Explain How Disability May Affect The Development Of Children And Young People
Development in children
In this section of your induction pack, is a brief explanation of how we can monitor children’s and young people’s development, why sometimes children and young people do not follow the expected developmental plan, an explanation of how an example disability can impact and affect development, and finally some examples of different types of intervention, that could promote positive outcomes for the children and young people, where development is not following the expected pattern. Remember these are just a few of many examples.
Assessment methods that we may use to monitor a child/young person’s development:
At many different points of a child’s or young person’s life they will be monitored or assessed by many different services, for example the health service will check a new born and schools will arrange different tests. In a child’s early development monitoring and assessment is crucial as it has been seen that early …show more content…
How disability can impact and affect development of children and young people.
Over the last few years there has been a huge shift in thinking when it comes to the care and education of disabled children and young people. Previously the medical model of disability meant that opportunities for learning and development were often denied to those with disabilities. Now a different approach is taken so that most settings look for ways of increasing learning and development opportunities for these children. Some disabilities however can affect a child’s overall development as aspects of development are interlinked. For example: The way a child behaves may be affected by their language, such as if a child finds it hard to communicate they may get frustrated when people do not understand them, and therefore will behave differently because of
In this section of your induction pack, is a brief explanation of how we can monitor children’s and young people’s development, why sometimes children and young people do not follow the expected developmental plan, an explanation of how an example disability can impact and affect development, and finally some examples of different types of intervention, that could promote positive outcomes for the children and young people, where development is not following the expected pattern. Remember these are just a few of many examples.
Assessment methods that we may use to monitor a child/young person’s development:
At many different points of a child’s or young person’s life they will be monitored or assessed by many different services, for example the health service will check a new born and schools will arrange different tests. In a child’s early development monitoring and assessment is crucial as it has been seen that early …show more content…
How disability can impact and affect development of children and young people.
Over the last few years there has been a huge shift in thinking when it comes to the care and education of disabled children and young people. Previously the medical model of disability meant that opportunities for learning and development were often denied to those with disabilities. Now a different approach is taken so that most settings look for ways of increasing learning and development opportunities for these children. Some disabilities however can affect a child’s overall development as aspects of development are interlinked. For example: The way a child behaves may be affected by their language, such as if a child finds it hard to communicate they may get frustrated when people do not understand them, and therefore will behave differently because of