Unmet Needs in Child Welfare

Introduction

Introduction

Throughout the journey of this WebQuest, students will learn a few unmet needs in Child Welfare. This tool will allow them to have an idea or understanding when wanting to change a unmet need. 

Introduction: Unmet Needs in Child Welfare

Child welfare is a continuum of services designed to ensure that children are safe and that families have the necessary support to care for their children successfully.

A continuum of services that were specifically created to ensure the safety of all children can be identified as, Child Welfare. This service presented to individuals also ensures that families have the opportunity to support and care for their children specifically.

 

In Child Welfare, you are presented with many obstacles and hardships. When working in the field, you are able to address and identify the unmet needs of children in the system. Some of these unmet needs could range from poverty, education, substance abuse, and etc.  This tool will help you discover, evaluate, review and conclude an unmet need in child welfare. 

Task

Task

Briefly read over each article for a unmet need. After Proof reading each article, identify and evaluate the unmet needs. 

Unmeet Needs in Child Welfare
Leone, P. & Weinberg, L.

http://centerforchildwelfare.fmhi.usf.edu/kb/educrsrc/AddressingUnmetEdNeeds.pdf

Macomber, D., Skiba, T., Blackmon, J., Esposito, E., Hart, L., Mambrino, E., . . . Grigorenko, E.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20749841.pdf?ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aa0026a0348da33d160feecc06cc7081d

Thomas, R.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3443856.pdf?ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A34d40ffa263e535472be16ce99dd444a

Unmeet need(s) presented in each article: 

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Process

Process 

After identifying and evaluating your unmet needs, there are a few more task that you need to complete. 

1. Reread each article and annotate important phrases, facts, and contributions toward your unmet need. 

 

2. Once the first step is completed, take all of your notes and combine them into a idea/solution that will help benefit the children who experience the unmet needs. Presented below are a few bullets and ideas that could be an aid to help identify the child necessities: 

3. After rereading each article, annotating your notes, identifying your solution, and self reflecting... it is to review your work. 

  • Consider each note presented and make sure they connect with your unmet need.
  • Proof read your solution and reidentify the key points.
  • Review your self reflection and continue to identify differences. ( Remember to put yourself in a child's shoe that may have experienced a unmet need)

 

Evaluation

  Beginning (1) Intermediate (2) Advanced (3) Score
Presentation  The individual was not prepared for the presentation. The individual was not confident in the work presented and did not present any eye contact.  The individual was a little shy while presenting. The individual made eye contact occasionally and presented a good body image.  The individual was well prepared for the presentation. Presented excellent body image, made eye contact frequently and was confident in the information being presented.   
Annotation  Articles and notes were not completely annotated. Very few notes were presented about unmet needs in each article. Majority of the article and notes were annotated and noted. Over half of the articles and notes that were presented were about phrases and unmet needs.  Article and notes were completely annotated and noted. The individual went above and beyond to make keynotes of each important phrase and unmet need. The articles/notes were very detailed and presented an understanding of the material presented.   
Solution  The solution that was presented was not well put together. The individual did not fully think out a solution that would aid unmet needs.  The solution that was presented showed different concepts to consider. The individual offered the solution to its community.  The solution that was presented was well thought of and written out. The solution made sure to address every individual and community. It pointed out key concepts and facts to consider and included all aspects in the solution.   
Self Reflection Self reflection was not very detailed. The individual did not include their idea/feelings about placing themselves in a child's shoe that experienced unmet needs.  Self reflection was detailed very well. The individual included ideas and differences to understand a child that experienced unmet needs.  Self reflection was detailed and presented very well. The individual presented many differences they experienced. The self reflection was included in the solution and played a major role in the production of a plan.   

Conclusion

Conclusion 

Once the reviewing of your work has finished and you have evaluated your solution based off the evaluation sheet provided, EMBRACE AND PRESENT YOUR SOLUTION!!!!!!

 

You were able to identify unmet needs and create a solution that will help better the problem. Most importantly, you took the time and consideration to give back to the children in the system. 

Credits