"Då jag möter klienter dagligen med ADHD är det av vikt att känna till diagnosen" - En kvantitativ studie om socialsekreterares kunskaper och attityder om barn med ADHD
(2018) SOPA63 20172School of Social Work
- Abstract
- This study examined the knowledge and attitude of social workers working with preliminary assessments and investigations regarding children aged 0-20 diagnosed with ADHD. The theoretical framework which has been used to analyze the open questions in our survey are profession theories. 340 social workers in Götaland completed a questionnaire examining their knowledge and attitudes towards children with ADHD.The result showed that the social workers have adequate knowledge about the symptoms of the diagnosis,but they showed less knowledge about the social consequences an ADHD-diagnosis can lead to.There was some covariance between knowledge and attitudes, but not to a large extent. This study is important
because an ADHD-diagnosis can lead... (More) - This study examined the knowledge and attitude of social workers working with preliminary assessments and investigations regarding children aged 0-20 diagnosed with ADHD. The theoretical framework which has been used to analyze the open questions in our survey are profession theories. 340 social workers in Götaland completed a questionnaire examining their knowledge and attitudes towards children with ADHD.The result showed that the social workers have adequate knowledge about the symptoms of the diagnosis,but they showed less knowledge about the social consequences an ADHD-diagnosis can lead to.There was some covariance between knowledge and attitudes, but not to a large extent. This study is important
because an ADHD-diagnosis can lead to social problems, which is the main area of
responsibilities of social workers. One part of the problem is that knowledge about ADHD is not a part of the social worker education, although social workers encounter children with ADHD everyday. (Less)
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- author
- Larsson, Emma LU and Knutsson, Anna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20172
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- ADHD, knowledge, attitude, children, social worker, social problems.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8937475
- date added to LUP
- 2018-03-21 10:31:01
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- 2018-03-21 10:31:01
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