SHO649 - SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN and YOUNGSTERS

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN and YOUNGSTERS SHO649 2nd Semester 3 0 3 6
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
Case Study
Brain Storming
 
Instructor (s)Department instructors 
Course objectiveTo analysis of the needs and problems of children and youth in the process of social change To develop appropriate social work practices in this process 
Learning outcomes
  1. Student will; Understand the problems of children and youth and develop a point of view about these problems in the world and Turkey Learn to analysis of the different problems of children and general working process about children in the social work practice Learn to analysis of the different problems of youth and general working process about youth in the social work practice Learn the intervention process while working with children and youth
Course ContentConcept of children and youth
Theoretical Approach about Children and Youth
Ericson
Piaget
Kohlberg
Freud
Maslow
Laws and Services about Children and Youth
Children services
Laws about children
Youth services
Laws about children
Working with Children and Planned Intervention Process

Working with Youth and Planned Intervention Process

Social Work Practices with Children and Youth within the Different Problem Area
Working with the children and youth at risk from delinquency
Working with the children and youth in need of protection
Working with children who live in broken families
Working with street children
Child brides
Abuse and Neglect
Disability 
References1. IJBBD (1994). Children and Youth Services, Organizations and Institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn.
2. Işık, Oğuz ve M. Melih Pınarcıoğlu. Nöbetleşe Yoksulluk, Gecekondulaşma ve Kent Yoksulları: Sultanbeyli Örneği. Birinci Baskı,İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2001.
3. Kağıtçıbaşı Çiğdem. Toplumsal Tarihte Çocuk. Sempozyum/Atölye 2. 23-24 Nisan 1993. Tarih Vakfı Yayınları. Yayına Hazırlayan: Bekir Onur. İstanbul, 1994: 31-38.
4. Karataş, Kasım, Acar Hakan, Cankurtaran Öntaş Özlem, Baykara Acar Yüksel ve Elif Gökçearslan. ?Türkiye?de Çocuğun Korunması: Osmanlı?dan Günümüze Çocuk Refahına Yönelik Düzenlemeler,? Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet. 15,1, Nisan 2004: 15-25.
5. Maluccio, Anthony N (1995). ?Children: Direct Practice,? Encyclopedia of Social Work. 19th Edition. Washington, DC.,NASW Press. 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Concept of Children and Youth
Week 2Theoretical Approach about Children and Youth ? Ericson ? Piaget ? Kohlberg ? Freud ? Maslow
Week 3Laws and Services about Children and Youth? Children services ? Laws about children ? Different country experiences
Week 4Laws and Services about Children and Youth ? Youth services ? Laws about youth ? Different country experiences
Week 5Working with Children and Planned Intervention Process ? General working principals ? Sample studies
Week 6Working with Youth and Planned Intervention Process ? General working principals ? Sample studies
Week 7Social Work Practices with Children and Youth within the Different Problem Area ? Working with the children and youth at risk from delinquency ? Sample studies
Week 8Social Work Practices with Children and Youth within the Different Problem Area ? Working with the children and youth in need of protection ? Sample studies
Week 9Social Work Practices with Children and Youth within the Different Problem Area ? Working with children who live in broken families ? Sample studies
Week 10Social Work Practices with Children and Youth within the Different Problem Area ? Working with street children ? Sample studies
Week 11Midtermexam
Week 12Social Work Practices with Children and Youngsters within the Different Problem Area ? Child Brides ? Sample studies
Week 13Social Work Practices with Children and Youngsters within the Different Problem Area ? Abuse and Neglect ? Sample studies
Week 14Social Work Practices with Children and Youngsters within the Different Problem Area ? Disability ? Sample studies
Week 15Evaluation of the lesson
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments220
Presentation110
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms120
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes050
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes050
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14228
Presentation / Seminar Preparation12020
Project000
Homework assignment21530
Midterms (Study duration)13030
Final Exam (Study duration) 13030
Total Workload33100180

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Knowledge of social work theories    X
2. Knowledge of social work application fields    X
3. Knowledge of social policy and social services policy   X 
4. Knowledge of administration and management processes in social work fields X   
5. Knowledge of social work research and techniques    X
6. Knowledge of social services legislation and professional ethics, principles and values  X  
7. Knowledge of social work application with different client groups   X 
8. Ability to grasp the mechanism of oppression and exclusion and strategies of change    X
9. Ability to utilize the knowledge of advanced general social work in the intervention of different client groups     X
10. Ability to evaluate research material on the subject, apply the research results, carry out qualitative and quantitative data and implement data analysis    X
11. Ability to evaluate social work intervention plans empirically    X 
12. bility to use different techniques of communication with the different population groups, colleagues and other members of the society    X 
13. Ability to work in institutional structures and social welfare systems and determine the necessary institutional change under supervision    X
14. Ability to carry out application accepting differences as a positive factor in parallel with social work professional and academic ethics and values    X
15. Ability to think critically, reach synthesis, apply theory, application knowledge and skills in a professional sense   X 

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest