SOCIAL INCLUSION

Included The Excluded

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion3

Research Evidence6

Initiatives7

Working with Parents9

Challenges for policy Makers10

Involving the Children At-Risk11

Conclusion13

Included The Excluded

Introduction

The Disadvantageous groups of people are neglected in the society when it comes to sharing of resources. These groups need affirmative actions to support the learning of skills needed to bring them out of shell, and make them contributing members of the society just as the other citizens. The children are also affected by the social exclusion of their parents. This paper reflects the initiatives taken to minimize the social exclusion. This paper also presents the affectivity of these programs and suggestions to policy makers for future.

Discussion

Social exclusion is a term used in many parts of the world to address the contemporary forms of social disadvantages. These disadvantageous people do not have access to resources that are usually available to other members of the society. These resources include education, employment, housing, and democratic participation. Rights and opportunities are also limited for these people. The term “social exclusion” basically originated in France to refer to people who were very disadvantageous and did not have access to even social insurance systems (Room 1995; Jordan 1997; Burchardt et al.1999, n.d.). Later this term began to be used in European context and referred to the objective of economic and social cohesion.

Social Inclusion is a term used to refer the affirmative actions to reduce the negative consequences for the disadvantageous one. The problems arising out of social exclusion are linked to each other. Poor education, low income, unemployment, involvement in crimes, bad health, and family breakdown. To curtail this portfolio of problems, government has taken steps and introduced programs and policies. Neighbourhood renewals, Sure Start, skills for life, skills strategy, are examples of these initiatives.

The initiatives taken by the government to address the problem of social inclusion, including improvements in the attainment of education by young people, is satisfactory, however, we need to do a lot more, to bring the equality.

There should not be any doubt that low literacy skills combined with little parental expectations and low self-esteem can have a very adverse effect on educational attainment of these young ones. There have been multiple studies assessing the impact of education in preventing the phenomenon of social exclusion. One such study worth mentioning was conducted in the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion and the study conducted by Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning. These studies have contributed a great deal in our understanding of the links and associations between the learning, social class and social exclusion. The social exclusion of parents, also have a great impact on the children. The social and psychological barriers start early in the life and are translated in their identity. The difference in achievements becomes observable as early as 22 months of age and gets even more profound and visible as they spend each day of their lives. These findings have implications, as it is believed that these conditions have a direct impact on a person's ...