years from 2005 to 2007 teen birth rates started to increase due to women neglecting contraception usage because of the expensive prices they couldn’t afford. According to the chart provided by the Censes for Disease Control and Prevention website‚ teen pregnancies then dropped immediately in 2010 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). On March 23 of the year 2010‚ the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama (EHealth Insurance). In that same year that
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Safeguarding Children and Young People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of current provisions for safeguarding children and young people with Autism‚ whilst paying attention to proposed and current legislation and reports/ policy initiatives from a UK and Welsh perspectives. The rationale for this paper is because the writer has a nine year old autistic child. All children’s welfare is underpinned by legislation‚ leaving parents and adults
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Nutrition in Children and Young People Within this essay I am going to discuss nutrition in children. The definition of nutrition is (Oxford‚ 2013) the process of providing or obtaining food necessary for growth and development. I will consider why nutrition is important; looking at how it benefits children‚ how we get nutrients from food and what nutrients we get from our food‚ as well as looking at a balanced diet. I will then focus my research down into looking at breastfeeding and the composition
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Explain the reasons why children and young people’s development may not follow the expected pattern Q: Explain the reasons why children and young people’s development may not follow the expected pattern. The child: There are many factors that influence a child/young persons development such as health issues‚ personal characteristics‚ motivation to learn‚ behaviour‚ sensory impairment‚ disability and learning difficulties. Even before birth a child needs to reach many milestones and however
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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 a new incentive born called
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One – Child and young person development Task 2 – Explain the difference between sequence of development and rate of development and why the difference is important. The sequence of development is the order in which development takes place. Although some stages of development may be missed (for example some babies do not crawl and go straight from shuffling to walking) the sequence is usually followed by children and the order usually remains the same. The rate of development is the time-frame
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Discuss the transition faced by the children/young people in your setting. Explain how the children and their parents/ carers are affected by these changes and reflect on the most appropriate ways to respond with reference to workplace policies and procedures. Suggest relevant further sources of information and support for the children‚ young people and their parents/ carers. Introduction This assignment will discuss the transitions faced by children and their parents including horizontal
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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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below: Discuss the importance of play in children’s learning and development‚ focussing on the period from birth to six years. Task 1 Introduction Essay: Why is play important? Increases children’s knowledge and understanding‚ offers opportunities for testing boundaries and so on. Various types of play and the skills gained through participation in each type‚ eg Symbolic Play‚ Dramatic Play‚ Mastery Play. Experiences of play from birth. Early attachment promotion. Play activities and repetition.
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fostering children and young people Standard 2: Understand your role as a foster carer Standard 3: Understand health and safety and safer caring Standard 4: Know how to communicate effectively Standard 5: Understand the development of children and young people Standard 6: Keep children and young people safe from harm Standard 7: Develop yourself Standard 1: Understand the principles and values essential for fostering children and young people 1.1a What
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