Working with Street Children through Capabilities Cards
Working with Street Children through Capabilities Cards

Author(s): Bessie Gebarski
Subject(s): Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: street children; wellbeing; capabilities; social work practice; participatory research
Summary/Abstract: The study presents the results of the explorative research with street connected children in Warsaw. The capabilities cards were created by the researcher as tools for communication with children utilizing the list of central human capabilities as created by Martha Nussbaum and are a unique operationalization of the approach in social work with vulnerable populations. Employing qualitative methods, the aim of this study is to hear street connected children’s voices about their capabilities and wellbeing and to test whether the use of language of capabilities can help the children to understand better their wellbeing and aspirations.

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