Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) scheme with a more comprehensive system and ensure a safe workforce for those who work with vulnerableadults.ISA is responsible for maintaining a list of people who are not suitable to work with vulnerable individuals. Employers in the Care sector must carry out a background checks on all staff and to report to ISA any concerns. The Domestic Violence‚ Crime and Victims Act 2004 explicitly states that it is a criminal offence to physically or sexually abuse
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Intellectual disability (ID) is defined as the presence of incomplete mental development (Katz & Lazcano-Ponce‚ 2008). An intelligence quotient (IQ) score below 70-75 is commonly used to diagnose ID‚ and in affected children‚ observable deficits in linguistic‚ social‚ and cognitive skills reveal underlying delays in their development. ID may result from various developmental disorders such as Down and Fragile-X syndromes. Symptoms of ID in children include poorer long-term memory (LTM) than peers
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Outcome 1 Understand the main characteristics of autistic spectrum conditions Autism spectrum condition affects a range of different individuals and is a spectrum condition and affects people in a number of different ways. It is important when supporting an individual with autism to identify and recognise each individuals’ abilities – what they can do successfully‚ needs – what the individual needs support with‚ strengths and gifts – what the individual is good at‚ what they have a real talent
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Supporting Notes Section 1 The play me and my group chose to do was ‘Private Lives’ by Noel Coward. The play Private Lives focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new partners in neighbouring rooms at the same hotel. Even though they had a difficult relationship they realise that they still have feelings for each other. We chose this play as we had the right amount of people needed so we each had a character. We also found this play to be quite comedic and
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Intellectual Disabilities Throughout the history of mankind it has been noted that no person is the same. Everybody is unique in their own way shape or form. However some people differ from the average humans from rare disorders or illnesses which separate them from living a normal life. Did you know one in five Americans experienced some sort of mental illness in 2010‚ according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration? About 5 percent of Americans have
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INDIVIDUAL PROJECT THREE NAME: JAMES LETHCO TOPIC: ARE TATTOOS APPROPRIATE IN THE WORKPLACE? BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION STRATEGY USED: After I choose the topic sentence to write about‚ I used freewriting as one of my invention strategies. I like using freewriting when beginning a writing assignment because when you have your topic sentence in front of you and start concentrating on your topic‚ the writing process begins to flow more freely from thought to paper. The key to freewriting is to write
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have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most children of the same age. These children may need extra or different help from that given to other children of the same age. It is important that early identification and intervention (The Special Educational Needs Code of Practise 2001) of SEN needs is put in place to minimise any distress to the child and greater benefit learning. Special educational needs can range from a mild and temporary learning difficulty
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Human Resource Management Individual Assignment Name: Chui Wing Yin Cherry Student No.: 10554678 Cathay Pacific is an international flag carrier of Hong Kong‚ which provide airline’s operations include scheduled passenger and cargo services to 168 destinations in 42 countries worldwide‚ including codeshares and joint ventures‚ with a fleet of wide-body aircraft‚ consisting of Airbus A330‚ Airbus A340‚ Boeing 747 and Boeing 777 equipment. However the carrier has been looking to turn around
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Disability Rights Movement In 1817‚ the American School for Deaf was founded in Hartford Connecticut. This was the first school for disabled children in the Western Hemisphere. Although this was not the beginning of the Disability Rights Movement‚ it was a start to society‚ making it possible for people to realize that there were those with disabilities out there in the world and something had to be done. The Disability Rights Movement fought for equal access‚ opportunity‚ consideration‚ and basic
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Americans with Disabilities Act The Americans with Disabilities Act Overview of the ADA of 1990 including its intended purpose‚ and what governmental agency oversees ADA claims The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) of 1990 was enacted by the United States Congress‚ signed into law by George H.W. Bush on July 26‚ 1990‚ and amended in 2009 where some changes were introduced to the act. ADA is a civil rights’ law that was intended to check against discrimination that can be encountered by disabled
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