Interventio in the Promotion and Protection of Children and Youth

Code:

PEDH13

Acronym:

IPPCJ

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Psychology

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MPSI	24	Plano de Estudos 2021	1	-	6	54	162
MTP	9	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The objectives of this UC are to develop knowledge about intervention to promote and protect young people when failure to comply with their rights leaves them in danger or strongly threatened. The aim is to systematize the levels and forms of action and highlight various programs, from the intervention of citizen volunteers in NGOs to the highly specialized intervention of professionals. The aim is to analyze, debate and develop skills in the field of interventions with children at risk and in danger, their families, and all those who can contribute to promoting practices that respect the best interests of the child.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course, students are expected to:
1. Basic skills for exploring intervention resources in the field of protection of children and young people; 2. Ability to question and identify tools for assessing the quality of existing resources; 3. Classify intervention levels; 4. Identify the various areas of action in the field of protection; 5. In-depth contact with some intervention programs and professionals in the field of child and youth protection; 6. Direct contact with families at risk and with strategies to promoting intervention with them. 7. Sensitivity to the complexity of the intervention in these areas and ability to reflect critically on existing interventions in the field.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The Convention on the Rights of Children and the historical evolution of the accession of the countries of the world to this proposal.
2. Framing in the Bronfenbrenner bio-ecological system of the various levels of action for the protection of children and young people;
3. Identification of national and international organizations focused on the protection and promotion of children's rights and support for their compliance;
4. Identification of quality analysis systems of these organizations;
5. Building a portfolium on the activity of a group of these associations, providing a grid of analysis on them

Mandatory literature

Costa, Maria Conceição O., & Bigras, Marc; Mecanismos pessoais e coletivos de proteção e promoção da qualidade de vida para a infância e adolescência, Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 12(5):1101-1109, 2007
Fraser, M.W., Richman, J.M., & Galinsky, M.J. ; Risk, protection, and resilience: Toward a conceptual framework for social work practice, Social Work Research; Sep 1999; 23, 3; Social Science Module pg. 131-143.
Moysés, S. J., Moysés, S. T., & Krempel, M. C.; Avaliando o processo de construção de políticas públicas de promoção de saúde: a experiência de Curitiba. , Avaliando o processo de construção de políticas públicas de promoção de saúde: a experiência de Curitiba. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 9, 627-641, 2004
Murta, S. G. ; Programas de prevenção a problemas emocionais e comportamentais em crianças e adolescentes: lições de três décadas de pesquisa. , Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 20(1), 1-8.
Sapienza, G., & Pedromônico, M. R. M. ; Risco, proteção e resiliência no desenvolvimento da criança e do adolescente. , Psicologia em estudo., 2005

Complementary Bibliography

Costa, C. R., & Gonçalves de Assis, S. ; Fatores protetivos a adolescentes em conflito com a lei no contexto socioeducativo., Psicologia & Sociedade, 18(3)., 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching / learning methods focus on the joint exploration of information, the identification of key issues and themes in the area under study, giving students an active role in defining the subjects to be studied and the fieldwork to be developed. Specifically, they will be used as strategies:
- Group work;
- Brainstorming and synthesis schemes of ideas produced;
- Presentations by professionals specialized in the different areas of intervention in contexts of protection of children and young people;
- Debate on the themes, identifying for thematic exposition, doubts, reflections about what was presented and key ideas on the subject.
- Experiential exercises;
- Expository method and presentation of real cases.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Trabalho escrito	35,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	40,00
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de campo	8,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Frequency participation involves the participation in 75%
of the classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Classification improvement

Does not apply

Observations

To make this course accessible to English-speaking students, the following measures will be considered: bibliography will be made available in English; slides/teaching texts will be presented in English or in advance so that students can translate them; lectures will be translated successively into English by the lecturers; assessment work can be written in English.