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What are the main points of the articles and chapters?
Chapter 3 of the textbook focuses on the “Stuck Community”, which essentially refers to
communities that are unable to move forward in a meaningful and are “stuck” in place due to a
range of different reasons. One contributing factor is fear that is often propagated by leaders and
media. The author argues that by not waiting around for a leader to solve our problems and
coming together as a community, we can create the change that we want and move forward in a
meaningful way that benefits everyone in the community.
Chapter 4 of the textbook focuses on the “Restorative Community” which refers to ways
in which a community can move forward towards their goals that betters everyone involved. The
author argues that by prioritizing possibility and relatedness over self-interest and over individual
needs, a community can move forward towards its set goals. The author also notes that
maintaining conversation among people in a community is the key to achieve restorative
community and bring people together to work for the greater good.
The article by Francis Ricks (2017) discusses the impact cultural values have on decision
making as a CYC practitioner. The author notes that our personal and professional values are
embedded in our cultural values. Furthermore, Ricks argues that we may be unaware of our
cultural values informing our professional values, and the extent to which they are affecting our
decision making in the role.
What are the key terms or important vocabulary that you think would be important for CYC
practitioners to know?
Restorative
Community
and
Stuck Community
are important terminology and concept
for CYC practitioners to know as it could help them know different approaches to community
building and use them within their role. Restrotive community is when communities work
together for the greater good but Stuck community refers to a communit that cannot work
together and are stuck in place. Another important terminology is
values
, which refers to tenants
we hold important to ourselves. It is important to get us thinking about what the term really
refers to, rather than what it means to us. It could help the CYC practitioner better reflect on their
personal values and how its affecting and informing their professional value.
What is one particular passage within the reading that you found meaningful, interesting, strange,
powerful, or puzzling?
One paragraph that stood out to me is paragraph 2, titled “different values” on page 31 of
the Ethical dilemmas in Child and Youth Care Practice: Our code of ethics reflects our cultural
values article by Francis Ricks (2017).
What is the above passage about?
The passage compares what child protection means to a Canadian native tribe compared
to what it means to the colonized government of Canada. To the native tribe, child protection
means protecting the family but in the government definition, it refers to simply making sure the
child is protected. This means that native child protection workers behave differently compared
to non-native workers and understand that values better which informs their work and decision
making as well.
My rationale for choosing this passage:
I thought the native community’s definition was very powerful in that protecting the child
meant protecting the family. It is really a community-based way of thinking, which I relate well
to as an Iranian. Also it made me think about my values, and how I would work with differing
definitions of child protection myself in the CYC role, and work with the families. It made me
reflect on the importance of understanding family values and dynamics, and thinking about the
benefit of the child and the family as a whole as well.
References
Block, P. (2018). Community: The Structure of Belonging. Berrett-KoehlerPublishers, Inc.
Oakland: CA
Ricks, F. (2017). Ethical dilemmas in Child and Youth Care Practice: Our code of ethics reflects
our cultural values. CYC-Online: e-journal of the International Child and Youth Care
Network 222, pp. 30-33. https://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/aug2017.pdf#page=30
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