What three changes could you see our society making to be more child and youth positive. Apply course material to justify the changes. Why are they important for people working with children and youth?
- How has the course material (modules 1-3), challenged the way you have categorized and/or characterized marginalized children and youth and/or helped you reflect on your own experienced marginalization or privilege in new ways? Use the course material to think about specific groups of youth who are marginalized in our society (i.e. Indigenous youth, Black youth, LGBTQ+ youth). Consider behaviours that you might have observed and made sense of in specific way.
Essay 2: You are asked to personalize course material by exploring the following questions (Module 4-7), 2 pages
- Reflecting on what you have learned so far in this course (modules 4-7), what would you consider three key priorities in working with children and youth and why are they important? Use specific references to course material to justify your answer.
- When you think about the course material (modules 4-7), in terms of developing healthy working relationships with children and youth, what would you consider as foundational to those relationships and why? These relationships are the foundation to all interventions with children and youth, so how does the course material help guide you in how to effectively establish those relationships?
watch one of the following films: The Miseducation of Cameron Post; A Dangerous Son; For Akheem. The films are available through the Carleton library in the Kanopy database.
You will choose a key child in the movie and discuss how you would approach work with that child. Specifically, you need to consider:
• What structural issues are relevant to this child and their situation?
• What developmental issues would you want to consider when working with this child?
• What attachment issues should you consider when working with this child (i.e. deficits and strengths)?
• Are there issues of consent and/or issues of involving caregivers and/or parents that you need to consider when beginning work with this child?
• What are some key issues you would want to consider in terms of building a working relationship with this child?