CYP6092 - Difficulties Families Face

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Identify different risk and vulnerabilities of children in the family context;
Interpret the range of problems families face and some methods of effective intervention and empowerment;
Appraise the role of the state in protecting the vulnerable;
Debate the conflict between individual rights and freedoms and collective responsibilities for parenting.

Content:

In this module students will be given the opportunity to explore the range of problems that families can face while children are growing up and the approaches to support that may enable families to be empowered to take greater control for a positive future. As each issue is explored, current research and theory will be applied; students will be encouraged to compare political and media rhetoric with clear research findings (on both a national and an international perspective) around these issues.

Learning and Teaching Information:

This module will be taught using a mixture of lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials, some of which will be student-led. Students could be expected to prepare for the sessions by reading set texts and completion of tasks set in class or via the VLE and will be expected to take part in a wide range of learning activities.

Students may be required to prepare and present brief presentations as the basis for discussion in seminars or workshops.

Lectures, seminars and workshops
Hours: 27
Intended Group size: Cohort

On-line support and small group tutorials
Hours: 1 (min)
Intended group size: 6-10

Guided independent learning
Hours: 172

Further details relating to assessment
Students will be expected to conduct a case study or an area of practice which explores the legal and rights based frameworks which apply to a particular form of practice, e.g. child protection, and critically explore the extent to which the practice does/does not ensure the rights of children. The portfolio should include an outline of the key legal frameworks governing the practice, international comparisons and key rights against which the practice should be judged and critical assessment of the extent to which the practice meets the rights of children and recommendations for future development.

Assessment:

001 Information booklet 1500 word equiv 50%
002 Media Review 2000 words 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Carmen Clayton
Level - 6
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6S1

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