The Role of Social Learning Theory in Child Protection: A Report

This report explores the application of social learning theory to child protection, focusing on the impact of a father's behavior on his child. It discusses how the child's environment, influenced by the father's actions, can lead to negative behaviors and emotional abuse. The report analyzes the stages of change according to social learning theory, including pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance, to understand how to modify the father's behavior and create a supportive environment for the child. It highlights the importance of addressing the father's behavior to protect the child from potential harm and foster a healthy development. The report also references key academic sources to support its arguments and provide a comprehensive overview of the topic.

Running head :SOCIAL APPROACH
Social Approach
Name of the student :
Name of the university
Authors note :

1SOCIAL APPROACH
Child protection is one of the main tasks in society. Social work, as well as child
protection, is related to each other and is one main work in determining the behaviour and social
work of the children. This social worker can use this theory in order to provide long term as well
as supportive time.1 Social learning theory is one such theory that has been developed by Albert
bandura in the base of skinners' behavioral theories. This theory can be applied to child
protection and solving family problems. Behavioral psychology aims that the effect of the
environment and reinforces it on the behavior; however, bandura has modified the theory.
According to this theory, the individuals have been observed in the behavior model and have
observed that there is an environment which is particular, and it has been observed in terms of
the environment and also the behavior which is similar in the cases to themselves and the
behavior which is observed among others. In this case, the child is getting emotionally abused by
observing the behavior of this father that he is being not taken in a good way in society, and he is
behaving I abusive way with his mother and also treating the child in a very bad way.2 The child
is getting mentally abusive and is creating an impact on the brain of the child, and they would
repeat the same behavior in the children. This theory can be used to discern the child and helps in
creating a behavioral model, which will help I order to solve the destructive behavior. The social
theory will be used to change the behavior of the father in order to protect the children from
these negative environments and provide a successful environment for the children. In the pre-
1 Akers, Ronald L., and Gary F. Jensen. "The empirical status of social learning theory of crime
and deviance: The past, present, and future." In Taking stock, pp. 37-76. Routledge, 2017.
2 Akers, Ronald L., and Wesley G. Jennings. "The social learning theory of crime and deviance."
In Handbook on crime and deviance, pp. 113-129. Springer, Cham, 2019.

2SOCIAL APPROACH
contemplation stage, there will be no intention of change in the behavior of the father, and they
will be unaware of this stage, and the father will be in the denial mode. In the contemplation
stage, there will be a father will become aware of the situation however he will not take the
situation in a good manner and will not be able to overcome the commitment in order to take
action and the child to be protected however he will not do anything to bring a change in his
behavior3. The stage of the father during this period is ambivalent. In the third stage, I will be
providing the information to the father, and the father will be gaining and planning the stage.4
This stage is the most important as the father will finally bring about a change in the behavior. I
the fourth stage, the father will finally take action, and finally, the environment becomes suitable
for the child, and the maintenance of the behavior in the part of the mother and the children will
help in the maintenance of child protection.
3 Deaton, Shannon. "Social Learning Theory in the Age of Social Media: Implications for
Educational Practitioners." Journal of Educational Technology 12, no. 1 (2015): 1-6.
4 Yarbrough, Jillian Ruth. "Adapting Adult Learning Theory to Support Innovative, Advanced,
Online Learning--WVMD Model." Research in Higher Education Journal 35 (2018).

3SOCIAL APPROACH
References
Akers, Ronald L., and Gary F. Jensen. "The empirical status of social learning theory of crime
and deviance: The past, present, and future." In Taking stock, pp. 37-76. Routledge, 2017.
Akers, Ronald L., and Wesley G. Jennings. "Social learning theory." Wiley Handbooks in
Criminology and Criminal Justice (2016): 230-240.
Deaton, Shannon. "Social Learning Theory in the Age of Social Media: Implications for
Educational Practitioners." Journal of Educational Technology 12, no. 1 (2015): 1-6.
Yarbrough, Jillian Ruth. "Adapting Adult Learning Theory to Support Innovative, Advanced,
Online Learning--WVMD Model." Research in Higher Education Journal 35 (2018).