2024-2025 / CRIM4119-1

Clinical and legal aspects of children and their environments

Duration

24h Th

Number of credits

 Advanced Master in Children's Rights: Interdisciplinary Approach5 crédits 

Lecturer

Cécile Mathys

Substitute(s)

Morgane Payot

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course will address the development of the child and adolescent in different environments such as the family, school,...
The course will be divided into clinical and legal contributions, followed by a time of discussion with the students about issues and study cases related to the theme of the course session. 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objective of this course is threefold: first, to clarify and discuss, with the help of theoretical data from the fields of psychology, criminology and law, the place and rights of the child in specific environments; second, to question theses issues; and finally, to provide perspectives of actions to professionals and future professionals in the field.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  • video by teachers and experts related to the themes
  • Readings of ppt and texts before and after the class sessions
  • question and answers by teams
  • In-class exercises based on case studies and discussion time

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Readings associated to course sessions (eCampus or Teams).

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )


Additional information:

Analysis of a case study that will verify the integration of criminological and legal contents. This type of evaluation will also be one of the learning methods present in most of the course sessions allowing the student to practice the teachers' expectations and the appropriation of the course contents.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Course only at ULB, 3h per course, in the evening. Obligation to contact Prof. Mathys before the inscription. 

Contacts

Teachers:
Cécile Mathys: cecile.mathys@uliegebe
Anne-Sophie Calande: as.calande@bls-avocats.be

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