Perspectives on Childhood and Adolescence, Processes of Marginalization,Risk Factors and Child Welfare Work

- children and understanding childhood in a historic perspective
- perspectives on children's everyday life in context
- perspectives on adolescence, marginalization processes and risk factors
- child and family politics
- perspectives on Child Welfare Work as an assistance agency (legislation, public politic, understanding models, risk management and measures)
- children's rights and the child care worker as a
- ethic dilemmas in the child welfare field
- language, power - powerlessness

Knowledge about:
- different perspectives on childhood, adolescence and risk factors for children and adolescents.
- different perspectives on Child Welfare Authorities as an assistance agency.
- children's rights and challenges linked to children's right to complicity.
- ethical dilemmas, power and powerlessness in the practice exercise of Child Welfare.

Skills:
- analyze and critically reflect over risk factors and marginalization processes in the society that could cause trouble for children and adolescents.
- analyze and critically reflect about Child Welfare Authorities as an nassistance agency

General competence:
- see the context between *barnesyn* Child Welfare practice and consequences for exposed children, adolescents and their families.
- identify and discuss ethical dilemmas within the Child Welfare field.

Lectures, group assignments, seminars with student presentations, work with essay. 15 etc is about 400 hours of work (including lectures, guidance, group assignment and own studies).
Syllabus about 1000 pages.