Building culturally relevant social work for children in the midst of armed conflict: Applying the DACUM method in Afghanistan

Building culturally relevant social work for children in the midst of armed conflict: Applying the DACUM method in Afghanistan

The 21st century has created renewed interest in developing culturally relevant social work where it does not exist, especially for children affected by armed conflict and disaster, in order to ensure that local professional standards guide responses to these types of distress. In this context Afgha...

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Published in:International social work Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 745 - 759
Main Authors: Bragin, Martha, Tosone, Carol, Ihrig, Eileen, Mollere, Veronica, Niazi, Anisa, Mayel, Enayatullah
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-11-2016
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
21st century
Afghanistan
Child welfare
Child wlfare
Children
Conflict
Conflicts
Cooperation
Curricula
Curriculum development
Psychological distress
School social work
Schools
Social work
Social work education
War
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
child protection
DACUM method
culturally relevant social work
international social work
armed conflict
participatory curriculum development
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Summary:The 21st century has created renewed interest in developing culturally relevant social work where it does not exist, especially for children affected by armed conflict and disaster, in order to ensure that local professional standards guide responses to these types of distress. In this context Afghanistan’s National Strategy for Children at Risk required the development of professional guidelines for social work practice with children in crisis. This article illustrates the collaboration of the Afghan government with two international schools of social work to initiate national social work standards and curricula by engaging local practitioners in defining their work and core competencies through the DACUM (Develop-A-Curriculum) method. Strengths and limitations of the method are explored, as are implications for social work development in Afghanistan and other conflict and disaster affected countries.
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ISSN:0020-8728
1461-7234
DOI:10.1177/0020872814527631