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Describe with examples the importance of recognising and responding to concerns about children and young people’s development.
The following things would cause concern about a child or young person’s development. If the problem was left untreated then things could get worse, and a delay in treatment could mean that the outcome is not as good as it would have been if treatment was started earlier.
1. Speech / Language.
If a child or young person does not talk to anyone or even only speaks a few words compared to others, this may cause concern. This would socially affect the child or young person’s because they would find it hard to make friends, work in groups or even interact with adults. It would also
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The best way to respond to this concern would to inform the main teacher and also inform the SENCO, so that they can follow it up correctly as the child or young person may have dyslexia.
3. CO-Ordination.
If a child or young person starts to show signs of clumsiness or struggle with their fine motor or gross motor movements then this would cause concern and make you wonder what could be causing this? Their social development may be affected as they may find it hard to interact with other children when playing games in the playground. The child or young person will have problems with fine motor and gross motor skills and therefore may struggle to use a pen/pencil, have hand-eye co-ordination problems, balance and even running. This will also have a knock on affect on them intellectually, because if they are unable to hold a pen/pencil then they will be unable to write. The best way to respond to this concern would yet again inform the child’s teacher and also inform the SENCO, as the child or young person may suffer from dyspraxia, and they will need to be assessed.
4. Signs of Abuse.
It can be very difficult to recognise signs of abuse in a child or young person. They are some signs, which could alert staff to the fact that the child or young person might be being abused at home, for example constant bruising, or having unusual injuries for the child or young person. This may have an affect on their
A critical review on the role of the SENCO and dyslexia: how this role has been affected and impacted upon by recent legislation
Children and young people often experience many things which have a direct impact on their development; things such as their family environment and structure, personality, hospital visits, childcare arrangements, and culture.
Assignment 034 Understand the Needs of Children and Young People who are Vulnerable and Experiencing
Practitioners have to put the needs of children first because this will help keep children safe and encourages children to be independent. It’s important to show
If for example a child has not attended a nursery or play group in their early years this can often set them back from what development stage they should be at when attending school. This could be the lack of nursery places, not good enough teachers to the child having a learning disability that has not been identified yet.
2.1 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors
It is important to safeguard children and young people because no one deserves to be abused whether it be emotional, physical, sexual abuse and no young person deserves to be neglected and we have a duty to protect them from harm.
M1- Discuss how policies and procedures help children, young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after.
There are variety of factors which would lead to suspicion of child abuse or maltreatment such as physical indicators, Some physical indicators which would lead to suspicion of abuse and maltreatment of a child are Unexplained injuries such as the explanation which the carer or the child is giving about the injury may not match or add up , Bruising is another physical indicator which may have been causes by a child being punched, grabbed , being hit or beaten up ; Some children may have finger marks on them which may have been caused by a child being manhandled in a violent way , or a child being shaken . Soreness is also a physical indicator which can lead to suspicion of abuse , soreness around a Childs genitals or soreness around the anal which is caused by sexual abuse , Infections are another physical indicator infections such as genital infections like
2.2 Describe with examples the importance of recognising and responding to concerns about children and young people’s development
There are many social, economical and cultural factors that impact on the lives of children and young people. In my role as a Young Carer’s Support Worker, I work with a number of families living with the consequences of these factors. Every Child Matters (ECM) aims to improve the outcomes and life chances of every child and young person, therefore, it is important we understand and do all we can to help them achieve the 5 outcomes of the ECM, stay safe, be healthy, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution, and, achieve economic well-being.
Identify the positive outcomes for children and young people that practitioners should be striving to achieve
As a practitioner it’s your duty to observe and maintain correct procedures to ensure that the children are offered a stimulating environment which will further allow optimum possibilities for development. All those who work with or amongst children and young people have a crucial role to play in helping not only to shape aspects of their lives, but to also aid in enhancing their future development. Therefore it can be stated that how we set up our own working practices can affect children and young people’s development, as will be identified by this essay; below are areas where one should concentrate in order to further
If the child has problems using their arms or legs or may even have no use of their legs or arms this will cause a problem with there development but shouldn’t stop them from developing, it just means it could be a bit more hard work for them to do some of the things other children could do.
Demonstrate supportive and realistic responses to children and young people’s questions, ideas, suggestions and concerns