Policy Guest Lectuerer Flashcards
Why does understanding public policy matter?
We all have to follow government social policy
For future practitioners
What must practitioners do
Daily interpretation of policy, enforcement, advocate, circumvent, or challenge those policies and programs on behalf of those they server
What is meant by public policy
Bills, statue, legislation, constitutions, rules, regulations
What is government
National, state, and county organizations
Heads of institutions
Who yields the most power in public policy
Civil Servants (because we enforce it)
What should every child deserve
Clean water, air, protection, and love
What role should government play to ensure kids get what they deserve
Up to debate where the government should help out
Policy and program strive to meet 3 criteria for public good
Adequacy - most of needs are met
Equity - fairness/Benefit based on Need
Efficiency - Achieve adequacy and equity using the least cost
What does child policy provide
Information (data guidance, etc)
Funding (programs, data collection, research)
Services/Protections (Seek to solve social problems)
Public system infrastructure (support child infrastructure)
What is the first step in developing social policy
Ask what is the problem trying to solve
Social problems highlights concerns about
Quality of life for large groups of people
Concern is held as a consensus population-wide
Voiced by the socially powerful or economically privileged
Overarching practice considerations in child policy
Who is response for funding and implementing services
Who should receive benefit and when
How can the impact be measured
How can we use outcomes to better things
If and ow a social problem is defined
Using data to make a compelling case
Using power of personal narrative
Leveraging public moment
Dangers of lead poisoning
We know that lead is bad, but private companies do not have the incentive to fix it if fixing it is costly
Neurodevelopmental consequence of lead exposure
Lower IQ
Neuropsychological
Time Lag
