection of preschool children and the provision of programmes that support the development of preschool children. Mothers are often the caregivers of preschool children and need to facilitate the emotional development of their preschool child. Therefore a study that examines mothers’ knowledge of the facilitation of preschool emotional development was conducted.
An exploratory and descriptive study was conducted with 30 mothers that served as the primary caregiver of a preschool child or children. A semi-structured interview was conducted with each mother where quantitative as well as qualitative questions were asked. These questions were based on basic preschool emotional development in order to study mothers’ knowledge, perception and needs regarding preschool basic emotional development. Mothers’ knowledge of the Child Care Act 38 of 2005 was also researched.
In this study mothers had good knowledge of basic preschool emotional development, but regardless of this knowledge, most mothers still had a need to learn more about preschool emotional development. Since only basic preschool emotional development was assessed, a study that investigates secondary emotional development needs to be conducted in order to create programmes that enhance knowledge of preschool emotional development.
Regardless of mothers’ good knowledge of basic preschool emotional development, knowledge of the Child Care Act 38 of 2005 was poor. The Child Care Act 38 of 2005 is a national legal document that is applicable to all mothers and therefore it is important that mothers have knowledge regarding the content of this document. In this study mothers also indicated a need to learn more about the Child Care Act 38 of 2005, therefore the improvement of knowledge of the Child Care Act 38 of 2005 is a recommendation for service delivery for social workers at welfare organisations.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die emosionele ontwikkeling van ‘n voorskoolse kind is belangrik omdat dit dien as ‘n basis vir latere emosionele ontwikkeling. Suid-Afrikaanse beleid en wetgewing beklemtoon ook die beskerming van voorskoolse kinders en die voorsiening van programme wat ontwikkeling in hierdie ouderdomsgroep fasiliteer wat op die belangrikheid hiervan dui. Moeders is dikwels die versorgers wat emosionele ontwikkeling van voorskoolse kinders fasiliteer. Daarom is ‘n studie na die kennis wat moeders oor beskik om hierdie ontwikkeling te fasiliteer uitgevoer om areas vir vermeerdering van kennis te kan identifiseer.
‘n Verkennende en beskrywende studie is met 30 moeders wat die primêre versorgers van hul voorskoolse kinders is, onderneem. ‘n Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoud is met elke moeder gevoer, waarin kwantitatiewe sowel as kwalitatiewe vrae gevra is oor basiese voorskoolse emosionele ontwikkeling om moeders se kennis, persepsies en behoefte aan kennis te ondersoek. Moeders se kennis van die Suid-Afrikaanse Kinderwet 38 van 2005 is ook ondersoek.
Daar is bevind dat moeders oor goeie kennis beskik rakende die basiese emosionele ontwikkeling van ‘n voorskoolse kind. Alhoewel kennis van basiese emosionele ontwikkeling goed was, het meeste moeders meegedeel dat hulle oor ‘n behoefte aan verdere kennis beskik. Deurdat slegs basiese emosionele ontwikkeling ondersoek is, moet verdere studies onderneem word om sekondêre ontwikkeling te ondersoek en daarvolgens moet programme saamgestel word om areas waar kennis onderbreek, aan te vul.
Ten spyte daarvan dat moeders se kennis van basiese voorskoolse emosionele ontwikkeling in hierdie studie goed was, was kennis van die Kinderwet 38 van 2005 min. Die Kinderwet 38 van 2005 word nasionaal toegepas op moeders met kinders en daarom is dit belangrik dat moeders van hierdie Wet kennis dra. In hierdie studie is‘n behoefte aan hierdie kennis rakende die Kinderwet 38 van 2005 aangedui en is die verbetering van kennis ten opsigte van die Kinderwet 38 van 2005 as ‘n aanbeveling vir dienslewering deur maatskaplike werkers by gesinsorgorganisasies gemaak.
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Smith, Ronaldia. "A descriptive study of children and self-esteem in relation to socio-economic status." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1994. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/1921.
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The overall objective of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between a child's level of self-esteem and socio-economic status and the forces that impound self-esteem. To attain this objective the following areas were addressed: 1) general self-esteem, 2) peer relations, 3) home relations, and 4) school relations. A self-esteem questionnaire was administered to fourth and fifth grade students at an inner city school in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. A population of 60 students were surveyed. The researcher hypothesized that there was no statistical significance relationship between self-esteem and socio-economic status. The study was an attempt to demonstrate that there was no relationship between self-esteem and socio-economic status and to discuss the subsystems of peer, home, and school. The findings revealed that the children had a hiqh level of self-esteem and that there was no correlation between self-esteem and socio-economic status.
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Ng, Lai-tuen. "An application of the organization model of social group work practice in dealing with those secondary school students perceived as'problematic' by teaching staff /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12341460.
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Glidden, Gina. "Intensity of participation among children with epilepsy: an exploratory factor analysis of child components." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119358.
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Although participation has been the focus of numerous studies of children and youth with Cerebral Palsy and few other chronic health conditions, very little is known about the participation of children and youth with epilepsy. The goal of this thesis is to derive primary components from a set of theoretically-derived variables thought to be related to the intensity of participation of children and youth with epilepsy. Sixteen variables were originally identified. This study uses a database of n=506 children with epilepsy to perform an exploratory factor analysis of relevant child variables from the Qualité study, a longitudinal pan-Canadian study on outcome trajectories of children with epilepsy. Results located four principal components that together, accounted for 63.41% of the total variance: Behaviors that Facilitate Interactions with Others is made up of four child social skills variables and accounts for 32.042% of variance; Behaviors that Challenge Interactions with Others, is made up of 3 variables on child externalizing behaviours and accounts for 12.058% of variance; Anticipatory Reaction to Distressing Stimuli, is made up of variables related to submissiveness, victimisation and anxiety and accounts for 9.414% of variance and Child's Social Self, comprises variables related to social support and self perception and accounts for 8.408% of variance. Further study is required to examine the relationship and impact these components have to the participation of children and youth with epilepsy.<br>Bien que la participation ait été étudiée comme objectif de résultat chez des enfants atteints de paralysie cérébrale ainsi que d'autres conditions chroniques de la santé, très peu est connu au sujet de l'expérience de participation des enfants atteints d'épilepsie. L'objectif de ce mémoire est de déterminer les composantes principales de variables issues de théories liées à l'intensité de la participation des enfants et des adolescents atteints d'épilepsie afin de susciter une discussion qui approfondira notre compréhension de la participation de ce groupe. Seize variables ont été identifiées. Cette étude utilise une base de données comprenant n=506 enfants atteint d'épilepsie afin d'effectuer une analyse exploratoire de facteurs des variables pertinentes liées à l'enfant issues de l'étude QUALITÉ, une étude longitudinale à travers le Canada sur les objectifs de résultat d'enfants atteints d'épilepsie. Quatre composantes principales ont été extraites des résultats, totalisant 63.41% de la variance. La composante Comportements qui facilitent les interactions avec autrui est constituée de quatre variables d'habiletés sociales chez l'enfant et représente 32,04% de la variance. La composante Comportements qui restreignent les interactions avec les autres est constituée de trois variables sur les comportements extériorisés et représente 12.05% de la variance. La composante Cycle de réaction anticipée de l'enfant à des stimuli bouleversants est constituée de variables liées à la soumission, à la victimisation et à l'anxiété et représente 9.41% de la variance. La composante L'être social de l'enfant comprend trois variables liées au soutien social et à la perception de soi et représente 8.40% de la variance. Une étude plus approfondie est nécessaire afin d'examiner la relation et l'impact de ces composantes sur la participation des enfants et des adolescents atteints d'épilepsie.