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Ecological Systems Theory

Ecological Systems Theory. By Souad Saada. The Individual.

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Ecological Systems Theory

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  1. Ecological Systems Theory By Souad Saada

  2. The Individual • Claude Yarra is an 4year old, Aboriginal boy residing in N.S.W with his grandmother. He is part of the 2.2% of Aboriginal population in N.S.W, the largest Aboriginal group in one statehttp://www.daa.nsw.gov.au/publications/2ways_indicators_pdf/Chapter_One_240408.pdf

  3. Micro system The direct relationships Grandmother Sister- Kate Brother – Tommy Church Neighbours Parents Uncle Billy

  4. http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/info/charts/childcare/index.htmlhttp://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/info/charts/childcare/index.html Claude is part of the 27.4% of children receiving only informal care Mesosystem The connections between relationships in the Micro system • Grandmother • Sister- Kate • Brother – Tommy • Church • Parents • Uncle Billy • Neighbours grandmother Kate Church Kate & Tommy Uncle Billy Parents Uncle Billy Grandmother ‘In 2005, grandparents were the main informal carers, providing care for 20% of children.’ Tommy Parents http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4402.0

  5. ExosystemClaude’s individual social setting and environment 1.Claude is part of the 85% of Aboriginal children placed in Out of Home Care 2.Being part of the 64% taken from their parents to be placed with kin, for Claude that is his grandmother Extended family Health Services i.e. Medicare • Grandmother • Sister- Kate • Brother – Tommy • Church • Parents • Uncle Billy • Neighbours Social services i.e. DOCs 3.Since 2001 there has been an increase in the percentage of NSW Aboriginal 3 and 4 year olds attending a preschool and the percentage is now higher than for all 3 and 4 year olds. http://www.daa.nsw.gov.au/publications/2ways_indicators_pdf/Chapter_One_240408.pdf Grandmother’s work place Points 1 & 2 derived from http://www.daa.nsw.gov.au/publications/2ways_indicators_pdf/Chapter_One_240408.pdf

  6. Macrosystem External world such as laws, cultures and beliefs Child Protection Legislations DOCs • Grandmother • Sister- Kate • Brother – Tommy • Church • Parents • Uncle Billy • Neighbours Recession Possible loss of carer’s job Attitudes and ideologies of the culture The unemployment rate for Aboriginal people in NSW was 11.5 percentage points higher than for the total population http://www.daa.nsw.gov.au/publications/2ways_indicators_pdf/Chapter_One_240408.pdf Cultural values Social customs Possibility of heavy drinking/smoking factors

  7. Concluding Summary • Throughout the interacting ecological systems it can be viewed that there are many aspects that are a part of Claude’s developing life, and there are factors that may need to be included; such as formal care as in a preschool or early learning center, schooling . This will help him develop many of the perhaps lacking skills he will need to develop for his interaction within society. • Claude does not meet with the current averages, and comes from a culturally diverse background, he lives with his grandmother, uncle Billy, and siblings where their is love, safety and security; this will help to establish feelings of trust in others. • He does not attend any kind of formal care which may see his social, emotionally and cognitive development hindered and therefore disadvantaged when he commences in the primary education system. • Feeling disadvantaged, Claude may become part of more than 10 percentage points between Aboriginal students in NSW and all NSW students reaching national literacy and numeracy benchmarks in Years 3, 5 and 7 with the gap increasing from Year 3 to Year 7. There was no narrowing of the gap between Aboriginal and all students from 2001 to 2005.(http://www.daa.nsw.gov.au/publications/2ways_indicators_pdf/Chapter_One_240408.pdf)

  8. Appendix-Claude’s story • At age 2, Claude and his brother and sister, Tommy who is 9 and Kate who is 6, were relieved from their parents, who they lived with in the Northern Territory, and were placed in the Out of Home Care program by DOCs, to be with their grandmother and uncle in N.S.W. • They are much happier living with their grandmother, who teaches them the Dreamtime stories of their ancestry and their uncle Billy who provides for them.

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