Development of an Online Executive Course on Child Protection

Module 1 - Child Protection Topic Outline

Introduction:

Welcome to the Child Protection course, the first of the series of courses under the Executive Course on Child Protection.

Course Goal and Objectives

At the end of the course, the local executives/ participants will be able to explain the concept, goals, legal framework, and system of child protection grounded on local government context

Specifically, the participants will be able to:

1. Define child protection and its significance in safeguarding and promoting child rights.
2. Explain the goals and scope of child protection, emphasizing its importance in local governance.
3. Identify their local child protection situationer drawn from a comprehensive. situational analysis of child protection issues at national and global levels.
4. Discuss the fundamental principles guiding child protection and legal frameworks that underpin child protection efforts.
5. Enumerate essential elements of a robust child protection system.
6. Identify replicable strategies and innovative approaches suitable for local contexts that will inform actionable solutions to overcome identified barriers and improve child protection outcomes.
7. Articulate renewed commitment to championing child protection in local governance.

Course Duration

Topic 1. Introduction of who is a child

1. Legal definition [International (e.g., UNCRC) and Philippine legal framework]

2. Theoretical Framework: Child Development (including Life Cycle approach)

3. What is Child Protection?

4. Goal(s) of Child Protection