The Negative Effects of Child Care on Child Development Dxx Wxxxxxxxx Anthropology 101 Mr. Bxx Lxxxxx September 5‚ 2010 Is child care having a negative effect on the development of children in the United States? Studies show that there are indeed negative psychological and developmental effects on children. Scientists in the United States‚ Canada‚ and the United Kingdom are coming to the same conclusion. It is best for a child to be cared for at home. Over the past five to six decades
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SETTING The date of my observation was April 27th‚ 2010. It was about 9:30 in the morning when I began my study. I went to Grossmont College’s Child Development Center. The first thing I began looking for was if the child-teacher ratio was correct. The child ratio was 2 teachers to about every 8 children. The ratio was good. As I entered there was one large room that almost looked as if it could be two rooms they way it was set up. One half consisted of a large bookshelf with numerous
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young people? These are the laws to safeguard children: The children act 1989‚ The children act 2004‚ Child care 2006‚ Every child matters‚ Working together to safeguard children‚ The human rights act 1998‚ It might be difficult to accept but every child can be hurt‚ put at risk or harm or abused‚ regardless of their age‚ gender‚ religion or ethnicity. Each person that comes into the childs or their familys life even for just one day have a duty to keep the children safe. Safeguarding legislation
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duty of care in own work role. Duty of Care means that practitioners take on legal responsibilities to safeguard the welfare and well being of the children in their care. This includes appropriate attention‚ watching out for potential hazards‚ preventing mistakes or accidents‚ and making wise choices about steps undertaken in a role. Every child should be supported and enabled to live in an environment which is free from prejudice and safe from abuse. My responsibilities under the duty of care are to
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Introduction The purpose of this study was to conduct observations‚ using two different methods‚ on children‚ between the ages of 4-5‚ to understand their emotional behaviors in a social and learning environment as well as determining which method of observation was more reliable. There are different methods of conducting observations‚ but two main ones include naturalistic observation and experimental observation. A naturalistic observation method is when a researcher studies a person or group in
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In this paper‚ I chose to observe the toddler room. I picked Beau; he has brown hair with hazel eyes. He is 33 months old. He weighs 33 pounds and is 38 inches tall. The first observation I did of Beau is in the classroom‚ I found him playing in pretend kitchen. He was opening the cabinets‚ picking up plates and he gave another boy a banana. This all in two minutes and the student teachers were watching. Beau then stole a toy from another toddler. That was a whole minute. After that he went and
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environment or an unexpected emergency. In the case of an emergency it is vital that procedures are in place to ensure that accidents are prevented. Explanation of key procedures for dealing with accidents in a child care setting To ensure that children are safe within a child care setting it is important to regularly review the environment in which they are in. Regular risk assessment should take place and be kept up to date with review over the accident log book to ensure that staff are dealing
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Observations and Intervention Keystone Upon observing 6 middle school home economics classrooms‚ the only behavior I was able to identify was Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The teacher had informed me that her three classes were extremely different with the types of students she had. The first class was small and the students were very mellow. The only observation was one student who was an ESL student who seemed very reserved and not very social. The second class was at capacity
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1 promote communication in health‚ social care or children and young people’s settings (ShC 31) Chapter 1 aC 1.1 1.2 What you need to know the different reasons people communicate how communication affects relationships in the work setting aC What you need to do 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.3 Demonstrate how to establish the communication and language needs‚ wishes and preferences of individuals Describe the factors to consider when promoting effective communication Demonstrate
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CHALLENGING CHILD OBSERVATION ASSIGNMENT For my observation assignment I chose Sam‚ a four-year-old boy who stays in my class for the aftercare program. I have worked with Sam previously in the camp last summer and became aware of his challenging behavior. For starters‚ he has a medical condition – he is prone to epilepsy (the cause is unknown). Sam is on medication and his doctors are constantly adjusting it and testing his condition. Sam’s parents asked teachers to be on the lookout for
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