Undergraduate - UnitAZA2764 - Building support networks for children and families.

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Not offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)	Ms Precious-Pearl Vezi

Synopsis

The child and youth care worker cannot treat children alone, they will need an awareness of what other disciplines do and knowledge of a process of referral that will ensure that the child gets the best holistic treatment possible. This unit includes a social network framework that teaches the student to look for possible social support (natural and professional) that can treat the child but also sustain his or her well-being within a community. This unit compliments the core intervention unit that focuses more on individual and group support.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, learners will be able to demonstrate knowledge of and familiarity with the following types of information, academic perspectives and skills:

Understand the nature of a social environment and the meaning of a social network.
Know the principles of environmental modification.
Ability to accurately and efficiently refer a childhood problem to multiple disciplines.
Demonstrate the ability to do a social network analysis.
Show efficiency in conducting social network interventions.
Be able to differentiate between social networking, environmental modification and community development.

Assessment

Practical activities (900 words): 20%
Major essay (1350 words): 30%
Examination (2 hours): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Precious-Pearl Vezi

Workload requirements

Three-hour workshops per week: 90 minutes for lecturing and 90 minutes for practical application of theory

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Child and youth development

Prerequisites

First year sequence in Child and youth development

Prohibitions

ATS2764