Why do young people participate in behaviours that put them at risk? Young people may participate in risk taking behaviours for a number of reasons. Peer influence is one factor that may encourage young people to put themselves at risk. This is because if an individual witnesses their peers actively engaging with risky behaviour‚ they may identify the behaviour as positive rather than taking into consideration the consequences. It has been found that young people identify alcohol with positive social
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At the next staff meeting you are asked to explain the skills that staff need in order to communicate effectively with children and young people. Use the table below to record your thoughts and consider what each skill means in practice. Skill needed to communicate effectively with children and young people In practice this means.... • Find opportunities to speak to children. • Give eye contact and actively listen. • Use body language and facial expressions‚ and be approachable
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It is important to take a balanced approach to risk management as most activities children undertake have some element of risk involved in them. However when the activity is well planned and organised‚ with thought given to risks that may occur‚ any probability of risks should be minimised. We must ensure that the benefits the activity gives to the child outweigh any risks involved. Risk and challenge are important to overall development as avoiding all risks may cause someone to grow up to
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from birth‚ this is why i believe it is important that there is effective communication in a work setting with children and young people. We communicate to exchange thoughts‚ express feelings and to learn new things. How we transfer this information can be by speech‚ crying‚ using our body language or/and expressions‚ our main goal is to be understood. We communicate to a variety of people in our work setting‚ not only the children we care for but we speak with their parents and family members on
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Supervise children and young people on journeys‚ visits and activities outside of the setting 1. Understand the policy and procedures for supervising children and young people on journeys‚ visits and activities outside of the setting. There are various organisational and legal requirements for supervising children on journeys‚ visits and activities outside of the school setting. These include policies and procedures which should be carried out by the school including risk
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Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outcome 1 1) When planning for young people you need to take several factors into account to make sure the environment and services are safe. The first factor is the individual needs‚ ages and abilities of the children and young people. This requires you to work out staff to children ratio’s to make sure there is legally enough staff for the number of children present and to ensure all children will have supervision. Ratio numbers will
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TDA 2.9: Supporting Children and Young People’s positive behaviour. 1.2. Describe with examples the importance of all staff consistently and fairly applying boundaries and rules for children and young people’s behaviour in accordance with the policies and procedures of the setting. Boundaries: These are the limits within which behaviour is acceptable or what may‚ and may not be done. Boundaries are there to guide children and young people’s behaviour in the setting and it is very important for
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Marginalized young people 1) Write a summary of “The forces that turned Baba around” in about 150 words. This text deals with a boy named Babatunde Olejide who describes himself as “A bit of a bad boy”. He has gotten into a lot of trouble at his school‚ because he had vandalised school property‚ been truanting and getting into fights. By the time he was 12-years-old he had been suspended from his school 5 times. Therefore he was given the offer to join a program created by the former British
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professional relationship with children and young people In order to develop a positive relationship with children and young people the Teaching Assistant needs to show they are friendly‚ approachable and have an interest in talking to the children they are working with. This involves showing good body language‚ smiling‚ maintaining eye contact and displaying active listening‚ such as responding appropriately‚ asking additional relevant questions and showing empathy. Also children need time to speak without
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eventually mastered. Why then do we expect children to be able to communicate with us correctly all of the time? Working with children requires us to build positive relationships with them quickly‚ but also in ways that are professional. The quality of the relationships that we have with children and young people has a huge effect on the way in which we can work with them. Positive relationships with children and young people are important as when children feel comfortable they can separate more
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