scholarly journals The master key to the social inclusion of young people: Education and employment

2016 ◽  
pp. 19-62
Author(s):  
Andrés Espejo ◽  
Ernesto Espíndola
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education And Employment

scholarly journals O Papel da Recreação e do Lazer na Inclusão Social de Adolescentes

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
Virgilio Abrahão Junior ◽  
Julia Alejandra Pezuk
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Program ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
Recreational Activities ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

Resumo Atualmente no Brasil é possível observar uma parcela da população jovens, principalmente nas classes sociais mais baixas, sujeitos a situações que acarretam maior susceptibilidade para se envolver com drogas, prostituição, crimes, gravidez e doenças sexualmente transmissíveis. Diversos fatores psicossociais são necessários para que os adolescentes passem pela adolescência sem a necessidade deste tipo de envolvimentos. A recreação e o lazer podem ser usados como instrumento para facilitar a inclusão social e ao mercado de trabalho de jovens marginalizados. O impacto emocional positivo do uso da recreação e do lazer favorece o bem-estar e auxilia na inclusão social de adolescentes, e possibilitam o uso dessas ferramentas para serem explorados em eventos e atividades recreativas. Nesse contexto, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo mostrar a importância do desenvolvimento de projetos sobre recreação e o lazer para a inclusão social de jovens. Para isso é relatada a experiência com o Programa Social realizado na cidade de Guarulhos/SP intitulado Programa Oportunidade ao Jovem, que busca a qualificação profissional dos jovens da cidade que se encontram em situação de risco e pobreza, e que estão em geral excluídos da sociedade. Mostramos aqui que a inclusão social por meio de programas sociais usando atividades recreativas facilita a inserção social de jovens marginalizados e devem ser consideradas nas políticas públicas. Pois ainda permitem que adolescentes em situação econômica precária tenham a possibilidade de exercer uma profissão na área de recreação ao término dos cursos dos programas, impactando significativamente na vida desses jovens.   Palavras-chave: Programa Social. Agente de Recreação. Políticas Públicas.   Abstract In Brazil it is possible to observe a portion of the young population, mainly in the lower social classes, who are subject to situations that cause greater susceptibility to get involved with drugs, prostitution, crimes, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Several psychosocial factors are necessary for adolescents to go through adolescence without the need for this type of involvement. Recreation can be used as an instrument to facilitate social inclusion and the labor market for marginalized youth. The positive emotional impact of recreation favors well-being and assists in the social inclusion of adolescents and enables the use of these tools to be explored in events and recreational activities. In this context, this paper aims to show the importance of developing projects on recreation for the social inclusion of young people. For this, the experience with the Social Program carried out in the city of Guarulhos / SP entitled Programa Oportunidade ao Jovem, which seeks the professional qualification of young people in the city who are at risk and poverty, and who are in general excluded from society, is reported. We show here that social inclusion through social programs using recreational activities facilitates the social insertion of marginalized youth and should be considered in public policies. Because they still allow adolescents in a precarious economic situation to have the possibility of exercising a profession in the area of recreation at the end of the program courses, significantly impacting the lives of these young people   Keywords: Social Program. Recreation Agent. Public Policy.

scholarly journals Social Engagement among Migrant Youth: Attitudes and Meanings

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liudmila Kirpitchenko ◽  
Fethi Mansouri
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Migrant Youth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Youth Attitudes ◽  
Arabic Speaking

This article explores migrant young people’s engagement, participation and involvement in socially meaningful activities, events and experiences. This type of social participation is approached in the social inclusion literature using the notions of social capital and active citizenship (Bourdieu, 1986; Coleman, 1988; Putnam, 1993; Putnam, 2000). A key objective, therefore, is to explore the attitudes, values and perceptions associated with social participation for young people. They include the meanings that social engagement has for migrant young people, along with drivers and inhibitions to active participation. The article focuses on both the motives for being actively engaged as well as perceived barriers to social engagement. It is based on a large study conducted among migrant young people of African, Arabic-speaking and Pacific Islander backgrounds in Melbourne and Brisbane, and presents both quantitative and qualitative (discursive) snapshots from the overall findings, based on interviews and focus groups. While many studies have centred on the management of migration and migrants, this article draws attention to the individuals’ active position in negotiating, interpreting and appropriating the conditions of social inclusion. Accounting for the multidimensional and multilayered nature of social inclusion, the paper highlights the heuristic role of social engagement in fostering the feelings of belonging and personal growth for migrant youth.

scholarly journals ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SPORT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, I. E.: IS THE SPORT IMPORTANT IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-34
Author(s):  
Emese Balázs-Földi ◽  
Miklós Villás
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Sporting Activities

