DAY 1-TASK 1:
Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper:
1. What were your ambitions in life when you were child? Give at least 3.
2. What made you choose it? Are there any members of your family that influenced you in choosing that ambition?
DAY 2-TASK 2:
Time to Reflect. Read the quotation below. What are the messages that the picture and sentence below try to
convey?
"Most people do not have a problem with you thinking for yourself, as long as your conclusions are the same or
at least compatible with their beliefs."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana -
DAY 3-TASK 3:
✓ Read and understand the 1-page handout given to you about "Conformity".
DAY 4-TASK 4:
Let's Conform you. What type of conformity you usually perform? Share your experiences where you become:
Conformist of compliance
2.
Conformist of Identification
3. Conformist of Internalization
Conformist of Ingratiation
Answers
Answer:
This Practice Sheet outlines the challenges child and family services may face when they seek to collect data directly from parents and children for the purposes of evaluation. It contains some examples of how child and family services can engage children and families in the evaluation process in order to overcome some of those challenges.
Key messages
Many child and family services will be required to collect data from children and/or parents for the purposes of evaluation.
Collecting data from children and parents for the purposes of evaluation can be challenging for service providers. For example, parents may be wary of sharing information with service providers. Collecting data from parents who speak languages other than English can be challenging if bilingual staff and/or interpreters are not available. Furthermore, collecting data directly from young children (i.e., 6 years and under) can be difficult because traditional methods of data collection (e.g., surveys and interviews) are usually not appropriate or effective.
Despite the challenges associated with collecting data from parents and children, the process provides parents and children with an opportunity to be heard. Being heard and listened to as respected citizens in their own right enhances children's feelings of importance in their community.
Four key methods that child and family services can use to assist them in collecting data from children and parents for the purposes of evaluation are:
become familiar with culturally competent evaluation;
be aware of issues relating to consent