ASSIGNMENT #5 – Observing Children at Play Purpose: To observe young children at play‚ make anecdotal notations of their play‚ evaluate their fine motor‚ gross motor development‚ and level of social interaction demonstrated through play situations. Procedure: 1. Choose a preschool child between the ages of 3 – 5 years. Observe the child on two separate occasions for 30 minutes. Do not interact with the child you will be busy taking observational notes. 2. Following each observation‚ use your
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about the disadvantages of being an only child and some of the advantages of having siblings. Having a sibling has proven to be better than not having any . Studies show that children without siblings find it a harder to socialise and make friends when they begin their school life. Having a sibling can be a key part in a child’s learning journey as you can learn how to fight‚ love hate and make friends. Also you can learn to share your feelings with one another‚ advice and skills . I have listed five
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Scenario 1 Sophia has been removed from her family and placed into foster care for the second time in the last 2 years due to her mother’s ongoing substance abuse. Sophia has missed many days of school and often comes to school dirty and wearing clothes from the day before. Sophia’s mother does not think she has a problem and blames the system for once again taking her daughter. 1. What can a human service professional do to help this family? 2. How might the family’s previous involvement
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Is the nuclear family bad/harmful for its members? This is an essay in which I will attempt to evaluate the premise of whether a nuclear family is bad for its members using differences between the Functionalist perspectives of the family against the contrasting view of the Marxist and Feminist approach. I will outline the main approaches from all three and draw a conclusion. Sexual – The family legitimises sex for the adult members. This closed unit allows the male to fulfil his natural
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are moving back in with their parents. Young people are getting married later now than they used to. The average age for a woman to get married is about twenty-four‚ and for a man twenty-six. Newly married couples often postpone having children while they are establishing careers. Once they have children‚ they face difficult decisions about whether the mother should continue working and‚ if so‚ who should care for the children. So‚ day care is a good choice for parents who both work‚ because they want
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Affecting Outcomes for the Invisible Casualties of War – The Children of Incarcerated Parents On December 31‚ 2005‚ 2‚320‚359 people were incarcerated in the United States. Of these inmates‚ 107‚518 were female. As of 2004‚ the most recent date for which statistics are available‚ it is estimated that there are approximately 2.8 million children of incarcerated parents. Of this number‚ approximately 320‚000 are children of incarcerated mothers. The problem with these estimates is
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Report the four different play spaces. There are four different types of play spaces availible. These are affective‚ transient‚ physical and permanent.These can be provided within a play setting or created by the children.Different types of play spaces will be more challenging and stimulating for children and they will be less likely to get bored or restless. Affective – An affect play space is a space that pays attention to the moods and feelings that children and young people bring‚ these
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adolescent gang members delinquent behavior: 1) Selection hypothesis – adolescents who commit more crimes join gangs. 2) Facilitation hypotheses – gang membership increases delinquent behavior. 3) Enhancement hypothesis – both the selection and facilitation work together to increase delinquency. The data suggest that for “person offences” and “Property offences” the selection and enhancement hypothesis are supported. The transient gang members support the facilitation model and stable gang members support
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People become a member of a social group because of their very nature‚ that is‚ not to feel lonely‚ to feel secure‚ and to satisfy some needs such as social and self-esteem needs. Being part of a group has both positive and negative outcomes for an individual. Positive outcomes can be listed as enjoying group work‚ gaining new perspectives and making friends‚ and being more creative. On the other hand‚ there are some negative outcomes such as disagreements between the members of the group and losing
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Reasons for the increase in one-parent households: A significant proportion of lone parent families are elderly people who are widows‚ due to increase in life expectancy there are a growing number of elderly people living alone. Rise in divorce rates has allowed people who were originally married to settle on their own. Increase in geographical mobility mainly graduates who live on their own to look for employment before finding a partner. More employment opportunities for women means they are able
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