Searching as Exploration
Question 1
Who would be interested in information about the effects of parental incarceration on young children? (5)
Who would be interested in information about the effects of parental incarceration on young children? (5)
- Psychologists - as it would help them understand the children better and also better the services they offer.
- Parents - if one or both parents have been imprisoned, it will help them identify or understand certain behaviours their child/ren may display
- Educators - it would assist educators better understand and manage children who may have been negatively affected by the imprisonment of their parent/s.
- Social workers - because they deal with children and families, this information will be helpful for them when making decisions about custody and permanent or temporal care.
- Librarians - if borrowers were to enquire about this, it would help the librarian to have a better understanding of what information and information sources might be helpful for the borrower to use.
- Students/researchers - Students may have been given an assignment or researchers may be researching this area.
- Journalists - this could be a good story to run for a magazine or newspaper.
Question2
How
and where would the groups that you identified disseminate the
information that they produced on the topic? (5) eg.
websites, government publications
Information may be distributed or circulated in a number of different ways depending on who is circulating the information and for what purpose. Thus, information can be disseminated via websites, newsletters, pamphlets, government publications, newspapers and magazines.
Psychologist might have a website where they can highlight some important factors, especially those that strengthens justification for why children need need professional help.
Social workers may distribute this information in the form of a government/newsletter or organisational/pamphlet that they can hand out when doing outreach or home visits, also availing them at their offices by reception or having them lie in the waiting room while partents/caregivers are waiting to be seen.
Journalists may release information pertaining to the effects of parental incarceration in the form of newspaper or magazine articles whether doing a story on someone who was affected, or reporting on general facts.
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