Usage of ICT among Social Educators—An Analysis of Current Practice in Spain

The objective of this study is to identify the usage of ICT tools among social educators within their professional activity. Technology among social educators is currently a very up-to-date topic. This is a professional group with its own characteristics that are different from those of teachers or other professionals in formal education. A mixed sequential two-phase method was proposed for the study: both quantitative and qualitative. In the first phase, the EdSocEval_V2 questionnaire was applied to a sample of 504 social educators from 17 autonomous communities. In the second phase, four focus groups were formed. The results presented reduced and basic usage of ICT: in management and administrative tasks and for communication with conventional tools. The COVID-19 pandemic has likewise increased the need for the use of ICT in socio-educational interventions, although their use for intervention among these groups is still very scarce. Training in and raising awareness of ICT among professionals for social interventions are priorities, as is the construction of a referential framework for professional training. © 2023 by the authors.

Preliminary results of the impact of COVID-19 on children and adolescents exposed to intrafamily abuse

Preliminary data confirm the psychological impact that the COVID-19 crisis is causing in children and adolescents in the community population. It is unknown how it affects the child population who suffer intrafamilial abuse. The objective of the study was to examine the additional emotional impact of the measure of confinement in minors exposed to intimate partner violence towards women who received psychological attention in the Region of Murcia. One hundred and eighty-five mothers reported, by telephone comunication, how the confinement affected to 269 children between the ages of 0 and 18. Also the 108 minors who were 6 years old or older completed the list on their own emotional state. The incidence increasement of psychological disorders within this population has been low (1.1-4.8%), although among those with increased symptoms, behavioral disorganization and emotional disturbance was predominant. Likewise, it was found that some variables (sex, age, days of confinement, family conflict) contributed to increase the behavioral disorganization and traumatic stress/depression. It is necessary to develop more research in this line due to the derived implications both at diagnosis and treatment levels. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) Abstract (Spanish) Los datos preliminares confirman el impacto psicologico que la crisis por COVID-19 esta provocando en ninos y adolescentes de poblacion comunitaria. Se desconoce como afecta a la poblacion infantil que sufre maltrato intrafamiliar. El objetivo del estudio fue examinar el impacto emocional adicional que supone la medida de confinamiento en menores de edad expuestos a violencia de pareja hacia la mujer que recibian atencion psicologica en la Region de Murcia. Ciento ochenta y cinco madres informaron via telefonica como el confinamiento afecto a 269 ninos/as de entre 0 y 18 anos. Tambien los 108 menores que tenian 6 anos o mas, cumplimentaron el listado sobre su propio estado emocional. El incremento en la incidencia de alteraciones psicologicas en esta poblacion ha sido baja (1.1-4.8%), si bien entre aquellos que aumento la sintomatologia predominaron la desorganizacion comportamental y la alteracion emocional. Asimismo, se comprobo que algunas variables (sexo, edad, dias de confinamiento, conflicto familiar) contribuyeron al incremento de desorganizacion comportamental y estres traumatico/depresion. Es preciso desarrollar mas trabajos en esta linea por las implicaciones que se pueden derivar tanto a nivel de diagnostico como de tratamiento. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)

Perception of the Impact of Covid-19 on Social Education Professionals Working with Minors

Covid-19 has had an impact worldwide and the education sector has not been spared. Social and educational action in Spain has as its reference the professionals of social education who develop their professional activity in different areas and the sector of childhood and youth is one of the predominant ones. With this article, we aim to understand the perception of the impact that the has had on social education professionals working with children. The methodological approach is mixed, using a questionnaire created ad hoc, self-administered through the Internet. The sample is nationwide (Spain), 462 professionals. The results reflect how the work activity has been declared essential and has not involved contractual modifications, although there have been labor changes in the development of the work. Likewise, the workload is increased and the possibility of meeting the objectives set is not too high. We also address issues relating to job satisfaction and the digital tools and skills of the minors with whom these professionals work. We compared the data with previous results and concluded the necessary provision of more personal and material resources for professionals and services and the need to provide digital tools and competences among minors.