Tag Archives: children

The School To Prison Pipeline

Posted on April 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

This 30 minute long audio podcast is an episode of  the BBC World Service radio documentary series which was broadcast by the BBC today, 10 Apr 12 for a worldwide audience.
In this podcast, Nina Robinson reports from Texas on how the heavy hand of the law in some US schools is criminalising the very young. Podcast link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00qh8pf. The podcast can be downloaded as a 11MB mp3 and kept.
There is an accompanying news feature Misbehaving pupils ending up in court which covers many of the points made in the podcast, and I found it easier to absorb and think about the facts and figures seeing them written down. The BBC provide a link to the research study on which this news item is based, and their whole report can be freely downloaded: Breaking Schools’ Rules: A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement.
Taken together, the podcast, news feature and research report makes a cohesive package for those with an interest in school discipline and youth justice. Bear in mind that this was broadcast for a global audience – no comparisons are made with the UK, but that doesn’t make it any less valuable as a basis for thinking and debate amongst UK students and practitioners.
BBC podcasts can be shared within the classroom or lecture theatre for educational purposes.  © All rights reserved by the BBC.

Leave a comment

Posted in Podcast

Tagged , ,

Introduction to Residential Child Care

Posted on January 21, 2012 | 1 comment

This is one of sixteen elearning resources published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).
Jonathan Stanley & Mary Sainsbury’s 2008 Introduction to Residential Child Care is designed for staff new to this area. It may also be relevant to foster carers, children, young people, parents and family members.
This package comprise three modules:

  1. An introduction to residential child care. An interactive exploration of the fundamentals of residential child care.
  2. Meeting the needs of children in residential child care. A series of practical activities and downloadable worksheets.
  3. Managing challenging behaviour. An interactive exploration of the key aspects of challenging behaviour.

Each module is about 20-30 minutes long. They include glossaries, references, transcripts, learning records and links to extra resources. Adobe Flash Player is required on your computer.
These interactive modules provide accurate information in an engaging way, and the references and links to extra resources allow the learning to be extended far beyond the original module.
Link: http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/elearning/residentialchildcare/index.asp.
Use of this resource, and import of the resource into learning management systems, for educational purposes is freely permitted. A SCORM version is offered for free download and use in a virtual learning environment (VLE).

1 Comment

Posted in Course

Tagged

Children, families & child protection

Posted on December 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

IRISSchildprotection

Allegations of abuse lead to an unfolding child protection case scenario which prompts us to consider the welfare of three children and their parents’ rights.

This is one of 22 multimedia learning resources published by Scotland’s Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services. The resources are designed for social work students and practitioners, but will also be valuable to others working with children and families. This case study by Mel Cadman & Kathryn Cameron has been designed as a focus for learning about the legal, ethical and practice issues emerging from a child protection case scenario. It consists of five short video clips with transcripts of the dialogue, and it takes about 15 minutes to watch in total.

This is an excellent resource! it is well-structured and there is much to learn from the components of this moving and realistic case study. The authors suggest that learners be asked to interpret and assess the unfolding scenario of complex needs and to consider how to respond. In an ideal world I’d have liked the authors to pose some questions of this nature and provide references to extend the learning. Link: http://content.iriss.org.uk/childprotection

Creative Commons Licence The whole package of resources appears to be downloadable as an IMS content package.

Leave a comment

Posted in Case study, Creative Commons

Tagged , ,