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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CYP: 3.3; Understand How To Safeguard the Well- being Of Children and Young People. 1.1; A good knowledge of current legislation and guidelines are extremely important as the welfare of the children in your care is paramount‚ therefore we as practitioners must work alongside the guidelines‚ policies and procedures‚ and always follow legislation. * The UNCRC (1989) is a treaty that the UK signed up to in 1991. It is a set of articles that include ‘the rights of a child to be kept safe’. Article
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behaviour need to be adapted depending on the age of the child or young person. The level of attention a child will need will depend on their age: younger children will need more attention as they require higher levels of reassurance especially when adapting to a new environment such as starting school or moving into a new class. Providing reassurance when doing a new task helps to improve a child’s independence and confidence: children are more likely to try something new as they will realise it is
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legislations relating to the safeguarding of children and young people within our own UK Home Nation. Thes have come about over a number of years in response to an increased focus on the need to protect vulnerable children and young people‚ to ensure that multi agencies work together sharing information and to provide comprehensive support services so as to avoid another tragic death such as Victoria Climbie‚ and also to ensure the recognition of the rights of children as individuals with their own entitlements
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Unit 10 Support children and young people’s positive behaviour Outcome 1: know the policies and procedures of the setting for promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour. 1. Describe the policies and procedures of the settings relevant to promoting children and young people. Policies and procedures are in place for the safety of the children and to help follow the ‘every child matters’ there are many policies in place to adhere to promoting positive behaviour. These can be as follows:
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3:4 Support children and young people ’s health and safety learning outcome 1: Understand how to provide environments and services that support children and people ’s health and safety. 1:1Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. It is important when planning and setting up learning activities that indoor and outdoor environments are hazard free and that staff and pupils will be able to work safely. The following
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Children Disagreements with other people is something that we will all encounter at various points in our lives. It is therefore important from an early age that we learn how to manage disagreements and move on successfully from them. Children need to be taught from a young age that it is a normal part of growing up to have occasional arguments and disagreements‚ to fall-out with friends‚ from time to time‚ and not always to get on with other people. It is important that you take the time
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environment for play and give the children the opportunity to have a wide range of play experiences. Every child is different so each child will respond in different ways to play‚ whereas some children may like doing the same thing for a long time‚ others may want to change what they are playing with after a short length of time. Some children may not like certain activities or toys so it is important to be flexible when planning the activities so that the children can develop their own interests‚
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FINAL DRAFT Children and Young People’s Core Unit 3.3 24 November 2009 Children and Young People’s Core Unit 3.3: Understand how to Safeguard the well being of Children and Young People Title Unit 3.3: Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people 3 3 Assessment criteria The learner can: 1.1. Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people 1.2. Explain child protection
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Assistant 1 Introduction This assignment should demonstrate the importance of supporting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality of access and also the importance and benefits of valuing and promoting cultural diversity in work with children and young people. 1.2 Describe the importance of supporting their rights of all children and young people to participation and equality of access. All pupils have the right to a broad and balanced curriculum this must
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