Child Observation I recently observed a "child" involved in two different types of activities‚ at different times of the day. The first activity was "Teacher-Initiated"‚ and the second "Child-Initiated". The purpose of this observation is to compare and contrast the child’s development and behavior between the two different contexts. Through observation I found that although both activities were rich in challenge and learning opportunity‚ the child’s behavior is different‚ but demonstrates
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the Child 1989 - which includes rights that ensure children are safe and looked after‚ children are protected from all forms of physical or mental violence‚ injury or abuse‚ neglect‚ negligent treatment‚ maltreatment or exploitation including sexual abuse by those looking after them. Children Act 1989 - Parents and professionals must work to ensure the safety of the child. Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child suspect that a child is suffering
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children will have a problem like for example a disability where they cannot speak or write or walk and some will have behavioural issues in some families there are issues of money and family problems or abuse which will then lead the parents to put the child in an orphanage. There was a documentary situated in Bulgaria which had children who were disabled or premature or even normal children who just had speaking or writing problems but after coming to the orphanage had worsen. The children in this documentary
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characteristics of the middle born child or children. The middle or second born child or children often have the sense of not belonging. They fight to receive attention from parents and others because they feel many times they are being ignored or dubbed off as being the same as another sibling. Being in the middle a child can feel insecure. The middle child often lacks drive and looks for direction from the first born child. Sometimes a middle child feels out of place because they are not over
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All children go through different stages of transition throughout their lives. These changes can happen gradually or they could happen all of a sudden. How they react to these changes all depends on the childs personality and the amount of support they receive from family and school. There are some changes that all children will go through. This is something that everyone will go through during their childhood. There are 3 different types of changes that will affect all children‚ physical‚ social
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Investigate and critically evaluate and reflect upon the subject responsibility for providing for and achieving the five outcomes of ‘Every Child Matters’ Recent Government strategies including the green paper ‘Every Child Matters’ (ECM) published in 2003 and the subsequent Children Act passed in 2004‚ have undoubtedly sought to enhance the support for children perceived to be vulnerable and in need (Medcalf et al 2006). The ECM agenda is one of the many legislative documents concerned in the
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Effects of Using Birth Control Pills From time to time‚ women face the difficult choice of either using birth control pills or resorting to other contraceptives. The choice and preference on the desired method varies among people depending on one’s health and advice from medical experts. While Planned Parenthood explains that the use of birth control pills has no negative influence on a woman’s health‚ certain sections of the society still hold the opinion of zero-tolerance to birth pills because of
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My most moral lesson as a child What is a childhood dream? A life that parents love and cherish you‚ they want the very best for you and they work hard to help you through those hard times. What did I get as a child? I had two parents that were both Alcoholics and Drug users‚ this was not exactly your dream home at all‚ however many lessons were learned and many morals gained. My childhood days consisted of no money and bad parents‚ this caused me to really understand and respect the value
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Birth Control‚ an argument that can go on and on. This covers many different points‚ especially the issue of how old one should be‚ to access it without consent from a parent. Birth control is a contraceptive that can used to prevent unwanted pregnancies. However‚ there are other uses for this contraceptive such as for acne and cramps‚ but it’s main demand comes from sexually active girls and women. Girls should be able to have access to birth control without consent from a parent. Young girls have
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While I was watching the video “The Medicated child” I couldn’t stop feeling uncomfortable to see how many kids are asked to take medication at an early age. It is very sad to see that there is a large number of children who have the need to take medications and how this medication attempt to help them with certain issues but at the same time is creating a new issue/health problem on them. For example‚ on the first case that it was shown on the video‚ Jacob didn’t had any serious problem until the
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