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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entitlements of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs. Anyone providing services for children with special needs – health‚ education or social service departments‚ as well as voluntary organisations – must act within the legal framework. Legislation can change at any time and all health‚ education and social care practitioners‚ also Early Years workers‚ should be alert to new Acts and Regulations. There have been many changes to legislation in the UK over recent
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2 of 4: Legislation‚ policies and procedures for health‚ safety and security P4 Outline how legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care settings Data Protection Act 1998 The act is protected and covers the individual’s personal data about their living so that the persons are protected from exploitation. (Beryl Stretch‚ 2010) explains this act is important to protect people’s personal belongings and which can cover broadsheet
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SUPPORT POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. 1. Understand the social ‚economic and cultural environment can impact on the outcomes of life chances of children and young people. 1.1Describe the social ‚economic and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children and young people. 1.2Explain the importance and impact of poverty on outcomes and life chances for children and young people. 1.3Explain the role of children and young people’s personal choices and
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The Impact of Divorce on the Family Sociology as defined by Sociology: exploring the architecture of everyday life is the systematic study of human societies (Newman‚ 2012). By studying human societies we can observe and understand how individuals interact with each other in society and the developing global system‚ but in order to understand these relationships we must look at society and the world at a different perspective. In turn a sociologist would be a scientist who studies human societies
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Running head: THE IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN The Impact of Divorce on Children Seathe Stanton Liberty University September 26‚ 2012 Abstract In today’s society there are many children that are affected by their parents getting a divorce or even separating for a long period of time. Children between the ages of 3-5 years old‚ will often time begin to regress against parental split.
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Assignment 31 Understand How to Support Positive Outcomes for Children and Young People 1. – Describe how social‚ economical and cultural factors can impact on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people. Social Factor Lack of social/friendship groups Possible Impact: Children who don’t socialise a lot tend to become isolated and therefore isolate themselves more. They may suffer insecurities about themselves and be withdrawn and shy. They
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Key legislations which govern safeguarding adults work are: Disability Discrimination Act 2010: The Disability Discrimination Act was governed to reduce the discrimination towards disabled people. The Act was passed in 1995 however it has been amended to improve its scope a number of times. The Act also allows carer to not make discrimination against the disabled adults which they are responsible for. Data Protection Act 2003: Data Protection Act is a mandatory law that every health care professional
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CYPCore32-3.1 Explain the features of an environment or service that promotes the development of children and young people. Play areas both indoor and outdoor always attract children and is an excellent source to encourage them to use their learning senses‚ abilities and skills. Number of different entertaining and creative play opportunities should be provided by the practitioners which make these areas interesting and virtually appealing. Practitioners and play areas should be well planned
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Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. By Kimberley Morgan. The United Nations convention on the rights of the child (1989) Built on varied legal systems and cultural traditions‚ the convention is a set of non-negotiable standards and obligations. These basic standards are the minimum requirements that should be respected by all governments. They are founded on respect for the dignity and worth of each individual‚ regardless of race‚ colour‚ gender‚ language‚ religion‚ opinions
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