Supporting Children's participation

This course is designed for all child care practitioners and child protection workers who want to learn more about helping children to participate in the decisions which affect them. There is a difference between participation of children in the wider community, and participation of children in relation to individual issues which affect their individual lives. While this course will focus on how to empower children individually, it will also contribute to an understanding that participation is a wider process for which all frontline practitioners must fight. The course is divided into 9 short modules which build on each other. The modules are a mixture of reading and interactive exercises, case studies, scenarios and short film clips. The practice modules are: working with children with disabilities, children in conflict with the law, children in institutions, children affected by mental ill health. working with Roma children, and working with parents