More than 200‚000 children are prosecuted in adult courts each year. All 50 states can prosecute a child‚ under the age of 16 years old‚ as an adult (Young & Gainsborough‚ 2000). Between 1992 and 1997‚ forty two states and the District of Columbia enacted legislation to enable juvenile offenders to be transferred to adult prisons (Young & Gainsborough‚ 2000). Missouri and Indiana lowered the minimum age for transfer to an adult facility from 16 years of age to the incredibly young age of ten (Flesch
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developing positive relationships with children‚ young people and adults. Effective communication is extremely important in developing relationships with children‚ young people and adults. Communication is a two way process. It’s just as important to listen to the child/colleague/parent as it is to communicate verbally with them. Good communication is vital as it can prevent misunderstandings and unnecessary worry. I work in a Year 3 class and have had parents
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developing positive relationships with children‚ young people and adults Having effective communication has a positive outcome in many different ways. One of which is trust; once trust is built with a student many other things fall into place. Building trust through positive communication allows students to feel they are able to discuss different concerns they may have‚ which they feel can only be discussed with those they can trust to either help them‚ show understanding and support or simply be
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professional relationship with children and young people In order to develop a positive relationship with children and young people the Teaching Assistant needs to show they are friendly‚ approachable and have an interest in talking to the children they are working with. This involves showing good body language‚ smiling‚ maintaining eye contact and displaying active listening‚ such as responding appropriately‚ asking additional relevant questions and showing empathy. Also children need time to speak
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Unit 4 Promote Children and Young People’s positive behaviour A1 Policies and Procedures Task 1 Policy Purpose How you implement the policy Sex Education Effective sex and relationship education is essential if young people are to make responsible and well informed decisions about their lives Support the lead teacher and give accurate and informed information to the young people SEN Ensures that all students with SEN are treated fairly. Work with SEN students Health and safety To keep
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Encouragement When you hear the word encouragement‚ what do you think? Do you think of motivation‚ pep talk‚ or role models? Have you’ve ever asked yourself what yourself what this word even means? To me I’ve thought of it many‚ multiple times. When I hear this word I think of taking myself away from the world. You motivate yourself to do whatever your heart has always told you. Encouragement is the key to your happiness‚ the voice you hear when you think of all your dreams‚ dream of your dreams
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developing positive relationships with children‚ young people and adults 1. Explain why effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children‚ young people and adults For most of us in our daily lives‚ there are many relationships in force‚ often simultaneously‚ as this is a natural consequence of human interaction. In a school environment‚ relationships are formed at many different levels - between children and their peers‚ between children and adults in the
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Unit 4 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety 1. Describe the factors to take in account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. Regarding EYFS the components of a safe environment include: Safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare - All practitioners should have an up-to-date understanding of safeguarding children issues and be able to implement the safeguarding children policy and procedure appropriately. Staff should be able to respond
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Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is an approach to supporting the people with challenging or problem behavior that combines both a set of values with a set of behavioral principals that we know to be effective. In general‚ positive behavior support approaches problems in multi ways such as what happens before the behavior‚ what’s the context of the behavior in terms of time‚ place‚ and what’s quality of the of the person. Our traditional approach to the discipline has been to stop behavior problems
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The way we build relationships with children and young people changes according to the age and stage of their development. Responding to a 14-year-old in the same way as a 3-year-old is obviously not going to work. Reassurance and approval are important as children are beginning to develop an awareness of themselves‚ and it is important that their self-concept is a positive one. Play workers give reassurance and approval by smiling‚ praising or simply being alongside children as they try out something
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