Book Review: “Is Voting for Young People?” (2E) by Martin Wattenberg Watternberg‚ Martin. Is Voting for Young People? With a Postscript on Citizen Engagement‚ 2nd edition. Harlow: Longman‚ 2007. In this concise work of political science‚ Professor Wattenberg of UC Irvine sketches the outline of a potentially serious problem facing modern democracies: the ever-declining political awareness and participation among youth. Wattenberg analyzes election surveys and public opinion polls in order to ascertain
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Describe how domestic abuse affects children and young people Sablehouse (2013) state that all children are affected by the violence in their homes. Regardless of whether or not our children have been physically abused‚ watching their mother being battered is a frightening experience. Children from violent homes can exhibit a variety of behaviours. Some may "act out" and may be viewed as delinquent. Others work very hard to excel at every endeavour in an attempt to keep the family peace. Living
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TDA 3.6: 2. Understand the Impact of Prejudice and Discrimination on Children and Young People Prejudice is a cultural attitude that rests on negative stereotypes about individuals or groups because of their cultural‚ religious‚ racial‚ or ethnic background. Discrimination is the active denial of desired goals from a category of persons. A category can be based on sex‚ ethnicity‚ nationality‚ religion‚ language‚ or class. More recently‚ disadvantaged groups now also include those based on
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Outcome 1 Promote equality and diversity in work with children and young people 1.1 Current legislation and codes of practice Every Child Matters 2003 and Children Act 2004 These were put into place to ensure that all organisations and agencies involved with children between birth and 19 years should work together ensure that children have the support needed to be healthy‚ stay safe‚ enjoy and achieve‚ make a positive contribution and ahieve economic well-being. The key aspect of the Act was
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Political Science 298 Book Review November 6th‚ 2012 Danny Fitzpatrick Is Voting For Young People? The main point according Martin P. Wattenberg in Is Voting For Young People is that young people today do not vote during elections as much compared to other voting groups. Young people today are politically unengaged. “These state patterns of voting participation can be confirmed on the national level by the Census Bureau’s 2010 survey data. Among U
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eventually mastered. Why then do we expect children to be able to communicate with us correctly all of the time? Working with children requires us to build positive relationships with them quickly‚ but also in ways that are professional. The quality of the relationships that we have with children and young people has a huge effect on the way in which we can work with them. Positive relationships with children and young people are important as when children feel comfortable they can separate more
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CYP 3.5 Develop positive relationships with children‚ young people and others involved in their care Question 1.1 – Explain why positive relationships with children are important‚ how these are built and maintained‚ consider: • Communicating effectively • Identifying and sorting out conflicts • Being consistent and fair • Showing respect and courtesy • Valuing and respecting individuality etc. Good relationships are vital when dealing with children and their parents or carers‚ both should
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Gathered by the survey conducted‚ the public’s perceptions of the health of young people differ between each individual according to their lifestyle‚ education and age‚ and have many similarities and differences in comparison to the 2011 report of young Australians and their health and wellbeing. The idea generated of young people’s health in Australia ‚ collected by statements and opinions of the people surveyed‚ was seen to have improved greatly over the years due to things such as influences in the
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UNDERSTANDING HOW TO SAFEGUARD THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ASSIGNMENT 026 TASK A Danielle Hall SECTION 1(Ref 1.1)PG1 THE MAIN CURRENT LEGISLATION‚ GUIDELINES‚ POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITHIN OWN UK HOME NATION FOR SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AS FOLLOWS‚ SAFEGUARDING (Local safeguarding Children Board‚ Children’s Act 1989‚ Protection of Children’s Act 1999‚ The Children’s Act (every child matters 2004) and Safeguarding Vulnerable Group’s Act 2006)‚ Data Protection
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Assignment Overview Introduction This assignment is intended to provide evidence of a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of children and young people’s development birth to 19 years. By completing all tasks within the assignment‚ the candidate will provide evidence that meets the Learning Outcomes and assessment criteria for Unit 022‚ Understand Child and Young Person Development. Tasks There are five tasks to this assignment. A Complete tables; Questions B Complete table; Report
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