So after seeing an article in the paper today about a man being released from jail after claiming his human rights were being breached, I decided to look a bit further as I thought it could relate to what we looked at with Rachel on Monday. Last year the man in question was charged with burglary and spent 8 months in prison however it should have been longer but he was released after lawyers said he had a 'human right' to family life. Only 3 months after being released he is once again being charged, this time for assault!! Again he tried to claim his human rights but the judge was having none of it and made a point that other people have a human right to live safely. I found this interesting as with Rachel on Monday many of us assumed that a prisoner loses their human rights but this contradicts that. Anyway enough rambling on, the link is below and definatly worth a read :)
http://m.parentdish.co.uk/2012/02/23/career-criminal-dad-of-five-locked-up-despite-plea-to-judge-that-prison-breached-human-rights/
Thursday 23 February 2012
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Gardners Multiple Intelligences
So after today where we talked a lot about Howard Gardner and his 7 multiple intelligences, I decided that I was going to attempt to find an explanation of Gardner and his theory that links to my learning stlye (Musical). After hitting YouTube I managed to find a great video that explains his theory through song, so heres the link. I warn you, its catchy! x
Thursday 2 February 2012
Baby P The Whole Truth- Panarama
So I've just finished watching Panaramas Baby P The Whole Truth and got a bit emotional!
I just can't believe how many opportunities there were to save Peter, why did his Grandma not let authorities know about Stephen Barker, why did police not pursue their decision to remove Peter and why did Sue Gilmour not pick up on the fact of a man living in the house in her video interview with Tracey Connelly. There are so many unanswered questions.
I also thought I'd never say this but I actually agreed with David Cameron- social services receive £100million a year and yet there are still children dying. Authorities are failing these children and unfortunately it is normally social services that receive the blame, however is it just social services or is it multi agency neglection that is the cause.
Andrew Turnell (expert in Sweden) believed that social services use of Solution Focused Therapy could have caused them to overlook Peters wellbeing. Solution Focused Therapy focuses to much on the parent and the future they wish to have, Andrew Turnell suggests that if used correctly then Solution Focused Therapy can also take into consideration the child but unfortunately Haringey authorities did not successfully use SFT. This is a good link as it will take you to google books where there is a good explanation of SFT in Chapter 7.
One of the main things I've been appalled by the last couple of weeks is finding out that Baby P died only streets away from where Victoria Climbie died, had the authorities not learnt from previous mistakes.
This article links to the video as it is apart how Baby P was let down by authorities http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11621391.
Going to carry on looking for more for the court case now TTFN x
I just can't believe how many opportunities there were to save Peter, why did his Grandma not let authorities know about Stephen Barker, why did police not pursue their decision to remove Peter and why did Sue Gilmour not pick up on the fact of a man living in the house in her video interview with Tracey Connelly. There are so many unanswered questions.
I also thought I'd never say this but I actually agreed with David Cameron- social services receive £100million a year and yet there are still children dying. Authorities are failing these children and unfortunately it is normally social services that receive the blame, however is it just social services or is it multi agency neglection that is the cause.
Andrew Turnell (expert in Sweden) believed that social services use of Solution Focused Therapy could have caused them to overlook Peters wellbeing. Solution Focused Therapy focuses to much on the parent and the future they wish to have, Andrew Turnell suggests that if used correctly then Solution Focused Therapy can also take into consideration the child but unfortunately Haringey authorities did not successfully use SFT. This is a good link as it will take you to google books where there is a good explanation of SFT in Chapter 7.
One of the main things I've been appalled by the last couple of weeks is finding out that Baby P died only streets away from where Victoria Climbie died, had the authorities not learnt from previous mistakes.
This article links to the video as it is apart how Baby P was let down by authorities http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11621391.
Going to carry on looking for more for the court case now TTFN x
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