How the TV Affects Children Kimberly Nelson January 24‚ 2011 Kaplan University CM220- Professor Barton True‚ media violence is not likely to turn an otherwise fine child into a violent criminal. But‚ just as every cigarette one smokes increases a little bit the likelihood of a lung tumor someday‚ every violent show one watches increases just a little bit the likelihood of behaving more aggressively in some situations. (Bushman and Huesmann‚ 2006‚ p248). The topic of the effects of the media
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Poverty and the Impact It Has On Children There are currently 3.6 million children living in poverty in the UK. That’s almost a third of all children. 1.6 million of these children live in severe poverty. In the UK 58% of children living in poverty are in a family where someone works. What is child poverty? A family with two adults and two children needs to have £349 each week in order to be above the poverty line. It is a child who does not have access to reasonable level of clothing‚ nutrition
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Promoting Equality And Inclusion I am writing this booklet to inform all members of staff‚ adult carers‚ children and young people about supporting understanding and to raise awareness of equality‚ diversity and inclusion. Equality and inclusion are moral and legal obligations. As a practitioner you have a role in ensuring that in all aspects of your work every personas given opportunities to thrive and prevent any barriers that may stop them from reaching their full potential. Equality
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Unit 334 – Support children and young people health and safety 1.1 When planning an indoor lesson you need to take into account various health and safety factors. These will be that the room you will be taking the lesson in has enough space for the amount of students in the lesson. Students and staff should be able to move around the room without causing any problems for others and be able to locate all necessary materials and any equipment that is needed for the lesson. The lighting in the room
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Unit 334 Support children and young people’s health & safety. Outcome 1: Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health & safety. 1.1 Factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor & outdoor environments & services. • Who needs to access environments & services? I.e. Only staff‚ parents‚ children taking into account age range‚ disabilities. • The schools health & safety policy and who is responsible for
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P4- There is a variety of national initiatives which promote anti-discriminatory practices: Some of these practices are provisions relating to‚ European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950‚ Sex Discrimination Act 1975‚ Mental Health Act 1983‚ Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986‚ The Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989‚ The Children Act 1989‚ Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000‚ Disability Discrimination Act 2005‚ it is important in every work place and setting
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emphasised especially amongst all professionals after the tragic death of Victoria Climbie in 2000 as a result of abuse from her guardians. This brought about a lot of criticism to professionals involved in her care and brought about changes to the Children`s Act 1998 after an intensive inquiry by Lord Lamming. A report was published highlighting the investigations carried out and changes that needed to be made in the Health and Social care system. Communication can be established in different
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I feel like we need to promote electronic cigarettes and ban smoking tobacco. Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480‚000 deaths per year in the United States‚ including nearly 42‚000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure (CDC). Smoking cigarettes effects everyone around you and is more harmful than people think. The chemicals in cigarettes cause various types of deadly issues such as heart attacks‚ lung problems‚ and heart failure‚ and in worse cases‚ cancer. New studies are
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and Safety Always place your baby on his or her back to sleep‚ even for naps. This is the safest sleep position for a healthy baby to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Babies placed on their stomachs to sleep are much more likely to die of SIDS than babies placed on their backs to sleep. Beat the heat and sun Heat-related illness occurs when the body’s temperature control system is overloaded. Those at greatest risk for heat-related illness include infants and children up to
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Unit 027: Support children and young people’s health and safety Outcome 1: Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety Describe the factors you have to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services When planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments or activities with children and young people you must take into consideration these principles: * The age
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