UVSRPHP015 Social and Legal Protection of Children and Youth

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
13/13/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Fabián, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Fabián, PhD.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: JUDr. Marie Sciskalová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 9:45–10:30 C206
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UVSRPHP015/A: Wed 10:35–11:20 C206, P. Fabián
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces students to the issues of social and legal protection of children and youth, with its historical context and current global trends.Students learn the issues of SPOD in a family context and the wider social context, including the issues of diagnosis.An integral part of the course is the skill of assessing a family in terms of fulfilment of the child’s needs.
Learning outcomes
Acquired Competences:
Navigation of the legal order regarding this issue, SPOD tools and theories of substitute family and institutional care.
Professional Skills:
The skill of critical analysis of the situation of the family, recording notation, training experience with case conferences.
General Qualification (Competence)
Having completed the course, students will be competent not only to use their knowledge and skills for specific work with clients, but also to respond better to the specific features of target client groups.At the same time, the methods of the course instruction will encourage the development of critical thinking, creativity and the students’ ability to make decisions independently and responsibly.
Syllabus
  • 1. The importance of a happy childhood family, education.
  • 2. The beginnings of the protection of children and childhood until modern times.
  • 3. The Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment, assistance and protection of children.
  • 4. First Republic (Czechoslovakia), the Communist era.
  • 5. Current paradigms of social and legal protection of children and their impact on practice.
  • 6. Changing the paradigm and tools of SPOD.
  • 7. Practice in neighbouring countries - comparative view of contemporary Europe.
  • 8. Tools of SPOD in the Czech Republic.
  • 9. Assessment of psychomotor development of the child and family assessment, practical experience of report notation.
  • 10. Case conferences and related services for people on records and carers.
  • 11. Dilemmas of substitute family care.
  • 12. Transformation of residential institutions for children and youth.
Literature
    required literature
  • BECHYŇOVÁ, Věra. Případové konference: praktický průvodce pro práci s ohroženou rodinou. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0181-6. info
  • FOOK, J. Social work: critical theory and practice. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE, 2002. ISBN 07-619-7251-X.
  • GILBERT, Neil., PARTON, Nigel a SKIVENES, Marit. Child protection systems: international trends and orientations. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 01-997-9335-2. info
  • MATĚJČEK, Zdeněk. Co děti nejvíc potřebují: Eseje z dětské psychologie. Praha: Portál, 1994. ISBN 80-7178-006-5. info
  • MATOUŠEK, Oldřich. Rodina jako instituce a vztahová síť. Praha, Sociologické nakladatelství, 1993. ISBN 80-901-4247-8. info
    recommended literature
  • BOWLBY, John. Vazba: teorie kvality raných vztahů mezi matkou a dítětem. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-670-4. info
  • PÖTHE, Petr. Dítě v ohrožení. Praha: G plus G, 1999. ISBN 80-861-0321-8. info
  • SCHRAMM, David, Ted FUTRIS and Renay BRADLEY. ChildWelfare and HealthyMarriage and RelationshipEducation: A Research to PracticeBrief[online]. Dostupné z: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/promoting/marriages/?hasBeenRedirected=1
  • ŠKOVIERA, Albín. Desať dilem náhradnej výchovy. Bratislava: Nová Práca, 2006. ISBN 80-889-29814.
    not specified
  • Přehled vybraných právních norem
  • Zákon č. 108/2006 Sb., o sociálních službách, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
  • Zákon 359/1999 Sb., o sociálně právní ochraně dětí a mládeže, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
  • Zákon č. 89/2012 Sb., občanský zákoník, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
Assessment methods
Compulsory attendance at 80% of the seminars at least.The fundamental condition for the successful completion of the course is knowledge of the terminology, paradigms of Social-Legal Child Protection (SPOD - Sociálně-právní ochrana dítěte), their impact on the Czech practice.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2022, recent)
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