C O L L E G E
P A R K
S C H O L A R S
Advocates
for
Children
Colloquium Project for the Information Age
* due Monday (4/28/97) *
Research and write a paper on any topic related to child advocacy. Length: 4-5 pages; references: 2-6, depending on your topic and writing style. This assignment is flexible, but it should include both research of the relevant factual material as well as your opinion (at least implicitly). You will turn in your paper by posting it on your web site. I will give you clear instructions walking you through the process of posting on a web site. I hope to have this to you by next week, and I will give you a short assignment to try posting something.
Suggested Paper Topics
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Child Development & Family Issues
- Parenting
- Divorce, separation, custody
- Parent-child relationships (attachment, etc.)
- Understanding children's development (cognitive, emotional, social, spiritual)
- Theories of children's development and implications for parenting, public policy, etc.
- Cross-cultural or cross-national issues of development or family
- (or regarding any of the topics below)
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Safety
- Juvenile delinquency
- Crime
- Gun-related violence
- Drug-related violence
- Violence in TV, movies, music
- Sexual depiction in TV, movies, music
- Abuse & neglect (physical, sexual, emotional)
- Foster care and adoption
- Child safety laws
- (air bags, seat belts, car seats, other non-traffic related)
- Recreational Safety
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Health
- Teen pregnancy
- Infant mortality
- Health insurance: the uninsured and under-insured
- Drug-affected babies (abuse?)
- Adolescent drug and alcohol abuse
- Adolescent tobacco use
- Sexual depiction in TV, movies, music
- Mental illness (of parent, of child)
- Community and residential treatment for mental illness
- Specialized health care for physically and mentally challenged
- Teen Prostitution
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Economic Well-Being
- Child support enforcement
- Earned Income Credit
- Availability and affordability of child care
- Low-income housing
- Welfare reform
- Mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients?
- Disallowance for truancy
- Teen parenting
- Youth employment/unemployment
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Education
- For teen mothers
- Special Education
- Community and residential treatment for developmental delays
- Inequities in education
- Funding equity
- School choice (charter schools, religious schools)
- Values as they impact school policy (religious, secular)
- Head Start
- Child care / pre-school
- Educational technologies
- School drop-out
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Other
- Legal and judicial aspects of child advocacy
- Any issues in your home community which are not presently listed
Colloquium Syllabus.
Preliminary Assignment: Uploading to your web site.
Final Assignment: Instructions for uploading to your web site.
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