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Using vignettes as a ‘safe space’ for low-income children to discuss sensitive topics in social work assessment

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  • Lee, Charmaine J.M.
  • Goh, Esther C.L.

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Children’s voices are rarely heard in the social work assessment process, with their opinions often missing in decisions made about their lives, despite them being key contributors of their lives. As such, this paper aims to examine the usefulness of vignettes in eliciting and discussing sensitive issues, such as the lack of financial resource, with children to aid the social work assessment process. Vignettes are defined as short stories, embedded in a tangible context, about a fictional individual or situation that is relevant to a specific theme.

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  • Lee, Charmaine J.M. & Goh, Esther C.L., 2020. "Using vignettes as a ‘safe space’ for low-income children to discuss sensitive topics in social work assessment," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:111:y:2020:i:c:s0190740919306693
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104882
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