The equal opportunities approach of the second half of the 20th century emphasizes the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups, including persons with disabilities. Education and employment play a key role in achieving integration. Nevertheless, other fields such as leisure time and sporting activities also contribute positively to the social involvement of persons with disabilities. At present nearly 7,000 persons with disabilities are registered in Hungary who pursue sports competitively, of whom approximately 5,000 persons with intellectual disabilities (Regényi et.al, 2017). The study discloses the partial results of a research aimed at revealing the awareness of the Hungarian population regarding the sport of people with disabilities. As such research has never been carried out in Hungary before, it can fill in a niche. The results of our exploratory research may be the starting point for further investigations. The importance of the topic is given by the fact that thanks to the sport the focus is on the outstanding performance of the social group concerned rather than on their limitations and deficiencies, which therefore reinforces the positive and accepting attitude of citizens. Previous research findings have highlighted that the nature of disability-related knowledge influences the way the members of society think about persons with disabilities, i.e. when it is possible to provide information and gain experience focusing on the existing abilities and strengths of the above -mentioned group, attitudes become more positive as well.  The findings of the research reveal that respondents consider it important to pursue sport within an integrated framework, at the same time they feel it is justified to do segregated sports with a view to persons with disabilities. Based on the results we can state that the media coverage of achievements in sports competitions of persons with disabilities is perceived as low level, but apparently it is not considered to be a key area in the lives of persons with disabilities.

scholarly journals TRAINING OF EDUCATORS FOR THE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND TRAINING OF UNACCOMPANIED FOREIGN MINORS IN SPAIN

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-165
Author(s):  
José González-Monteagudo ◽  
Alberto De la Portilla ◽  
Mario León-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Professional Roles ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unaccompanied Foreign Minors ◽  
And Training ◽  
Specific Profile

The article begins with an introduction to the Spanish context, focusing on migration, diversity, and the specific profile and needs of immigrant minors arriving alone in Spain, which raises the new professional roles of social educators working in intercultural diversity contexts. The second section of the article deals with educators' training of immigrant minors and young people, a relatively neglected and under-served field. Sections three and four are dedicated to present two training experiences we have carried out, on a four-month online course for under-age educators and a short-term face-to-face course on the same topic

Working with Young People

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Inclusion Process ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Perspective ◽  
Practical Experiences

The book offers a new outlook on social, cultural and educational work with young people. It is the perspective of social pedagogy: a theoretical and practical perspective that has been developing in continental Europe over the last 150 years. Social pedagogy poses a way of acting that places young people at the center of socio-educational work, putting their decisions and actions into value. It aims to accompany them in their life process of personal construction within the framework of the community in which they live. The book is organized into three large blocks of chapters. The introduction aims to prepare readers for the social pedagogy approach to work with young people. It briefly outlines its current situation in the world and, relate it to the main professions in which it is embodied in different socio-cultural contexts: social pedagogy, social education, and social work. The first block presents the framework and socio-pedagogical, theoretical, and practical parameters in which work with young people takes place in Europe and Latin America. The second block of chapters deals with youth policies and the training and professionalization of educators and those who work with young people. The last block focuses on some socio-educational practices with young people that include youth justice, social inclusion process, youth participation in digital life or transition to adult life. The book is based on a wide perspective of young people from cultural diversity. All the contributions of this book are based on research and practical experiences.

An Open Trial of Immersive Reality Experiences (IRE) Technology for Reducing Social Isolation and Improving the Social Connectedness and Well-Being of Hospitalized Children and Young People (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiran Thabrew ◽  
Christa Fouché ◽  
Laura Ann Chubb ◽  
Stacey Yates ◽  
Harshali Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Hospitalized Children ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND Hospitalized children and young people can feel disconnected from their peers and families, which can in turn predispose them to psychological problems including anxiety and depression. Immersive Reality Experiences (IRE) technology, recently developed by the New Zealand Patience Project Charitable Trust may help to overcome these issues. IRE technology uses immersive 360-degree live-streaming and a virtual reality (VR) headset to enable hospitalized children and young people to connect with cameras located in either their school or home environment. OBJECTIVE This trial was undertaken to 1) quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of IRE technology in reducing social isolation and improving social connectedness and wellbeing using validated outcome measures and 2) expand qualitative findings from a previous smaller ‘proof of concept’ trial to ascertain the views of hospitalized New Zealand children and young people, their caregivers and teachers regarding IRE technology. METHODS An open trial of IRE technology was conducted between December 2019 and December 2020 and included 19 New Zealand children and young people aged 13-18, who had been hospitalized at Starship Hospital, a specialist pediatric hospital in Auckland, for at least 2-weeks. All participants completed the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS), an abbreviated version of the Social Connectedness Scale (SCS) and the Social Inclusion Scale (SIS) and at baseline. Ten participants used IRE technology as often as they wished over a 6-week period and completed post-intervention measures. Semi-structured interviews with a subset of participants, caregivers and teachers were conducted immediately post-intervention. RESULTS Participants reported improvements in social inclusion (mean change 3.9, SD 2.8, p 0.057), social connectedness (mean change 14.2, SD 10.0, p 0.002) and well-being (mean change 5.7, SD 4.0, p 0.003). Key themes from interviews with participants, caregivers and teachers were: the importance of support for using IRE technology, connecting vs connectedness, choice and connection, and the value of setting it up and getting it right. A number of recommendations for improving connectedness via IRE and related technology were also provided. CONCLUSIONS IRE technology can improve the social inclusion, social connectedness and well-being of hospitalized New Zealand children and young people. With some technological modifications and simplified implementation, IRE technology could become part of standard care and support hospitalized children and young people in New Zealand and elsewhere to sustain family and peer cohesion, experience fewer psychological problems and more easily return to normal life following completion of treatment. CLINICALTRIAL This study has been registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Network Registry: ACTRN12619000252112p

