Outline current policies and legislation relating to children and how these affect your practice. Whether you are a headteacher‚ teacher or teaching assistant you have a vital part to play in protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people in your care. Below are some of the policies and legislation that all education professionals should be aware and inform their practice accordingly. The ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ document (2006 revised 2010) looks at how organisations
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EYMP3-5.1 Identify balanced meals‚ snacks and drinks for children in their early years‚ following current government guidance on nutritional needs. Children should be encouraged to eat a varied diet. Setting a schedule for meals and snacks will help keep the children satisfied through the day and avoid them asking at various hours for food. They should eat foods from each of the five main food groups every day. The five main food groups are: 1. bread‚ other cereals and potatoes 2. fruit and vegetables
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Working with children under any setting is always a challenge but it becomes a legal challenge when it comes to children and confidentiality. Counseling minors is a tricky business because they have the same rights as clients‚ but they also don’t have the same rights as regular clients because they are minors and can not truly consent‚ and in a sense have limited confidentiality. According to the ACA 2014 code of ethics counselors “respect the inherent rights and responsibilities of parents/guardians
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Gandhi Research Summary Mahatma Gandhi was born on the 2nd of October 1869 and he died on the 30th of January 1948. Gandhi was born in Porbander in western India. In 1888‚ he went to London to study law. He returned to Bombay to work as a barrister but went to South Africa to work in 1907. In South Africa‚ he took part in passive protests against the Transvaal government’s treatment of Indian settlers who were in the minority in the region. In 1915‚ he returned to India and‚ after joining
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Should the UK Have fully written constitution? UK has partly an unwritten and uncodified constitution. Such a system‚ like any other‚ has their advantages and disadvantages‚ but because of their unusual system there are a lot of disputes around it. A big question at hand is: “Should the constitution be fully written or not?” A codified constitution means that all the points and laws are written and could be read‚ such a constitution typically occurs at some critical moment in a country’s history
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Analyse different approaches to the study of metal health and illness. Mental health refers to our cognitive‚ and/or emotional well being and is all about how we think‚ feel and behave. Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK have a mental health problem at some point in their life. Mental health can affect daily life‚ relationships and can even affect physical health. For an individual to enjoy life‚ it is desirable to attain a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological
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Working with Children & Young People with Autism The Austrian psychologist Dr Leo Kanner first used the term autism in 1943‚ but it wasn’t until 1996 that the phrase Autistic Spectrum Disorder was coined by Dr Lorna Wing to identify a whole range of disorders affecting the development of social interaction‚ communication and social imagination‚ know as the Triad of Impairments. The spectrum includes classic autism‚ asperger syndrome‚ childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive development
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provided with better food‚ nutritious and well balanced‚ which may not be possible in a big family. The child can have better and a variety of clothing. Besides these the child can get good education. He may go to a good school because the parents can afford to meet the expenses. Good education means good books‚ good teachers and good tools. For instance‚ where there are many children an average parent cannot find means to provide books for everyone. Because of better attention to his education
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How does the Reggio Emilia Approach support the themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage? ‘A Reggio pre-school is a special kind of place‚ one in which young human beings are invited to grow in mind‚ in sensibility and in belonging to a broader community.’ (Learning and teaching Scotland‚ 2006) For this case study I am going to look at the four themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage‚ also known as the EYFS. The EYFS sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure
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child is brought up on a council estate in poor housing they are more likely to have health problems. If parents are not working or have low income jobs they are likely to buy cheaper food and usually this means lower quality which can lead to health problems. Children and their families may have lower expectations. They might settle for the life that id mapped out. If a child lives in high rise flats or appartments they have less oppportunities to play. In poor quality housing there may not be a garden
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