Unit 024 – Promote child and Young Person Development Outcome 1) Be able to assess the development needs of children or young people and prepare a development plan 1. Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development You can assess a child’s development by doing a variety of different observations; narrative‚ tracker‚ language and video but you must also take into account confidentiality. Before carrying out observations you must get permission from the parent’s
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social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Diversity: Diversity means that every individual is different and unique. No matter what your language‚ race‚ sexual orientation‚ gender‚ age‚ religion or physical ability‚ we all form one diverse group. You will never find two people exactly the same as everyone is from different backgrounds and walks of life. I see a diverse group in my setting as all the children are from different backgrounds. I personally think that children need to
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Physical Development Birth to 3 month Babies develop basic reflexes that they need to survive e.g. sucking‚ swallowing‚ coughing‚ gagging‚ elimination‚ grasping‚ blinking and startling Babies keep their hands clenched in fist most of the time Babies can turn from side to back Arm and leg movements are jerky and uncontrolled Babies turn their head towards the light an stare at bright and shiny objects Babies use their fingers to grasp the carers fingers Can lift head and chest off
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516 1.1) The policies‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people all stem from the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman by Ian Huntley. From this horrific act of evil the Safeguarding Vulnerable Group Act 2006 was born (see evidence ‘6’ – 520 1.3). Another public enquiry was set up to address the failure of the law after the death of Victoria Climbié. Within this enquiry‚ Lord Laming called for changes to be made in child protection policies. From this there was
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Fostering Literacy Development in Young Children (783 words) In the modern society‚ words are everywhere. They are on signs‚ labels‚ in books‚ on computer screens‚ TVs‚ advertisements‚ and many other materials that exist within the immediate environment. It is because of this that young children are aware of words and letters even if they cannot yet comprehend the respective meanings. Young children can often recognize such environmental print as a stop sign‚ or certain labels‚ or product brand
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and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children and young people: Personal choice – Some families decide they don’t want to live the way what is viewed as the social norm for example travellers‚ the outcome of this factor is there may be people which wont be able to relate to the child or young person’s families view. If the child is from a travelling family there is always a possibility because the child may be changing schools a lot they could be behind in development. A family that
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2 task2 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal and external factors. 2.1 And 2.2 Personal Factors * During pregnancy-: If the mother smokes ‚takes drugs‚ becomes ill or suffers from stress or anxiety this can result in premature birth and health problems for the baby such as -: low birth weight‚ undeveloped organs‚ problems with sight and hearing. These are all problems that could delay their development. Some children are born with conditions
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------------------------------------------------- Understanding safeguarding of children and young people For those working in the adult sector Unit 516 Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) 1 Understand the Policies‚ Procedures and Practices for safe working with children and young adults Firstly before any legislation that a child is assessed under‚ an assessment has to be carried out to ascertain the following: * Gathering of information
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Working with Children & Young People with Autism The Austrian psychologist Dr Leo Kanner first used the term autism in 1943‚ but it wasn’t until 1996 that the phrase Autistic Spectrum Disorder was coined by Dr Lorna Wing to identify a whole range of disorders affecting the development of social interaction‚ communication and social imagination‚ know as the Triad of Impairments. The spectrum includes classic autism‚ asperger syndrome‚ childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive development disorder
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welfare of children and young people- The children act 1989-The main concepts of this act are parental responsibility‚ the welfare of the child and partnership and cooperation from all associated services. In summary the act states that the mental and physical well-being of the child is above all else and appropriate steps need to be taken to ensure this. The protection of children act 1999- The act created a system for identifying persons considered to be unsuitable to work with children. This
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