1.1 Describe the Social‚ Economic and Cultural Factors That Will Impact on the Lives of Children and Young People There are other issues in our broader society that will affect the lives of children and young people. Unemployment can lead to economic crisis resulting in difficulties in funding food‚ bills and cloths for children. Conditions in health or a cultural background can cause exclusion from certain activities in the setting. Being aware of the positive and negative issues that influence
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“What does psychological research tell us about ‘egocentrism’ in young children?” “Egocentrism is the tendency of children to cognize their environment only in terms of their own point of view” (Castillo‚ R.J‚ 1954). This technical meaning for the term was given by Jean Piaget who suggests that it is a state of mind where the child attempts to understand the world from their own point of view and fails to realise that other people’s points of view are different from theirs. Egocentrism is the unawareness
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TDA 2.2: Safeguarding the Welfare of Children and Young People. L.O 1 1.1. Identify current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. All children have the right to be kept safe and looked after. The United Nations Convention on the rights of a child (1989) is a treaty that sets out the rights and freedoms of all children in a set of 54 articles. Children’s Act 1989: Identifies the responsibilities of parents and professionals who
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Summarising The main aspects of development of a child aged 0 - 2 years‚ 3-5 years‚ 6-8 years The first few years are very vital for the human being. It is at that time that you began to get to know who you are; explore the alien world around us. At this point self confidence is being build. Here is the duration of development during the years. Birth to three months: Intellectual development: At this stage babies will have what is so called primitive reflexes these include: - Rooting
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behavior. It is the meaningful exchange of information between two individuals.” Relationship “The way in which two or more people or things are connected.” Relationships with children are especially tender and deserve extra attention and care as children are developing their concepts of the world and their place in it. We are role models for children and young people; depending on ourselves this can be positive and negative one. We have the responsibility to create an environment with which
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became the part of our life and very important component in the spheres of the life is leisure. And nowadays majority of young people spend their leisure time playing computer games‚ surfing through the internet. Computer games have become one of the favorite time-spending of young people in all ages‚ and even some adults and the students. With permanent development of computer technology the quality of people using computer either for working purposes or entertainment purposes is increasing speedily
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2.1‚ 2.2 and 2.3. a) Give an explanation of how children and young people’s development is influenced by: - a range of external factors (poverty and deprivation‚ family environment and background‚ personal choices‚ looked after/care status‚ education) - a range of personal factors (health status‚ disability‚ sensory impairment‚ learning difficulties) b) Explain how current practice is influenced by: - theories of development (cognitive (e.g. Piaget)‚ psychoanalytic (e.g. Freud)
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Q2b. Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by external factors. External factors include: Poverty and deprivation Family environment and background Neglect Trauma Grief and loss Personal choices Looked after/ care status Education Poverty and deprivation Poverty affects the healthy development of every child. A young person’s development is greatly affected by his or her housing and neighbourhood‚ family income and level of parents’ education‚ access to healthy food
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School work can also suffer as young children cannot concentrate and loose all motivation this could lead to them dropping out of school and develop antisocial behavior. Aspirations &expectations as children become older choices are made that influence whether their potentialities are developed. These choices are influenced by their parents‚ the opportunities available
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young people and alcohol the role of cultural influences young people and alcohol the role of cultural influences An examination of the cultural drivers of risk-taking behaviour and their effects on ‘low risk’‚ ‘risky’ and ‘high risk’ use of alcohol among 14-24 year old Australian drinkers Ann M. Roche‚ Petra Bywood‚ Joseph Borlagdan‚ Belinda Lunnay‚ Toby Freeman‚ Lisa Lawton‚ Amanda Tovell‚ Roger Nicholas Roche‚ A.M.‚ Bywood‚ P.T.‚ Borlagdan‚ J.‚ Lunnay‚ B.‚ Freeman‚ T.‚ Lawton‚ L.
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