have at least one child under four years old‚ and you or your family are receiving: • Income Support • Or income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance • Or Child Tax Credit and the family has an income below a certain limit • If you are pregnant and are under 18 years old If you are accepted on to the scheme you get vouchers sent to you in the post every four weeks. Each voucher is worth £3.10 (at April 2011). If you are pregnant then you get one voucher for each week. Each child aged 1-4 years gets
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through pregnancy at a young age‚ family problems and becoming an adult. She got pregnant at the age 16‚ we all were upset with her. She went through a lot with all of us and my mom. We still excepted it and stuck by her. She said the hardest thing was not having the babys dad accepted by my mom. She just wanted that family idea for her family. She had her baby heidy at the age 17. I can compare to my sister because I went through the same thing I got pregnant at the age 16 and had my baby at 17
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Development from birth to 8 years During the early stages of childhood‚ children grow and develop by learning new skills in every aspect of their life. There are many kinds of development from birth to eight years including these areas: neurological‚ cognitive‚ speech‚ language & communication‚ physical‚ emotional and social. Focusing on these areas‚ every child will grow and develop differently from one another‚ however each stage they go through are very similar. Working with a group of children
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Why is it important to have a policy protecting children? This is a statement of intent that demonstrates a commitment to safeguard children involved with a charity from harm. The essential inclusions for a child protection policy are outlined below: the welfare of the child is paramount; all children without exception have the right to protection from abuse regardless of gender‚ ethnicity‚ disability‚ sexuality or beliefs; the policy is approved and endorsed by the board of trustees; who
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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 0 – 3 Years. Physical development at this stage is usually very rapid. From the day babies are born they have a huge dependency on their body’s reflexes for movements this is important as this enables them to feed or grasp whenever they touch something. By time they reach the age of one‚ babies have much more control over their bodies‚ as they are now beginning to become more independent by trying to crawl‚ shuffle‚ pulling or pushing on things to stand etc. depending on their
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Physical Development During the first year of a child’s life they will be developing in many ways‚ some noticeable and some not so noticeable. The child will be gaining weight almost triple from when they were born‚ their height‚ their sight starts to become more focused. As their muscles become stronger and the back bone develops‚ sitting and supporting themselves becomes easier‚ learning to crawl and some walk closer to their first birthday. Now the child is 2-3 their physical development will become
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A1 The answers below are a guide due to children progressing at different rates. |Physical Development | |Age range |Explain the sequence and rate of development | |0-3 months |From birth‚ your baby’s reflexes will allow her to turn her head to suckle when you touch her cheek.
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Theories of Development Lacey Thomas Arkansas Tech University Theories of development provide a framework for thinking about human growth‚ development‚ and learning. According to Santrock‚ theory means “an interrelated‚ coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and facilitate predictions.” (Santrock‚ 2013‚ p.21) Having an understanding of child development is important for implementing developmentally appropriate practices. As educators‚ understanding
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Physical Development Physical development is the development of the body. It is usually the development within a few weeks either side of the average age of a child under 5 years old. As physical development proceeds‚ the child acquires various physical skills‚ such as motor skills; there are two types of this‚ gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are large movements‚ such as‚ hop scotch‚ skipping‚ kicking‚ throwing a ball and taking large steps. Fine motor skills are the
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Unit 1 - Understanding and promoting children and young people’s development Learners Declaration: I certify that the work submitted in this assignment is my own. Student Number..eb1257620 Full Name …Mrs Debbie England Address…..1‚Woodlands Residential Park Quakers Yard‚ Treharris CF46 5AR  L/601/1693 Unit 1 NCFE LEVEL 3 EARLY LEARNING AND CHILDCARE Debbie
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