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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Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outcome 1 1) When planning for young people you need to take several factors into account to make sure the environment and services are safe. The first factor is the individual needs‚ ages and abilities of the children and young people. This requires you to work out staff to children ratio’s to make sure there is legally enough staff for the number of children present and to ensure all children will have supervision. Ratio numbers will
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Promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour (1.1) Understanding polices and procedures for promoting children and young people’s behaviour. When managing pupils behaviour‚ all staff are made aware of the school’s behaviour policy.(A brief summary is attached) Every class has a copy which includes anti-bullying and child protection. There is also a Health and Safety policy which is available from the schools office. (brief
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Unit 4 Promote Children and Young People’s positive behaviour A1 Policies and Procedures Task 1 Policy Purpose How you implement the policy Sex Education Effective sex and relationship education is essential if young people are to make responsible and well informed decisions about their lives Support the lead teacher and give accurate and informed information to the young people SEN Ensures that all students with SEN are treated fairly. Work with SEN students Health and safety To keep
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CYP – Core 3.4 – Support Children & Young People’s Health and Safety 1. Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety 1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 covers many health and safety legislations in England and Wales. These include‚ RIDDOR‚ COSHH‚ First Aid‚ Fire Regulations etc. All of
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It is important to adopt a balanced approach to risk management which includes taking into account the child or young person’s age‚ needs and abilities: An activity such as climbing needs to be appropriate for both the age and the ability of the child. Many Adventure Playgrounds and parks have age restricted play areas which take into account the safety of the child‚ for example Harewood House Adventure Playground. The older childs play area is inappropriate for a smaller child‚ with a
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Outcome 1 – Be able to contribute to assessments of the development needs of children and young people Outcome 1 – Be able to contribute to assessments of the development needs of children and young people (1.1) Share your EYFS assessment records and observations with your assessor For confidentiality reasons these records are kept in the office in a locked cabinet. Assessor to confirm that observations are carried out in all areas of development (1.2) List different observation methods and give
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Unit 4 health and safety. 4.3 Evaluate own practice in promoting balanced approach to risk management. It is important you have a balanced approach towards risk assessments. You must always make sure that children are not at any risk but sometimes you may give them the freedom to do something knowing they won’t hurt their self but will learn from it. For example if a child was walking along a balancing beam that wasn’t very high with a soft surface underneath then they wouldn’t be at risk of any
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Learning in Schools Unit 208 Support children and young people’s health and safety Written Questions 1.1 Give examples of how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in your school The Health & Safety Act 1974 – Under this act individuals in any organisation are required to ensure that they report any hazards‚ follow the schools safety policy‚ make sure their actions do not harm themselves or others and use any safety equipment that is provided. There
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1. Understand the current legislative framework and organisational health‚ safety and risk management policies‚ procedures and practices that are relevant to health‚ and social care or children and young people’s settings 1.1 Explain the legislative framework for health‚ safety and risk management in the work setting The basis of British health and safety law is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The Act sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members
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