SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION
Welcome to this ChildHub online course which offers learning opportunity on the topic of supporting children's participation in the decisions affecting them, as this is a key principle of good practice to ensure that they are safe and are given access to the best possible opportunities in their lives. For this, it is important that professionals working with children increase knowledge about participation and have a commitment to it.
Main topics:
- defining participation and its importance
- values and attitudes in promoting children’s participation
- key skills of participation with practical hints and tips
- tools and strategies for practice to support the participation of different groups of children: working with children with disabilities; children in conflict with the law; children in institutions; children affected by mental ill health; working with Roma children. Working with parents.
Target audience: childcare practitioners, child protection workers, professionals working with children, students and future professionals in childcare and education sector.
Available languages: English, Bulgarian, Romanian, Albanian and Serbo-Croatian
The course takes approx. 5-8 hours to complete. There are three foundation modules and six practice modules, each practice module discussing one particular group of children and their participation. The course is self-paced with reading and interactive exercises, case studies, scenarios and short film clips, forum and a shortlist of additional reading and references is available as well.
The course has been developed by the Center for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland. If you take the course and complete all foundation modules and at least four practice modules of your choice, reaching 70% performance, you will be eligible to the Certificate of University of Strathclyde.