scholarly journals Analysis of factors involved in the social inclusion process of young people fostered in residential care institutions

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1251-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefina Sala Roca ◽  
Mercè Jariot García ◽  
Andreu Villalba Biarnés ◽  
Montserrat Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Inclusion Process ◽  
Residential Care Institutions ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Social Exclusion/Inclusion and Australian First Nations LGBTIQ+ Young People’s Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Karen Soldatic ◽  
Linda Briskman ◽  
William Trewlynn ◽  
John Leha ◽  
Kim Spurway
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
The Impact

There is little known about the social, cultural and emotional wellbeing (SCEWB) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+ young people in Australia. What research exists does not disaggregate young people’s experiences from those of their adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+ peers. The research that forms the basis for this article is one of the first conducted in Australia on this topic. The article uses information from in-depth interviews to inform concepts of social inclusion and exclusion for this population group. The interviews demonstrate the different ways in which social inclusion/exclusion practices, patterns and process within First Nations communities and non-Indigenous LGBTIQ+ communities impact on the SCEWB of these young people. The research demonstrates the importance of acceptance and support from families in particular the centrality of mothers to young people feeling accepted, safe and able to successfully overcome challenges to SCEWB. Non-Indigenous urban LGBTIQ+ communities are at times seen as a “second family” for young people, however, structural racism within these communities is also seen as a problem for young people’s inclusion. This article contributes significant new evidence on the impact of inclusion/exclusion on the SCEWB of Australian First Nations LGBTIQ+ youth.

scholarly journals En la era de la desigualdad, los jóvenes como protagonistas. Construyendo puentes de integración entre la educación. Las perspectivas de empleo y los procesos de participación en Argentina

2017 ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Pablo Christian Aparicio ◽  
Sergio Ignacio Carbajal
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Reforma Educativa ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Transformation Processes

ResumenEn el ámbito de las políticas públicas en Argentina, los jóvenes aparecen cada vez más definidos como actores estratégicos del desarrollo y en su figura se deposita la sostenibilidad y la realización del proyecto histórico y social.Sin embargo son los mismos jóvenes quienes experimentan serias dificultades al momento de gestionar sus proyectos biográficos e itinerarios educativos y laborales.En un contexto dominado por la expansión de las desigualdades sociales, las carencias de expectativas futuras, la invisibilización política y la postergación institucional. En este mismo escenario la actual políticaeducativa se muestra insuficiente para afrontar los nuevos desafíos inherentes a la participación, la cohesión y la inclusión social plena.Por este motivo, en el presente artículo se reflexionara sobre la Educación en términos de una herramienta de transformación social capaz de dinamizar procesos de inclusión social y empoderar los intereses y las demandas de los jóvenes.Palabras clave: Desigualdad socioeducativa, Jóvenes, Instituciones educativas, Participación, Reforma educativa en Argentina.AbstractIn the area of public policy in Argentina, young people are increasingly defined as strategic actors of development and its sustainability set is deposited and the realization of social and historical project. But it is the same young people who experience serious difficulties when managing their biographical projects and education and employment pathways.In a context dominated by the expansion of social inequalities, lack of future expectations, the political invisibility and institutional delay. In this scenario the current educational policy to be inadequate to meet the new challenges inherent in participation, social cohesion and inclusion full. Therefore, in this article reflect on education in terms of a tool capable of energizing social transformation processes of social inclusion and empower the interests and demands of young people.Key words: Inequality rehabilitative, Youth, Educational Institutions, Participation, Educational Reform in Argentina.

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