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HarvardX: FXB001 Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice

Course Schedule

Note: This schedule is an example schedule. However, the course runs until September 9, 2021, and can be completed at your own pace.

Week

Course Structure

Week 1

Section 0: Welcome to Course

  • 0.1 Welcome to the Course
  • 0.2 Introduction to the Course 
  • 0.3 Course Goals 

Section 1: Every Child’s right to Protection

  • 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC): The Legal Foundation of Child Protection

Week 2

Section 1: Every Child’s right to Protection

  • 1.2 Defining Child Protection and Measuring Child Protection Issues

Week 3

Section 2: Violence Against Children

  • 2.0 Introduction
  • 2.1 Causes and Consequences of Violence

Week 4

 Section 2: Violence Against Children
  • 2.1.A. Violence in Early Childhood

Week 5

 Section 2: Violence Against Children
  • 2.1.B Violence in Late Childhood and Adolescence

week 6

Section 2: Violence Against Children

  • 2.2 Strategies for Preventing and Addressing Violence

Week 7

Section 2: Violence Against Children

  • 2.3 Examples of Preventing and Addressing Violence

Week 8

Section 3: Children and the Law

  • 3.0 Introduction
  • 3.1 Children in Conflict with the law

Week 9

Section 3: Children and the Law

  • 3.2 Children in Contact with the law

Week 10

Section 3: Children and the Law

  • 3.3 Migrant Children and the law

Week 11

Section 4: A Systems Approach to Child Protection

  • 4.0 Introduction
  • 4.1 Components of a Child Protection System

Week 12

Section 4: A Systems Approach to Child Protection

  • 4.2 Identifying Problems in Child Protection System

Week 13

Section 4: A Systems Approach to Child Protection

  • 4.3.A Global Action to Strengthen Child Protection Systems

Week 14

Section 4: A Systems Approach to Child Protection

  • 4.3.B Local Action to Strengthen Child Protection Systems

Week 15

Conclusion

  • Final Project and Assessment