Unit 8
Unit 8 Caring for children
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It’s important for practitioners to meet the needs of all children as children are the main priority and many children have different individual needs. Children get look upon as a group of children and sometimes these individual needs are not met. Practitioners must identify children as being unique, having their own individual interests and talents. It’s vital the children’s needs are met so activities can be planned around them in order to make everyone feel welcome. Teachers plan and work closely with other agencies and establishments to ensure progression for young people at transition times. They work in partnership to develop individual programmes as required for particular children and groups of children. For me as a practitioner it’s important for me to know which children need the support and help them but not to single them out. http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/earlychildhood/childrensservices/svfs2.pdf states if you are a new staff member, talk to colleagues who already know the children. Take advantage of what they know and how they see the child. Try not to use ‘labels’ and fixed ways of seeing a child. Everyone sees and relates to people differently. We must not label children as children are different have their own style of learning. Some children may have a weakness in certain areas but excel in others.
To meet children’s needs, listening to them is a key skill as they will like to talk to you and share their interests, it important that you can relate back to them, which shows you have been paying attention and listening to them. Listening to children is one of the rights enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and all rights must be met. Accepting individual difference in children is key as some children may be advanced for their age where as some children may not be at the stage for their age of development. It’s important to work with children to help them reach their target
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It’s important for practitioners to meet the needs of all children as children are the main priority and many children have different individual needs. Children get look upon as a group of children and sometimes these individual needs are not met. Practitioners must identify children as being unique, having their own individual interests and talents. It’s vital the children’s needs are met so activities can be planned around them in order to make everyone feel welcome. Teachers plan and work closely with other agencies and establishments to ensure progression for young people at transition times. They work in partnership to develop individual programmes as required for particular children and groups of children. For me as a practitioner it’s important for me to know which children need the support and help them but not to single them out. http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/earlychildhood/childrensservices/svfs2.pdf states if you are a new staff member, talk to colleagues who already know the children. Take advantage of what they know and how they see the child. Try not to use ‘labels’ and fixed ways of seeing a child. Everyone sees and relates to people differently. We must not label children as children are different have their own style of learning. Some children may have a weakness in certain areas but excel in others.
To meet children’s needs, listening to them is a key skill as they will like to talk to you and share their interests, it important that you can relate back to them, which shows you have been paying attention and listening to them. Listening to children is one of the rights enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and all rights must be met. Accepting individual difference in children is key as some children may be advanced for their age where as some children may not be at the stage for their age of development. It’s important to work with children to help them reach their target
Bibliography: Tassoni P, Beith K, Bulman K, Eldridge H, 2007, CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education, 4th edition, Oxford, Heinman http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/earlychildhood/childrensservices/svfs2.pdf