The documented case of Betty Topper: In September 1999 police found six-year-old girl Betty Topper chained to a bed with ’what appeared to be’ a dog leash‚ after they got a tip from an anonymous caller who said the child had not been seen in years. Her mother Cyndi Topper later confessed that she had been chained there for five years. When police searched the house (located in Norco‚ California)‚ it was covered with garbage from the floor to the ceiling and there were human and animal faeces everywhere
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The Situation of Filipino Children and Young People Almost half of the population in the Philippines are children. With a fast population growth a year‚ the government has a difficult task in providing children with enough resources to ensure their rights. For many adults and children‚ a 15-year-old who bears a child willingly or unwillingly ceases to be a girl-child but a young mother. An 11-year-old who takes on the task of tilling the fields ceases to be a boy but a labouring farmhand. A 16-year-old
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Identification and Assessment of Children with hearing Impairment The Assessment program for children with hearing impairment includes: 1. Audio logical Evaluation Audiology- is the science of testing and evaluating hearing ability to detect and describe hearing impairments. Audio logical evaluation- is done by an audiologist through the use of sophisticated instruments and techniques. Audiometer- is an electronic device that generates sounds at different levels of intensity and frequency
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Sierra Furtado Neil Campbell ENG 1010 2.21.13 China’s Invisible Children & The One Child Law. “In order to stabilize the world’s population‚” wrote Jacques Yves Cousteau “350‚000 must be eliminated per day.” This powerfully haunting statement has been regulated and reinforced in China‚ by their government‚ since 1979. Although Chinese officials don’t eradicate nearly even a quarter as many lives daily‚ their One Child Law does put a reasonable dent into the lives that are brought into the
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proposals that were published in order to raise discussion on the matter‚ Every Child Matters. This then produced The Children Act 2004 which is an update to the main legislation of the Children Act 1989 that covers the child protection. The Every Child Matters covers include children and young adults up to the age of 19 years and 24 years for the ones with disabilities. The Children Act 2004 focuses on 5 main points:- 1. Be healthy 2. Stay safe 3.
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The Children Act 1989 states that in matters concerning the upbringing of a child "the child ’s welfare shall be the court ’s paramount consideration". Introduction This essay will critically evaluate the extent to which if at all the principle that "the Childs welfare shall be the courts paramount decision." The critical analysis of this will be done in context to health care and children. The discussion will include current relevant statute law not only from English courts‚ but also law and legislation
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This essay will examine the past and present social policy regarding looked after children in the UK‚ dating back to the late 1970’s. It will examine how the policy has evolved over the last thirty years‚ and whether political and economical influences have impacted on its development. This essay will also seek to explore what impact the policies regarding looked after children have on the members of society it is aimed at assisting. The definition of a ‘looked after child’ is an individual‚ up
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Outcome 1 1. Discuss the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people (1.1) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international human rights treaty which grants all children and young people an inclusive set of rights‚ including the right to express their views and have them taken into account in all matters affecting them‚ the right to play‚ rest
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Local authorities have a duty to work under the Children Act 1989 and Children act 2004 to safeguard and promote the welfare of children who are in need and have an obligation of ensuring that children in need of protection in their areas are protected from significant harm. Policies which safeguard schools must develop a range of policies which ensure the safety‚ security and well-being of their pupils. These will set out the responsibilities of staff and the procedures that they must follow. Policies
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Group Living for Children and Young People 1.1‚ 1.2‚1‚3‚1‚4. The concept of “children’s rights” is something that some people find difficult‚ and many people fail to understand. It is easily trivialised‚ and yet it addresses issues central to the safety‚ well-being and development of our youngest citizens‚ and indeed our society as a whole. Children’s rights and interests are often forgotten and the very rationale for the Convention on the Rights of the Child was that children require special protection:
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