eLearning: Poverty, parenting and social exclusion

Published: 2008

These elearning resources are freely available to all users and, through audio, video and interactive uses of technology, bring alive key aspects of poverty, parenting and social exclusion with particular reference to children and families.

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	Poverty is ... A series of video interviews with service users View elearning resource View text-only version Download SCORM 1.2 compliant version Learning record
	Choices... what choices? An interactive case study View elearning resource View text-only version Download SCORM 1.2 compliant version Learning record
	What is ‘povertyism’? Service user opinions on discrimination View elearning resource View text-only version Download SCORM 1.2 compliant version Learning record
	Service user perspectives on good practice A series of video interviews with service users View elearning resource View text-only version Download SCORM 1.2 compliant version Learning record
	Values, parenting and professional roles Self reflection activity View elearning resource View text-only version Download SCORM 1.2 compliant version Learning record
	Incorporating an understanding of poverty into assessments of children and their families An interactive case study View elearning resource View text-only version Download SCORM 1.2 compliant version Learning record
	What resources can you access to help you support families? An interactive case study View elearning resource View text-only version Download SCORM 1.2 compliant version Learning record
	How sensitive to poverty and social exclusion are you in your daily practice? An interactive survey based on 6 different scenarios View elearning resource View text-only version Download SCORM 1.2 compliant version Learning record
	How can your agency support you in accessing and using knowledge to be poverty aware? Self reflection activity View elearning resource View text-only version Download SCORM 1.2 compliant version Learning record
	Additional resources Video interview and quiz Additional resources

• Who they are suitable forOpen

  These resources are suitable for students studying towards the Social Work degree, educators and practising social workers.

• Project backgroundOpen

  SCIE would like to thank ATD Fourth World, and Matt Davies and Mo Roberts in particular, for helping SCIE to successfully involve the families in this project. We would also like to thank all the families themselves, who peer reviewed the resources, advised on their content and allowed us to film them in a series of video interviews, where they shared their insights into living with poverty.

  Please visit the ATD fourth world website to find out more about their work.

• SCORM Compliant versionOpen

  If you are a member of staff from a Higher Education institution who would like to download the activity for use in a virtual learning environment (VLE),such as WebCT, Blackboard or Moodle you should use the SCORM compliant version above.

  Please note that this resource was not designed to export any scores or track progress throughout the resource. Therefore, this resource can be imported into a virtual learning environment and freely accessed by users, but there will be no tracking or grading functionality.

• AccessibilityOpen

  This elearning resource has been designed to be accessible to the widest audience possible and reviewed for compliance to accessibility standards by the Digital Media Access Group at the University of Dundee. This page lists some of the features used to make the resources easier to use. If you are experiencing problems using the resources, or have any questions and comments about their accessibility, please let us know.

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• CopyrightOpen

  All material in these elearning resources, including text, graphics, photographs, video and audio is copyright of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), unless otherwise stated. Use of these resources, and import of the resources into learning management systems, for educational purposes is freely permitted, but commercial use of this learning resource is not authorised unless permission is first obtained from SCIE.

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