TISS Online M.A. Social Work in Child Rights 2014

TISS Online M.A. Social Work in Child Rights 2014

Tata Institute of Social Sciences- TISS, Mumbai invites applications for Online M.A. Social Work in Child Rights 2014-2016.

The online M.A. Social Work in Child Rights is the first of its kind in India. It aims at reaching out to the field practitioners to study at a postgraduate level thus enhancing their capacity of child rights social work.


Special features of the program:
• Comprehensive focus on Child Rights.

•Flexible mode of learning through an online medium.

•Exclusively meant for practitioners working with children and families.

•Practice based curriculum.



Courses offered in the two year online program:

•Social Work and Child Rights :Contextualizing Practice Child,

•Childhoods and Family : Theories and Perspectives

•Situation Analysis of Children in India

•Policies and Programs for Children and Families

•Child’s Right to Survival , Development and Participation : Challenges and Interventions

•Field Practicum

•Communication and Counselling with Children

•Child Rights Programming : Monitoring and Evaluation

•Mobilization and Advocacy for Rights of Children and Families

•Research for Practitioners

•Competencies for Personal and Professional Effectiveness

•Social Work in Child Protection and Family Support

•Child and Law Effectiveness

Final date of application for candidates : August 10, 2014

For more information visit : http://www.tiss.edu/