Young people are often told‚ "teenage years are the best years of your life - treasure it". In town‚ happy groups of secondary and college students roam the streets‚ appearing energetic and radiant. However‚ this is only part of the picture. In Singapore‚ many problems arise among teenagers. Yearly‚ figures of depression rates among teenagers escalate and we cannot help but wonder what is becoming of this new generation of young people. Life for many youths of this new day and age involves a painful
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Understand how to safeguard the well being of children The definition of safeguarding is “the process of protecting children from abuse or neglect‚ preventing impairment of their health and development‚ and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.”1 TASK 1 – legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies & procedures for safeguarding children Every element
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Importance Of Supporting Resilience In Children And Young People. Resilience is about being independent‚ standing on your own two feet or taking back the power. It is important because it can help reverse some of the effects that bullying can have on children and young people. It is also a life skill and will be useful to a child in many areas of life‚ it will give them confidence not only to stand up for themselves but also to champion the rights of others‚ it can help to increase the child’s value
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DTLLS Module 2 Task 3 Improving Own Practice Sharon Baker In order to improve our own practice as a teacher‚ lesson planner and a professional in a teaching organisation working with others‚ it is important that we take account of feedback from various sources and evaluate our own performance on a regular basis. As Wilson‚ suggests: ‘recognition that your performance can be improved is accepting that whatever does (or does not) happen in the classroom is in the hands of the teacher’ (2009
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Level 2 Certificate for the Children and Young People’s Workforce UNIT 001 Knowledge Questions Outcome 1 1.1.1 What are the different reasons people communicate and why? People communicate so that you can tell people how you feel and what you need. You communicate to find out information. 1.1.2 Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of your work Communication from my room leader and manager needs to be clear in order for me to undertake the tasks I am asked to do
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today’s youth? According to statistics‚ based on the age and gender of children‚ the answer is yes. Between the violence and sex‚ the media plays a big part in the choices children make. Playing outside with other kids also has big part in the affects these games and television shows have on behavior. With the amount of time kids spend on watching television or playing their video games‚ it’s no surprise that it has major affects them. It is reported that boys spend an average of 2 hours a week playing
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2.4 equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1.2 Every Child Matters 2003 and Children Act 2004 Put into place to ensure all organisations and agencies involved with children between birth and 19 years should work together to ensure that children have the support needed to be healthy‚ stay safe‚ enjoy and achieve‚ make a positive contribution and achieve economic well - being Every school has policies now to set guidelines and procedures for ensuring equality and
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Introduction to Personal Development in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s settings. 1.1.Describe the duties and responsibilities of own role. My current job role is as a care assistant. When I started this job management gave me a clear guidance and what is expected from me. They described the duties and responsibilities of the role to me. A responsibility is something a person is expected to do. I am responsible for providing support to the service users‚ which includes
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Obesity in children The 21st century has witnessed a change in lifestyle of adults as well as children. Sophisticated lifestyle has brought with it the curse of Obesity in children and adults alike. The worse affected at this point are children yet as they grow the problem will eventually affect adults resulting in significant morbidity in the years to come. One of the many reasons of this disease is
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Describe how to establish respectful‚ professional relationships with children and young people. As a teaching assistant‚ the job involves working with young people. In order to establish respectful and professional relationships with these individuals‚ you should consider all of the children and the range of abilities. To develop a positive working relationship with the pupils‚ principles and values need to be understood in order for a professional relationship to be formed. Ensuring that the
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