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Case Study - Kirsten
Anderson
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CASE STUDY - KIRSTEN ANDERSON
The case study which follows provides pupils with a set
of case papers that panel members would receive before the
Hearing. The primary age child has been referred on the
grounds of non-attendance at school and alleged
shoplifting.
The grounds for referral as prepared by the Reporter are
followed by the Social Background Report written by a
social worker, and a school report.
You may wish to use the different parts of the case
study separately to provide pupils with a real example of
what the different reports look like. These could be
presented at the different 'steps' of the Children's
Hearings process and pulled together at the end so pupils
can consider a whole case following their work on the
different parts of the process.
This case study may be used as an extension to Activity
6 - Panel Member Questions, where pupils are asked to
'prepare' for a hearing. Pupils should highlight the areas
that they wish to discuss with the different people at the
Hearing, such as Kirsten, Mr and Mrs Anderson, the social
worker and the teacher.
The case study could be used by pupils to role play a
Hearing or undertake some drama work on the circumstances
that led up to the referral - for example, the shoplifting
episode, Kirsten being returned to her mum by the police,
the discussions with the social worker or the Hearing
itself.
CASE STUDY - KIRSTEN
ANDERSON
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