Educational Needs of Specialists in the Field of Child Protection in a Single Professional Development Program

The article is devoted to the analysis of educational needs of specialists in the field of protection of children's rights and interests. The purpose of the study is to identify the general and specific educational needs of specialists in the guardianship and guardianship of minors, the offices of the commissioners for children's rights, organizations for orphans and children left without parental care. The research methodology includes the analysis of data from the opinions of 446 respondents using frequency analysis and the Kraskel–Wallis criterion. The educational needs common to the groups were identified: knowledge about the forms of child rights protection, methods of identifying children's opinions, preventive work to prevent suicide and the psychology of deviant behavior. The similarity in the development of professional competencies is also shown: the ability to flexibly adapt to changing situations, the ability to interact with representatives of various departments and apply legal and psychological technologies in working with children and their families. The results of the study demonstrate the potential for developing a unified program that can effectively meet the needs of specialists in the context of legislative changes and social transformations.

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