Nursery/Pre-School to comply fully with the requirements of European Community Law‚ the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974‚ and all other relevant statutory provisions. The Nursery/Pre-School has a responsibility to provide a safe environment for your child and the Manager is responsible for health and safety matters concerning the nursery premises. All staff are aware of potential hazards within the nursery and the surrounding environment and actively protect children from hazards. We aim to provide
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Introduction: When talking about child abuse we refer to any forms of harm or breach to a child through: neglect‚ physical‚ emotional and sexual activities. Child Line (N‚ D) summaries neglect as a process where someone is not being cared for properly. Neglect is when you don’t have access to the most basic level of needs introduced by Abraham Maslow. In 1943 Abraham Maslow published a paper on ‘A Theory of Human Motivation’ (Poston; 2009) where he produced the Hierarchy of Needs theory. (Figure 1) This theory
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Every single child in the world regardless of race‚ culture‚ gender‚ age deserves to be loved‚ cared for and kept free from harm and abuse. Children have a right to enjoy their childhood free from violence‚ injury or abuse at the hands of adults. This right is preserved in law‚ from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child down to national laws and guidelines which cover all children not just those that are abused and neglected. In 1987 the Department of Health introduced the Child Abuse guidelines
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Child Protection Essay Introduction Historically throughout Britain the legal principles and peoples perceptions relating to children and the family have advanced immensely from Victorian times. A state where children were an essential tool in the family‚ helping to contribute with the income‚ to circumstances where they are now an important loved member of that unit and for the majority‚ their health and well being at the forefront. These alterations can be attributed to the changes in acts
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Chapter 8: Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky Cognition is the term used to describe the mental activity through which human beings acquire‚ remember‚ and learn to use knowledge. Cognition includes many mental processes‚ such as perception‚ attention‚ learning‚ memory‚ and reasoning. Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development • Piaget made two important observations: o He noticed that children of the same ages tended to get the same answers wrong o He noticed
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Article Review Child development is a very important in today’s psychology. That is why it is not surprising that so much research has been developed on that topic. In the article "Transforming the Debate About Child Care and Maternal Employment" the author‚ Louise B. Silverstein‚ presents a very interesting point of view on the history as well as the future of psychological research on child care and influence of maternal employment on child development. The very essence of Silverstein’s argument
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There are many problems in society today that are not always easily detected. Although these problems may be terrible problems‚ they are still‚ for different reasons‚ difficult to identify. Because these problems are so hard to identify criminals are able to commit these crimes multiple times. One of these problems is child molestation. Child molestation is a problem that is highly evident in youth sport leagues. Molesters are often found in these leagues because of the many targets for
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WHAT IS PORNOGRAPHY? Generally‚ child pornography (sometimes referred to as CP‚ child porn‚ KP‚ or kiddie porn) is an illegal form of pornography‚ featuring minors. The term "child" is defined for this purpose by each country ’s child pornography laws. In the United States‚ child pornography is prohibited under both federal and state laws with some state laws including more or less restrictive definitions compared with federal law. Under federal law‚ child pornography is defined as visual depiction
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National Certificate Early Education and Childcare Children and Young People with Additional Support Needs Unit Code: DF55 34 Assessment 2 There are many types of condition which can affect a child’s development. Three of these groups are physical conditions‚ which are conditions which mainly affect physical development‚ medical conditions‚ which are conditions which need to be maintained or treated‚ and developmental disorders‚ which are conditions which affect one or more aspects
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EVILS OF CHILD LABOUR INTRODUCTION: Childhood is the most innocent stage in a human life. It is that phase of life where a child is free from all the tensions‚ fun-loving‚ play and learns new things‚ and is the sweetheart of all the family members. But this is only one side of the story. The other side is full of tensions and burdens. Here‚ the innocent child is not the sweetheart of the family members‚ instead he is an earning machine working the entire day in order to satisfy the needs and wants
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