- Title
- Effective policy to support children, families and communities
- Creator
- Grace, Rebekah; Cashmore, Judy; Scott, Dorothy; Hayes, Alan
- Relation
- Children, Families and Communities p. 358-382
- Relation
- https://www.oup.com.au/books/higher-education/education/9780190304461-children,-families-and-communities
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- The preceding chapters of this book have described a range of individual characteristics, family circumstances, environmental influences and policy contexts for children, their families and their communities. They are built on Bronfenbrenner's (1979) premise that child development always occurs within complex layers of contextual influence. For example, understanding of impairment for a child with a disability is enhanced when examined in the context of the social response to that child and the appropriateness of service system support (see Chapter 3); understanding of issues related to the physical wellbeing of children is enhanced when considered in the context of social attitudes towards active play (see Chapter 10); and understanding of the 'gap' in education achievement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children is enhanced by awareness of the context of past policy and the legacy of historical trauma (see Chapter 13). Important to discussions of context and development are notions of 'risk' and 'protective' factors in children's lives. These terms were introduced in Chapter 1 and have been used throughout the book. The term 'risk' refers to the large range of factors that are associated with poor health, socio-emotional and developmental outcomes for children. These risks might reflect some personal characteristics of the child (for example, learning disabilities, psychiatric issues, premature birth), the families in which children live (for example, homes where there is abuse and/or neglect, low levels of parent education, maternal mental health challenges), or the child's social context (for example, a disadvantaged community, social exclusion). Protective factors are those that minimise or counteract the impact of risk factors.
- Description
- 5th ed.
- Subject
- children; communities; socialization; families; parenting; social attitudes; protective factors; risks
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1390505
- Identifier
- uon:33073
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780190304461
- Language
- eng
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