and safety. Legislation Impact on early years practice The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (Great Britain) Outlines the responsibility of individual employees for maintaining health and safety in the workplace. Childcare Act 2006 Focuses on improving outcomes for children in the early years through the ‘five outcomes’ of Every Child Matters (including ‘being healthy’ and ‘staying safe’). Introduced the Early Years Foundation Stage in 2008 (including the welfare requirements
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The informal carer and service user group this assignment will be focusing on is young carers supporting their disabled parent. More specifically‚ the young carers are based on the ages from five to eighteen; and the service user group are based on a single parent that has a disability. Young carers have many needs that need to be met; one of them being education. It has been reported that young carers miss around ten weeks of school a year; in order to help care for their service user (Bennett
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external support services on how to support the child’s development and may arrange the intervention of a school action plus level to be provided. It also has a parent partnership so parents can be heard and understood with their views taken into account. Every child matters is a programme that covers all children in the school age 0-19. It has been set up so that schools and parents work together to give very child the best chance on life. It has a shared database of children containing information
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Since 2004 all children in the UK aged three and four years old have been entitled to free places at nursery or another preschool setting (including child-minders). From 1st September 2010 the Government extended these hours from 12.5 to 15 hours for up to 38 weeks of the year. The free entitlement provides universal access to early childhood education and care‚ ensuring that all children have the opportunity to benefit from early years education. The extended hours also supports parents who wish
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Prior to this chapter of the book‚ I found Multi-tasking to be a great thing because it offers a lot of benefits. Multi-tasking saves time‚ it saves money. For example‚ if someone is working at a fast food restaurant where they require them to work very fast then Multi-tasking would be very beneficial to them. Also‚ multi-tasking increases productivity‚ and it prevents procrastination. I think that I am a very good multi-tasker because I work at Mcdonald’s back home‚ and I usually take orders in
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process for linguistic ability of 3-4 years old children Introduction The focus of this paper is on the assessment processes used in descriptive studies of children‚ aged 3-4 years‚ who are learning English. We adopt mainly classroom assessments with naturally occurring performance tasks and used multiple intelligence theory to assess their progress. In so doing we have found both problems and benefits that come from using this kind of assessment for young children. Lots of data were put to use for
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Contemporary Issues Young Carers and the psychosocial impact on their well-being: and the wider social impact of the role of young carers. To explore the complexities of young carers a definition must be offered. However‚ endeavours to find a clear definition of the term ‘Young Carer’ is difficult‚ due to the complexity and diversity surrounding the function. An encompassing definition of a young carer is ‘_ children and young persons under 18 who provide‚ or intend_ _ to provide‚ care
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Multi- Choice 3 1) ________ is the study of how individuals‚ groups‚ and organizations select‚ buy‚ use‚ and dispose of goods‚ services‚ ideas‚ or experiences to satisfy their needs and wants. A) Target marketing B) Mind mapping C) Consumer activism D) Consumer behaviour E) Product differentiation 2) Which of the following would be the best illustration of a subculture? A) a religion B) a group of close friends C) your university
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Working with Children with Disabilities (Summary) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted to protect the civil rights of United States citizens with disabilities. The individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ensures children with disabilities are provided with a free‚ appropriate public education. The IDEA is split into four parts. The first part includes the legal provisions‚ purposes‚ and definitions of the Act. The second part of the IDEA contains the stipulations regarding
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Leadership skills‚ when holding parents evening in an early years setting Introduction For the purpose of this work I will focus my attention on management and leadership skills‚ that any good early years practitioner should possess in order to organise/hold the event of parents evening. Working in partnership with parents Constructive working relationships between teachers and parents can enhance adults knowledge and understanding of children and children’s learning opportunities‚ and so contribute
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