Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people 1. Explain the importance of safeguarding children and young people All practitioners have a duty to ensure the safety of children in their care. Children (in most cases) are unable to tell anyone if they are being abused‚ either out of fear‚ shame or because they are too young. Some children may even not
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Child and Adolescents Development Theories The first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development was Jean Piaget in the 1920’s. “Piaget believed that human beings organize new information in two ways: through assimilation and through accommodation” (Rathus 241). He showed that children think in dramatically different ways than adults. There are three basic components to Piaget’s Cognitive Theory are schemas‚ the processes of adaption‚ and four stages of development. Piaget
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TASK : 1.DEFINE ENVIRONMENT. 2.IDENTIFY THE IDEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD Environment literally means surrounding and everything that affect an organism during its lifetime is collectively known as its environment. It could be a physical element that includes the built in environment‚ natural environment
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Child/Family Observation Paper Sarah Walker Morgan O’Leary PSYC 2103: Human Growth and Development October 13‚ 2011 AM Introduction This paper is a child/family observation and assessment of a child in the life-span development stage of early childhood‚ so between the ages of 2-6. In the early childhood stage‚ children are entering the “play” years. They have vivid imaginations and rapid growth in language and cognitive development. Observation in the assessment of a child is very important
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main 4 are: Physical development‚ movements; Intellectual development‚ thinking and learning; social‚ emotional and behavioural development‚ child’s self- confidence to control his social‚ emotional and behaviour; communication and language development‚ to be able to talk and understand. My chosen age range is 2-3 years old and the two areas of development I have chosen are physical development and communication and language development. Physical development allows a child to explore and learn
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Infant Stages of Development Bonnie Woolson-Smith ECE332: Child Development Instructor Cindy Combs July 16‚ 2011 “For infants and toddlers learning and living is the same thing. If they feel secure‚ treasured‚ loved‚ their own energy and curiosity will bring them new understanding and new skills” (http://quotes.dictionary.com). There are many factors that contribute to an infant or toddler’s development; these characteristics are known as milestones. “Milestones are punctuations
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1.0 introduction In the study of development‚ nurture is defined as the environmental conditions that influence a child’s development (T. M McDevitt and J. E. Ormrod ‚ 2010). A child ’s home environment‚ friends with whom he spends time with‚ the food that he eats and the types of movies he watches -- not to mention the content and or education background – are all the factors that influence his physical‚ social and cognitive development in both positive and negative perspective. In this paper
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the stages of development a child/young person may pass through within the age ranges: 0-3 years 3-5 years 5-8 years 8-12 years 13-19 years. Physical Development Babies all grow at different rates but in the same order. One 12 month old may be walking unaided‚ another may not even be sitting up alone. Several different factors can influence physical development‚ such as nutrition‚ genetics‚ culture‚ body build and birth size. Achievements that children reach in development are often called
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Child Development Project CYP Level 3 Main principles of development: The main principles of development are: * Physical development – gross and fine motor skills * Communication development * Social development * Emotional development * Intellectual development * Moral development Sequences of development: Sequences of development are the order in which children develop; all children follow the same sequence of development but at different
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Child Development Final Exam Review Sheet 1. Issues in Developmental Psychology Ch. 1‚ p. 1-24 a. Nature/Nurture i. twin & adoption studies b. Continuity/Discontinuity c. Active Child- children contribute to their own dev. From early in life‚ and contributions increase as they grow older d. Sociocultural Differences i. Sleeping patterns e. SES f. Romanian orphanage study/sensitive periods 2. Theories of Development Ch. 1‚ p. 1-24 a. Plato emphasized self control and discipline
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