2.1 Describe with examples the kinds of influences that affect children and young people’s development including: background‚ health and environment. Background Children will be part of different ethnic backgrounds‚ cultures‚ environments and circumstances; with their families going through different changes school may not be aware of it. Deprivation and poverty can effect pupil’s development‚ statistics show that children who come from deprived backgrounds are less likely to achieve well in
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During the different stages of development‚ children end up going through many different changes‚ which each child develops differently they also go through the stages differently. When looking into Piagets Theory it is a way to help understand the developments along with the stages of children‚ such as each stage describes children’s way of thinking along with cognitive development. Piagets Theory focuses on the Development of the children not just the learning. The stages of Piagets theory is designed
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506.4 ‘Children and young people naturally pass through a number of stages as they grow and develop. Often‚ they will also be expected to cope with changes such as movement from primary to secondary school and‚ for children with disabilities or chronic ill health‚ from children’s to adults’ services. Such changes are commonly referred to as transitions. Some children may have to face very particular and personal transitions not necessarily shared or understood by all their peers. These include:
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Poverty Children Brittney Montoya Bio 121 - Environmental Conservation Colorado State University – Global Campus Jennifer Feighny November 16‚ 2012 After reading that 500 children age 5 and younger die each day (14 per minute) from preventable malnutrition and infectious disease‚ it makes me think of my children and how I need to change the way my family and I live. Unfortunately‚ before this class I considered environmental problems out of sight‚ out of mind. Some basic causes of environmental
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2.1‚ 2.2 and 2.3. a) Give an explanation of how children and young people’s development is influenced by: - a range of external factors (poverty and deprivation‚ family environment and background‚ personal choices‚ looked after/care status‚ education) - a range of personal factors (health status‚ disability‚ sensory impairment‚ learning difficulties) b) Explain how current practice is influenced by: - theories of development (cognitive (e.g. Piaget)‚ psychoanalytic (e.g. Freud)
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These days children and young people are involved in many issues in society which can/may affect their lives. Religion is all across the UK now and many children who live here have a different type of religion. Religions have different rules to others and this can affect children because of them (rules). For example if a Muslim child is friends with a child who doesn’t have a religion and that child can go out in the street or can sleep out‚ the child who is Muslim might not be able to do that and
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Support Children and Young People ’s Health and Safety This essay will provide knowledge and understanding of supporting children and young people ’s health and safety. In my placement there are many policies regarding health and safety when working with children. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Act 1999 and The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 require all schools to have policies and procedures to ensure the safety of staff and children. If the policies and procedures are not in
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Sociocultural Learning Affects the Development of Children ECE 101 Professor Kara Bullock Chakera Simon October 12‚ 2010 Sociocultural Learning Affects the Development of Children Lev Vygotsky believed that children learn from their own experience. As a teacher I have grown to learn that Vygotsky’s findings are true in so many ways. Just from watching the children in my classroom I see that the Zone of Proximal Development and Scaffolding play a huge part in the development of a child. Lev Vygotsky
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Understanding safeguarding of children and young people ( for those working in the adult sector ) 1:1 Some of the Policies and procedures along with practices include : The Children Act 1989 allocated duties to local authorities‚ courts‚ parents and other agencies in the United Kingdom‚ to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. Its focus is on the idea that children are best cared for within their own families; however‚ it also makes provisions for instances
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welfare of children and young people Task A 1. The Children Act 1989 - 2004 is the most relevant legislation for safeguarding children and young people’s welfare. It was first made to give boundaries and support for local authorities for the welfare of children. The act then also made changes to the law that are regulated for children and their safety if they are in foster homes‚ adoption agencies‚ babysitting services and also handling childcare crimes and crimes against children. The children act’s
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