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Assessment Task 2: Written Report - Advocating for Reform.
This page provides an overview and background of the AT2 assessment topic.
(apa 7 referencing)
Task Summary
You are a researcher working in the School of Psychology at Deakin University. Researchers are sometimes commissioned by external stakeholders, such as not-for-profit organisations and government departments, to write a report that presents the evidence on a current real-world problem and advocates for evidence-based reform.
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH), which sits in the State Government of Victoria, has commissioned you to write a report advocating for reform on the topic of:
The adverse effects of out-of-home-care on the emotional and/or social development of First Nations children and adolescents in Victoria
The Problem
First Nations children are placed into out-of-home care at an alarming rate in Australia. Out-of-home care (OoHC) is a temporary to long-term living arrangement for children who cannot live in their family home. This includes foster care, kinship care, permanent care, and residential care, which are all court-ordered alternative care arrangements. It can place young people at an increased risk of negative impacts on health and mental well-being, as well as social and educational outcomes over the course of their lives.
Deakin librarians have compiled AT2 OoHC Topic Resources such as video reports and news articles. These resources should be used to orient you to the problem. You should not include any video reports and news articles in your report.
Aspects of Development Adversely Affected
You must focus on the adverse effects of out-of-home-care on emotional and/or social development. You can choose to focus on emotional, social, or both. You can go beyond the content that is covered in this unit. There are some emotional outcomes (e.g., depression, anxiety, or stress) and social outcomes (e.g., peer relationships, familial relationships, etc.) that are not covered in this unit but might be relevant to the topic. In your report, you must state which aspect(s) of development you are focusing on. It is up to you to determine which aspect of development each outcome relates to.
Population of Interest
You must focus on First Nations children and adolescents in Australia. The term ‘First Nations’ is used to refer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who are the first peoples of Australia. You must include literature on First Nations children and adolescents in Australia. However, we understand that you might want to strengthen your report by including literature on First Nations children or adolescents in other colonised countries (e.g., Canada). It is up to you to determine whether the findings from such literature are generalisable to your population of interest.
You must focus on children and/or adolescents aged 0 to 18 years. You can focus on the entire age group, a specific age group (e.g., adolescents only) or a specific age period (e.g., ages 10 to 13 years). This choice should be guided by the age of participants in the literature you include in your report. You must clearly state the population you are focusing on in your report (i.e., in your title and introduction paragraph). All sections of your report must align with your chosen age group/period.
Intended Audience
The intended audience is those who commissioned the report: the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) in the State Government of Victoria. The Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing is responsible for Child Protection and children and young people who are in the out-of-home-care system.
All sections of the written report must align, including the implications and recommendations. You should write the report with this intended audience in mind. For example, the intended audience is not scientists or researchers and may not understand scientific jargon, so you should avoid using it or define it early on (in your own words and supported by evidence). You should also tailor the report to apply to Victoria, Australia.
Assessment Task 2: Written Report - Advocating for Reform.
This page provides an overview and background of the AT2 assessment topic.
(apa 7 referencing)
Task Summary
You are a researcher working in the School of Psychology at Deakin University. Researchers are sometimes commissioned by external stakeholders, such as not-for-profit organisations and government departments, to write a report that presents the evidence on a current real-world problem and advocates for evidence-based reform.
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH), which sits in the State Government of Victoria, has commissioned you to write a report advocating for reform on the topic of:
The adverse effects of out-of-home-care on the emotional and/or social development of First Nations children and adolescents in Victoria
The Problem
First Nations children are placed into out-of-home care at an alarming rate in Australia. Out-of-home care (OoHC) is a temporary to long-term living arrangement for children who cannot live in their family home. This includes foster care, kinship care, permanent care, and residential care, which are all court-ordered alternative care arrangements. It can place young people at an increased risk of negative impacts on health and mental well-being, as well as social and educational outcomes over the course of their lives.
Deakin librarians have compiled AT2 OoHC Topic Resources such as video reports and news articles. These resources should be used to orient you to the problem. You should not include any video reports and news articles in your report.
Aspects of Development Adversely Affected
You must focus on the adverse effects of out-of-home-care on emotional and/or social development. You can choose to focus on emotional, social, or both. You can go beyond the content that is covered in this unit. There are some emotional outcomes (e.g., depression, anxiety, or stress) and social outcomes (e.g., peer relationships, familial relationships, etc.) that are not covered in this unit but might be relevant to the topic. In your report, you must state which aspect(s) of development you are focusing on. It is up to you to determine which aspect of development each outcome relates to.
Population of Interest
You must focus on First Nations children and adolescents in Australia. The term ‘First Nations’ is used to refer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who are the first peoples of Australia. You must include literature on First Nations children and adolescents in Australia. However, we understand that you might want to strengthen your report by including literature on First Nations children or adolescents in other colonised countries (e.g., Canada). It is up to you to determine whether the findings from such literature are generalisable to your population of interest.
You must focus on children and/or adolescents aged 0 to 18 years. You can focus on the entire age group, a specific age group (e.g., adolescents only) or a specific age period (e.g., ages 10 to 13 years). This choice should be guided by the age of participants in the literature you include in your report. You must clearly state the population you are focusing on in your report (i.e., in your title and introduction paragraph). All sections of your report must align with your chosen age group/period.
Intended Audience
The intended audience is those who commissioned the report: the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) in the State Government of Victoria. The Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing is responsible for Child Protection and children and young people who are in the out-of-home-care system.
All sections of the written report must align, including the implications and recommendations. You should write the report with this intended audience in mind. For example, the intended audience is not scientists or researchers and may not understand scientific jargon, so you should avoid using it or define it early on (in your own words and supported by evidence). You should also tailor the report to apply to Victoria, Australia.