Technology-integration in Old Age Homes in India A Status Paper Sugan Bhatia‚ Ph.D. President Indian University Association for Continuing Education Delhi 1.1 The elderly (aged 60 years and above) in India account for more than 9 percent of the total population. The National Population Commission estimated that the population of the elderly is expected to grow from 71 million in 2001 to 173 million in 2026. This demographic scenario appears to indicate a very precarious condition for the older persons
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CACHE Level 3 Award‚ Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education Unit 1 An Introduction to working with children E1 – Describe three different types of settings which provide care and education for children in your area. There are three types of settings that provide education and also care for children these are called the Statutory Sector‚ Voluntary Sector and the Private Sector. They all have specific jobs/roles‚ each providing services aimed at different people.
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personnel are based on correlational research‚ in which variables are measured and the statistical association between them is assessed. A statistically significant correlation between two variables indicates that the variables are associated‚ and that this association is unlikely to have arisen by chance. For example‚ a significant positive correlation between stress and absenteeism means that in general‚ individuals who are experiencing higher stress tend to be absent from work more often than individuals
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Animal "Languages" From: Fromkin‚ Victoria‚ et al. 2007. An Introduction to Language. 8th Edition. Boston: Cengage. Is language the exclusive property of the human species? The idea of talking animals is as old and as widespread among human societies as language itself. All cultures have legends in which some animal plays a speaking role. All over West Africa‚ children listen to folktales in which a "spider-man" is the hero. "Coyote" is a favorite figure in many Native American tales‚ and many an
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Age and Language Learning The Relationship between Age and Language Learning What is the relationship between age and language learning ? There are many prejudices‚ myths‚ misunderstandings and misconceptions about the abilities or inabilities of the language learners of different ages. There are manyquestion about this where nobody has an exact answer for it. • Do children learn language quicker than adults ? • Is it impossible for adults to achieve fluency in any additional language
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to help identify children at risk and prevent those who are not yet at risk becoming at risk. Early intervention is crucial to lessen the likelihood of developmental delay. There are several ways of carrying out monitoring/observations to gather the necessary information. In all of them it is crucial to involve parents and any staff that have contact with that child and also to focus on the positive as well as any negative aspects of care. Methods of observation include: 1. Checklist The
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Unit 303 Support learning activities In the class I work in there a 9 pupils age ranging from 5 – 6 years old. All the children are from different generic groups. Art is the specific activity I have chosen to write about‚ our topic for this term is winter/cold. We are all going to support the children to do mosaic/collage pictures representing cold. The particular child I was working with is diagnosed PMLD and has more vision in her left eye than her right eye. I prepared the different
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Gemma Mildenhall Student Number: 20977113 NCFE Number: 102475887 Task 1 1:1 * Explain why effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children‚ young people and adults. Effective communication is essential for developing effective working relationships with colleagues‚ parents and pupils. The first step towards effective communication with adults and children is being able to listen attentively to what they have to say. Nearly all breakdowns in communication
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Developmental speech and language disorders‚ Academic skills disorders‚ "Other‚" a catch-all that includes certain coordination disorders and learning handicaps not covered by the other terms Once‚ scientists thought that all learning disabilities were caused by a single neurological problem. But research supported by NIMH has helped us see that the causes are more diverse and complex. New evidence seems to show that most learning disabilities do not stem from a single‚ specific area of the brain‚ but
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technique that has been used for centuries in order to express ridicule on government and society. However‚ the satirist of the past and those of today have different motives and purposes to their use of satire. What is being experienced today is a negative and inappropriate use of it. The question must be asked - under which circumstances and where is the line drawn that constitutes what is inappropriate? By moral standards‚ there will be disagreement between people in America‚ but as U.S. citizens
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