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2015-04 |
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Objectives
To consider the phenomenon that is unsupervised contact by young people in care with
members of their social network using mobile technologies and social media, and how
social work practitioners may best respond to the associated risks and opportunities.
Methods
Doctoral research literature review that has focused on the use of mobile technologies
by adolescents, and then more specifically adolescent children in care. The review
of the literature has also taken into account brain development, attachment as well
as the discipline of educational psycho-therapy.
Results
The literature review has highlighted that unsupervised contact by adolescents when
undertaken and pursued is complex and risky because of the lack of support to manage
the emotional complications. Moreover, there is the added difficulty of practitioners
being unable to effectively manage the nature and level of contact which may have
a detrimental effect on the wellbeing of the young person, as well as leading to greater
likelihood of placement disruption. These findings coupled with the adolescent brain
development go some way to explain the behaviour of adolescents in care who pursue
unsupervised contact because it is a type of strange and exciting experience which
leads to communication with others in a fashion that is not hemmed in by spatial location,
time or social conventions.
Conclusions
Child and Family social work practitioners will need to acquire a greater understanding
of mobile technologies and how they are used by adolescents in care. Moreover, in
accordance with the current literature on adolescent brain development social work
practitioners will need to give greater attention to the decision-making skills of
adolescents in care to ensure that an environment of ‘cold cognition’ is created which
may promote a better understanding of choices made and the subsequent consequences.
Child and Family social work practitioners can also learn from the educational psychotherapeutic
field, in particular Bomber (2009) who identifies that the key to effective support
of young people who are experiencing attachment-related difficulties is through the
process of emotional scaffolding which involves demonstrating to them that they are
‘kept in mind’, particularly during their numerous transitions. |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/330540 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/331111 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/331112 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/331113 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/331114 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/331115 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/331116 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/331589 |
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AcademicArticle |
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Article |
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Simpson, Jenny (2015). Unsupervised contact in the age of new technology: possible
solutions. In: BAPSCAN Congress 2015, 12-15 Apr 2015, Edinburgh. |
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Simpson, Jenny (2015). Unsupervised contact in the age of new technology: possible
solutions. In: BAPSCAN Congress 2015, 12-15 Apr 2015, Edinburgh. |
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Title |
Unsupervised contact in the age of new technology: possible solutions |
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