School voor Ouders

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Scenario Adult

The Adult scenario would be a community-based program which is self-organized by the participants and involves only small amounts of money, such as small donations or contributions by the participants, as there is no external financial support. As a consequence, the location for the meetings might change and might be the homes of the participants or public spaces. The activities and their frequency should be based on the interests of the participants and also be decided and organized by them. The size of the group of participants should rather be small in order to be able to manage the program with limited resources. The advantage of this scenario is that the program is independent from any external resources and therefore more sustainable in the long-term perspective and it is really focused on the wishes of the participants. A disadvantage is that without financial resources there are less possibilities for activities and locations. Furthermore, decision-making processes might take longer and only a limited amount of parents can participate.

Scenario Teenager

Scenario Teenager is also a community-like, self-organized program, but compared to the first scenario, it involves external financial resources. This allows to group of participants to also choose paid locations, such as schools or community buildings, or even build their own facilities. In addition, more money-consuming activities can be arranged, although still the community makes the decisions about how the money is spent and what kind of activities are conducted. In total, the benefits of this scenario are that it opens up more possibilities for activities and locations, but it also creates some degree of dependency on external resources and might therefore be less sustainable in the long-term. Nevertheless, as also in the first scenario, the program is highly adapted to the parent’s needs and wishes.

Scenario Child

In the scenario Child, the program can be called an organization. It is not a self-organized group as the previous two scenarios, but includes an external director or manager. Nevertheless, at the same time, there are no external financial resources. The income or available resources are dependent on donations and contributions from the participants which again means that locations for the meetings might change and activities need to be adapted to the available resources. In this scenario, the participants have less decision-making power, as there is an official director or manager who will be in charge of this. The advantage of this is that decisions can be made faster and based on another level of knowledge or experience, depending on the organization. A disadvantage is that, as there are no external resources coming in, the organization and its directors/ managers probably have to work on a voluntary basis.

Scenario Baby

The scenario Baby differs from the third one in the point that it is a program which is funded by external financers. This again gives more options with regard to the activities and locations. The budget is controlled by a central person or group of persons who are part of the organization and who will be in charge of decision-making processes. This scenario leaves room for more participants and more luxury tools than the previous ones. Nevertheless, the disadvantage is that there is a more centralized power structure which might lead to the risk of having less participant involvement in the design of the program.

Lees meer... Advies School voor ouders

Het advies dat studenten hebben uitgebracht aan School voor Ouders is om hun pijlen te richten op het ‘adult’ scenario. De organisatie is daarin niet afhankelijk is voor externe financiering. Dit verhoogt de duurzaamheid van het project. Dit betekent dat deelnemers zelf betaalbare activiteiten organiseren. Met name wanneer het verkrijgen van financiële steun lastig blijkt te zijn zou dit ideaal zijn. Echter, het ontbreken van professionele supervisie zou zijn weerslag kunnen hebben op het niveau van bijeenkomsten en de vormgeving van activiteiten. Daarnaast is het noodzakelijk dat deelnemers verantwoordelijkheid nemen en gemotiveerd blijven om de gemeenschap voort te laten bestaan. Om die reden raden studenten aan om de gemeenschap op te zetten en supervisie op de eerste paar bijeenkomsten te superviseren totdat ouders het zelf kunnen runnen. Een alternatief scenario wanneer de financiële middelen aanwezig zijn, is ‘Baby’, waarbij ook sprake is professionele betrokkenheid. In dit scenario kunnen meer luxueuze activiteiten georganiseerd worden en ligt de kwaliteit van de bijeenkomsten hoog. Een mogelijk nadeel hiervan zijn het centraal gestuurde karakter van de organisatie, welke de betrokkenheid van deelnemers in de ontwikkeling van het programma mogelijk verminderd.