Professionals’ Digital Training for Child Maltreatment Prevention in the COVID-19 Era : A Pan-European Model
Crocamo, Cristina; Bachi, Bianca; Cioni, Riccardo M.; Schecke, Henrike; Nieminen, Irja; Zabłocka-Żytka, Lidia; Woźniak-Prus, Małgorzata; Bartoli, Francesco; Riboldi, Ilaria; Appleton, Jane V.; Bekaert, Sarah; Zlatkute, Giedre; Jouet, Emmanuelle; Viganò, Giovanni; Specka, Michael; Scherbaum, Norbert; Paavilainen, Eija; Baldacchino, Alexander; Carrà, Giuseppe (2022-01)
Crocamo, Cristina
Bachi, Bianca
Cioni, Riccardo M.
Schecke, Henrike
Nieminen, Irja
Zabłocka-Żytka, Lidia
Woźniak-Prus, Małgorzata
Bartoli, Francesco
Riboldi, Ilaria
Appleton, Jane V.
Bekaert, Sarah
Zlatkute, Giedre
Jouet, Emmanuelle
Viganò, Giovanni
Specka, Michael
Scherbaum, Norbert
Paavilainen, Eija
Baldacchino, Alexander
Carrà, Giuseppe
01 / 2022
885
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202205104614
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202205104614
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Peer reviewed
Tiivistelmä
The responsiveness of professionals working with children and families is of key im-portance for child maltreatment early identification. However, this might be undermined when multifaceted circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, reduce interdisciplinary educational ac-tivities. Thanks to technological developments, digital platforms seem promising in dealing with new challenges for professionals’ training. We examined a digital approach to child maltreatment training through the ERICA project experience (Stopping Child Maltreatment through Pan-European Multi-professional Training Programme). ERICA has been piloted during the pandemic in seven European centers involving interconnected sectors of professionals working with children and families. The training consisted of interactive modules embedded in a digital learning framework. Different aspects (technology, interaction, and organization) were evaluated and trainers’ feedback on digital features was sought. Technical issues were the main barrier, however, these did not significantly disrupt the training. The trainers perceived reduced interaction between participants, although distinct factors were uncovered as potential favorable mediators. Based on participants’ subjective experiences and perspectives, digital learning frameworks for professionals working with children and families (such as the ERICA model nested in its indispensable adaptation to an e-learning mode) can represent a novel interactive approach to empower trainers and trainees to tackle child maltreatment during critical times such as a pandemic, and as an alternative to more traditional learning frameworks.
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- TUNICRIS-julkaisut [19293]