ECE360 - Critical Issues in Safety and Child Protection

Unit details

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Enrolment modes:

(B, G, W)

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit chair:TBA
Corequisite:

Students must be enrolled in course E330

Contact hours:

Trimester 3 study pattern - by off campus with intensive classes, and

Trimester 1 study pattern - 3 hours  weekly on campus (Tri 1 commences 2015)

Note:

Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications.

Content

In this unit, students will be introduced to relevant legislation, policies and practices essential to securing children's safety, with children's rights and professional ethics forming a conceptual framework. Child maltreatment and child protection will provide a major focus together with appropriate responses via policies, ethical practices, statutory requirements and preventive curriculum work. Attendant professional roles and obligations will be considered. Key topics include:

  • Children's rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
  • Australian Early Childhood Association's Code of Ethics: professional implications;
  • Child maltreatment and its impact on child development, e.g. trauma  and learning;
  • Professional and legal responsibilities for notification and support;
  • Types of child maltreatment, their dynamics, and availability of community resources;
  • Indicators of the various types of child abuse; supportive handling of disclosures of abuse, responding appropriately via child abuse prevention; policy, protocols and personal safety teaching.

Assessment

Task 1: Response to scenarios (or field based investigations of EC practice) relating to children's rights, ethical practice and safety, 40%, 1600 words

Task 2: Case study of child maltreatment, 50%, 2000 words

Task 3: Participation, 10%

Unit Fee Information

Student Contribution Rate*Student Contribution Rate**Fee rate - Domestic Students Fee rate - International students
$733$587$2299$2449

* Rate for all CSP students, except for those who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
** Rate for CSP students who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.