The Children Act of 1989
The Childcare Act of 2004
The Childcare Act of 2006
The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Act of 2001
Equal Opportunities Act Of 2010
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The Children Act of 9189 made it mandatory for settings to have to have a child protection policy. This affected practitioners because they had to start working with parents and gaining their trust if they were going to become aware of any home life changes. They also had to become observant for any signs of abuse from home. By having child protection policies children and teachers were safer. In my placement, everyone who wants to gain access to the children must have a DBS check.
The Childcare Act of 2004 made their slogan match their priorities, ‘Every child matters’. It made practitioners take a holistic approach, to identify a child’s needs early and working with families to meet those needs. Practitioners also had to learn to take formal records of concerns or incidents.
The Childcare Act of 2006 made the needs of the children and the parents the heart of the act. It made sure that practitioners offered parents all the information they needed. It also introduced the EYFS, which made practitioners adopt a new way pf teaching, in order to ‘support the delivery of quality integrated education and care for children from birth to age five.’ (Meggitt.C/ Bruce.T/ Grenier.J/ 2012/ Child Care and Education Second edition/ page 119)
The Special Educational and Disabilities Act of 2001 made practitioners adapt their curriculum to enable all children to learn to their full capacity. Within my placement the year 1 teacher will use the same activity for all of the children yet there will be different levels for the children with different abilities, so no child feels isolated. The school now has to accommodate people with physical and mental disabilities, like getting ramps for wheelchair access, they have to have things clearly posted, maybe with brail, simply to aid all of the