Child protection
Learn from experienced professionals about child protection. Risk assessment, parental work and court proceedings are part of the course. This e-learning course is a case study of a realistic child protection scenario. It provides specialised knowledge and practical skills on the topic of child protection. You will analyse the complex dynamics of child welfare risks from an interdisciplinary perspective, receiving practical guidance on how professionals in education, medicine, law and psychology can identify and address situations that endanger a child’s well-being. Trigger alert In this online course, you will gain knowledge about child protection. Using a case study, various specialist agencies will be asked about their tasks as actors in child protection. Topics such as abuse, neglect and sexualized violence against children will be discussed. You have acquired an understanding of the complexity of interdisciplinary collaboration in child protection and are able to deal with ambiguous risk situations. You have developed professional, reflective, and communicative skills necessary for responsible professional practice in the field of child-protection. In the ‘Interdisciplinary Frankfurt Model: Child Protection in Teaching’, experienced professionals provide insights into the following: the experiences and needs of affected children; perspectives of their discipline, the success factors of multi-professional cooperation between all professionals responsible for the case. The experience of these pioneers is a valuable contribution to the development of the young scientific field of interdisciplinary child protection. Topic 1: Risk assessment Topic 2: Interdisciplinary introduction (insights from education, law, forensic medicine, and psychology) Topic 3: Process and intervention Topic 4: Child-centred work with parents
