required in all aspects of working with children. Communicating with the child’s parents is very important‚ and because the parents are the child’s first educator/main carer‚ it is important that their wishes are met and understood. As part of skill to be able to communicate effectively with parents‚ it is necessary to build up trust within that professional relationship because; the parent might not feel comfortable talking about a problem with the practitioner and this might affect the child badly if it’s
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of all ages‚ gender and ethnicities. But unfortunately‚ how death is viewed it has become more and more difficult for parents to talk with their children about death. Many parents not enough to talk or discuss death to their children until someone close to family dies‚ but even then children are simply told that someone they know has pasted away. Children have a very difficult time to understanding what death really means and must learn how deal with lose of someone they know internally. Due to
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– An Introduction to Working with Children There are three types of sectors that support children and their families in the UK today. These are; the statutory sector; the voluntary sector; and the private/independent sector. The statutory sector‚ also known as the public sector‚ includes health‚ social care and education services that are provided by the county and funded by the government through taxes. The state is required by law to ensure that all children receive education‚ and
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Development of children and young people The development of children and young people‚ so called the period from the birth through to 19 years‚ is divided into five major areas: physical‚ intellectual‚ communication and language‚ social‚ emotional and behavioural. Often called with the acronym SPICE‚ all those areas are very important to individual growth and can affect one another. Physical Development The activities performed in this area are grouped by two categories: Gross motor skills
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When I first walk into the childcare they children was in circle time. I sat at a round table to watch how the children interact with the teacher. It was this one child who stood out to me‚ her name is DW she was sitting by herself as if she didn’t want to participate with the other children. The teacher would go sit by DW and talk to her to try to get her to interact with her peers. So as they transition from circle time to block area DW would go get the blocks off the shelf and pour them on the
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2.3 – Explain how theories of development and frameworks to support development influence current practice. Cognitive Jean Piaget (1896-1980) A Swish developmental psychologist Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development focusses on how children acquire knowledge and learn. He believed that when a child and an adult are given the same logical question children gave less sophisticated answers‚ not because they were less competent than the adults but because children are born with an extremely
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Piaget ’s Theory of Cognitive Development Jean Piaget was born on August9‚ 1896‚ in the French speaking part of Switzerland. At an early age he developed an interest in biology‚ and by the time he had graduated from high school he had already published a number of papers. After marrying in 1923‚ he had three children‚ whom he studied from infancy. Piaget is best known for organizing cognitive development into a series of stages- the levels of development corresponding too infancy‚ childhood
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Reflecting on my Own Development as a Writer EN101: English Composition I‚ was my first college class. With mixed emotions‚ both excited and nervous‚ I knew it was important for me to do well in the course as it would set the tone for all of my upcoming classes. So‚ with great determination to gain new writing and reading comprehension skills (and a little apprehension)‚ I signed up. It is no secret‚ even as far back as my high school English days‚ I never liked anything dealing with punctuation
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influences that harm fetal development (Berk‚2008). They come from a variety of external influences that include mother’s nutrition‚ medications‚ Stress of the mother‚ pollutants‚ injury‚ disease or illness. These environmental influences impact fetal growth. Teratogens are not the only cause of birth defects. Genetics also play a role in fetal development and both teratogens and genetics can cause damage together. Not only does the environment have an important influence on development this also includes
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UNIT 6: WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG CHILDREN 1.3: FUNCTIONS OF EXTERNAL AGENCIES I have a responsibility to help the children in my care achieve the 5 outcomes of the UK Government Initiative Every Child Matters (ECM) – Be Healthy‚ Stay Safe‚ Enjoy & Achieve‚ Make a positive contribution and Achieve economic wellbeing. It is important that I contact and utilise other professionals to help achieve these outcomes. This is
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