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    Child development

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    CYP Core 3.3: Understanding child and young person development. Unit reference L/601/1693 1.1: Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years. Physical development: 0-3 years. This is a period of fast physical development. New born babies have little control over their bodies. The sucking and grasping reflexes are there in order to survive. In the first year of life they gradually get more control over their bodies. By 12 months most babies have developed a

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    child protection

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    Abuse and neglect are forms of maltreatment of a child. Someone may abuse or neglect a child by inflicting harm or by failing to prevent harm. Children may be abused in a family or in an institutional or community setting‚ by those known to them or by a stranger‚ for example‚ via the internet. They may be abused by an adult or adults‚ or another child or children. Child abuse can have major long-term effects on all aspects of a child’s health‚ development and well - being. Research from the USA

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    Child Neglect

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    Pergamon Child Abuse & Neglect 26 (2002) 679 – 695 Child neglect: developmental issues and outcomes Kathryn L. Hildyard‚ David A. Wolfe* Department of Psychology‚ The University of Western Ontario‚ London‚ Ontario‚ N6A 5C2‚ Canada Abstract Objective: This article highlights the manner in which child neglect‚ the most common form of maltreatment‚ affects children’s development. Method: The review is organized according to three developmental periods (i.e.‚ infancy/preschool‚ school-aged and

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    Child Abuse

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    Child abuse is any emotional‚ sexual‚ or physical mistreatment‚ as well as neglect of a child. Some countries may vary in their definition of the term. In the USA. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) defines child abuse as " child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm‚ potential for harm‚ or threat of harm to a child". A UK guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010 (1.33-1.36) says that

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    Child Marriage

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    Child Marriages: Acceptable or Abusive? Christina Asima had no choice in her marriage at the age of 12‚ now she is raising her cherubic‚ 8 month old‚ son on her own. Christina isn’t alone. All throughout the world child marriages are destroying girl’s lives. Many girls muddle through brutal pregnancies‚ and are often to weak or small to handle them. These pregnancies have become one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Child marriages are destructive and abusive‚ but parents continually sell

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    Child Protection

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    This report distinguishes and compares one main child abuse case post 2005 with two pre 2004 cases. In the analysis of the three cases‚ commonalities and distinguishing factors will be examined and critically discussed‚ thereby demonstrating clear and sound understanding of child abuse. Recent theory on child abuse and relevant models of such abuse and their ramifications and effect on the Early Years Setting‚ where I am currently employed will be one of the main focus points of this paper. The

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    Child Abuse

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    Child abuse is a serious matter. No matter what ethnic or social background someone comes from there is the potential for abuse. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)‚ as amended and reauthorized by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010‚ defines child abuse and neglect as‚ “Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death‚ serious physical or emotional harm‚ sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act which presents

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    Raising a Child

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    to be very interesting from chapter four was the importance of raising a child correctly. If a child is neglected and abused‚ the consequences a child has may not be detected at first but can show up later on when they grow up. There are different forms a child can be abused‚ they can be physical‚ psychological and behavioral. One of the common forms a child is physically abused is by being shaken. The injuries that a child may experience include bleeding in the eye or brain‚ damage to spinal cord

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    Child Poverty

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    Essay on Child Poverty: “Examine the characteristics and circumstances of children living in poverty‚ and assess the main responses of social policy towards improving their lives” Poverty is the greatest threat to the well being of children‚ it can affect every area of a child’s development social‚ educational and personal. There are currently 3.8 million children living in poverty in the UK according to (Barnardos 2011). The UK has one of the worst rates of child poverty in the industrialised

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    Child Development

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    Physical Development. 0-3 years – This is a period of fast physical development. When they are first born‚ babies have very little control over their bodies. Their movements are dependant on a series of reflexes (for example – sucking‚ grasping) which they need in order to survive. In their first year they gradually learn to have more control over their bodies so that by 12 months‚ most babies will have developed a degree of mobility such as crawling or rolling. In their second year ‚ babies will

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