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Community and Family Studies
HSC Enrichment Day
2010
Parenting and Caring
Focus Question 1
Explain the unique challenges that adopted children and
their social parents may experience (4 marks)
Syllabus content required
Students learn about:
Social parents
• adoption • fostering
• step-parenting
• surrogacy
Preparations for becoming a parent or carer
• social changes parents and carers may have to make
• emotional preparations for the new relationships
• economic
Resources
– time – energy
– finances
– housing
Definitions
SOCIAL PARENT:
social parents are not
genetically related to the
child but participate in
the role of parenting
FOSTERING NSW
Growing together
This includes:
• Adoption
• Fostering
• Step – Parenting
Challenges adopted children
and their social parents may
experience
SOCIAL
CHANGES
CHALLENGES
FINANCES
RESOURCES
TIME
ENERGY
EMOTIONAL
CHANGES
Focus Question 1
Sample Response
• The suggested mark for this response, based on
the provided marking guide, would be 3 out of
4...WHY?
• Main points that should have been identified in
the response
• POSITIVE
• Defined Adoption
• Detailed description of the emotional
challenges experienced by the child
• NEGATIVE
• No discussion about the challenges
experienced by the social parent
Focus Question 2
Identify TWO support groups for carers and describe how
they contribute to individual wellbeing (6 marks)
Syllabus content required
Students Learn About
support for parents and carers
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health services
welfare agencies
parenting groups
community groups
government agencies
childcare services
carers’ support groups
Definitions
CARER: Individual who provides paid or unpaid
help to a person due to their AID
• A - Age
• I - Illness
• D - Disability
SUPPORT: practical help or sympathy and
encouragement received from others, e.g. friends,
family, or charitable organisations
WELLBEING: the degree of satisfaction experienced
by individuals, dependant on needs met
• S - Social
• P - Physical
• E - Emotional
• E - Economic
• P - Political
• S - Spiritual
Identify TWO support groups
for carers
• Health Services
• Welfare agencies
• Parenting groups
• Community groups
• Government agencies
• Childcare services
• Carers’ support groups
Each of these services can contribute in some
way to individual wellbeing (SPEEPS).
TYPE OF SUPPORT
SERVICES
Role played
EXAMPLE OF CARER
SUPPORT AGENCY
Health
services
Medical
HACC - Home and
Community Care
Welfare
agency
Gov and Non Gov
support
DOCS
Parenting
group
Forums to assist carers to
meet the needs of the
children in their care
Family lifeGrandparents
Community
group
Local Assistance
Crossroads - Caring
for Carers
Government
agency
Bodies created to
support P & C
Centrelink
Childcare
service
Care during day
Before - After school
care services-OOSH
Carers' support
group
Forums to assist carers
address issues around
wellbeing
Carers Australia
How do childcare services
support the role of parents and
carers?
Assists child to develop optimally
Teaches children the skills for
school and society
(socialisation) and provides
appropriate role
models
Allow parents
and carers a break
Provides courses on health, educational or
emotional issues
How do Carers Australia services
support the role of parents and
carers?
PURPOSE: To improve the lives of carers
SERVICES: Counselling, advice, advocacy,
education, promotion of the role of carers
and to provide information and assistance to
a broad spectrum of carers including youth
VISION: all carers are recognised,
valued and supported by
the community and by
governments
Describe how they contribute to
individual wellbeing
TYPE OF
SERVICE
HSC VERB
Issues to
consider
IMPACT ON
WELLBEING
Carer
Person being
cared for
SUPPORT
OFFERED
Conclusion
Concepts to take away from today:
• Changes to Parenting and Caring questions
for 2010 and beyond
• Know your verbs
• Know your syllabus
• Know some of the key definitions (especially
wellbeing)
• Know lots of examples – try not to use local
examples...find yourself a range of relevant
state/national ideas to take into the exam