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Typiska och icke-typiska barn: Hur betydelsen av barns ålder och mognad framställs i kunskapsstöd till socialtjänsten

Almerud, Lina LU (2021) SOPA63 20211
School of Social Work
Abstract
Swedish legislation states conjunction between age and maturity and children’s right to participate in child protection cases. However, there are no age limitations for participation and neither do the legal sources provide distinctive support in professional assessment of sufficient maturity. The aim is to examine how the significance of children’s age and maturity is described in knowledge support for child protection workers in Sweden. The analysis is based on three state governed knowledge supports. Critical discourse analysis is used as method as well as theoretical framework. The theoretical framework also includes notions regarding age. The result show that children’s maturity generally relates to chronological age and is measured... (More)
Swedish legislation states conjunction between age and maturity and children’s right to participate in child protection cases. However, there are no age limitations for participation and neither do the legal sources provide distinctive support in professional assessment of sufficient maturity. The aim is to examine how the significance of children’s age and maturity is described in knowledge support for child protection workers in Sweden. The analysis is based on three state governed knowledge supports. Critical discourse analysis is used as method as well as theoretical framework. The theoretical framework also includes notions regarding age. The result show that children’s maturity generally relates to chronological age and is measured against adult abilities. Furthermore, children are categorized as “typical” and “non-typical” where the latter is described as those who do not follow an expected chronological development and age-related norms. In summary, the analysed knowledge support does not provide distinctive support in assessments of age and maturity but rather manifests the complexity of such assessments. (Less)
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author
Almerud, Lina LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Social work, Child protection, Age- and maturity assessment, Critical discourse analysis
language
Swedish
id
9052556
date added to LUP
2021-06-11 10:02:38
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2021-06-11 10:02:38
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  abstract     = {{Swedish legislation states conjunction between age and maturity and children’s right to participate in child protection cases. However, there are no age limitations for participation and neither do the legal sources provide distinctive support in professional assessment of sufficient maturity. The aim is to examine how the significance of children’s age and maturity is described in knowledge support for child protection workers in Sweden. The analysis is based on three state governed knowledge supports. Critical discourse analysis is used as method as well as theoretical framework. The theoretical framework also includes notions regarding age. The result show that children’s maturity generally relates to chronological age and is measured against adult abilities. Furthermore, children are categorized as “typical” and “non-typical” where the latter is described as those who do not follow an expected chronological development and age-related norms. In summary, the analysed knowledge support does not provide distinctive support in assessments of age and maturity but rather manifests the complexity of such assessments.}},
  author       = {{Almerud, Lina}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Typiska och icke-typiska barn: Hur betydelsen av barns ålder och mognad framställs i kunskapsstöd till socialtjänsten}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}