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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In (19854‚ 2004) Children Act. The children’s act polices were revised and reviewed and although it wasn’t replaced or changed much the green papers introduced every child matters‚ this means that within your care and responsibility the chid/children should remain to be ... Happy‚ Stay Safe‚ Enjoy and achieve which should be within the plans ‚lesson and activities and the children’s general learning through play. The carer should also make a positive contribution and achieve economic well-being.
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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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the setting Protecting Children and Young People: Framework for Scotland Scottish Executive 2004. All Childs and young people in Scotland have the right to be cared for and protected from harm and to grow up in a safe environment in which their rights and needs are respected. Every adult in Scotland has a role in ensuring all the children live safely and can reach their full potential. Parents and carers have the most important role to play‚ whether living with their children or not. Other family members
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(C1) You must analyse HOW the main principles that underpin work with children can support the practitioners’ practice in the setting. The welfare of the child is part of The Children Act 1989‚ and it means we as practitioners have to be reflective on our practice‚ it also means within our practice we have to put the child first. And treating all children so their needs are put first this is important because all children are different. (E8) Working in partnership with parents and families helps
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Unit 3 Assignment: Supporting children- Resubmission E1 E2 A1- There are many legislations today linked with working settings for children. One of these is The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This legislation covers the health and safety for work throughout Great Britain. It states on legislation.gov.uk that The Health and Safety at Work Act is ‘an act to make further provision for securing the health‚ safety and welfare of persons at work‚ for protecting others against risks to health or safety
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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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main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. Outcome 1 “Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from abuse. It protecting children from maltreatment‚ preventing the impairment of children’s health or development‚ ensuring that children’s health or development‚ ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances that provide safe and effective car and helping children to have the best life chances so that they can enter adult
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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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