Impact of Accountability The accountability movement has impacted the leadership of the school organization significantly. It has forced the administrator to be more focused on data collection which reinforces the organization’s position of being progressive and substantiates the staff’s work. However‚ the candidate’s administrator has proven to be inconsistent with holding certain individuals accountable choosing instead to focus on specific personnel and possible infractions‚ whether they
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professional there will be times when an individual is absolutely not ready to receive or is unable to receive treatment and alternative approaches to reduction may be employed. This includes harm reduction which is a different kind of approach to substance addiction. Harm reduction possesses an overall importance to some client populations‚ an importance in the recovery from addictions‚ and addresses clients who would benefit more from harm reduction than others. Harm reduction is a contrasting approach
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Understand the process and experience of dementia. 1. Understand the neurology of dementia. 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome. The Cambridge dictionary describes dementia as “ medical condition that affects especially old people‚ causing the memory and other mental abilities to gradually become worse‚ leading to confused behaviour”. Basically dementia is a serious deterioration in mental functions such as memory‚ language‚ orientation and judgement. This illness however
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1.1 Current Childminding Legislation The following is an overview of the current legislation which has an affect on childminders‚ parents and children. Equality Act 2010 The act replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single act to make the law simpler and to remove inconsistencies. The act covers nine protected characteristics. The characteristics applying to home-based childcare include disability‚ race‚ religion or belief and gender. Childcare Act (2006) The act lays
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An individual-rights advocate is someone who seeks to protect personal freedoms within the process of criminal justice. Their nature is to hold true what is written on the Constitution. A public-order advocate is someone who believes that under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to public safety‚ the interests of society should take precedence over individual rights. Since September 11‚ 2001‚ many questions about individual rights versus public safety have arisen. The Patriot Act affects
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34.2 Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals Having a duty of care should guarantee the safeguarding of children in my care. Risk Assessments – carrying out and reviewing risk assessments for all of the activities we do and places we visit ensures that thought and concern is given to how we do things every day‚ this way I ensure risks concerning equipment‚ venues and activities are minimised and therefore reducing the risk of injury or harm to the
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Social Care (Adults) for England (QCF) Assignment 51: Unit 51: Understand and Enable Interaction and Communication with Individuals who Have Dementia Learning Outcome1 Understand the factors that can affect interaction and communication of individuals with dementia 1.1 Explain how different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates Visual perception; if a carer isn’t at the client’s level or facing away from the client‚ the client may not
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Task 2a: Identify and explain three items of legislation that are relevant to managing behaviour in the learning environment. Provide examples of how you adhere to these laws. 300-400 words. The Equality Act 2010 was put in place to group together over 116 pieces of legislation in order to prevent discrimination‚ harassment and victimization and to promote equality for all. There are new protected characteristics to prevent discrimination on the grounds of: age‚ being or becoming a transsexual person
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65 years and over‚ and 3 in 10 people aged 85 years and over have dementia (Department of Health and Ageing‚ 2013). Over 320‚000 Australians are living with dementia. Dementia is now the second leading cause of death in Australia with no existing cure. Moreover‚ deaths due to dementia have increased approximately 137% over the past ten years‚ with nearly 11‚000 deaths recorded in 2013 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2014). Dementia is described as a ‘loss of self’ (Cohen & Eisdorfer‚ 1986) or a condition
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member suffer from memory problems? If so‚ it could mean that you have a more serious health condition‚ such as dementia. While dementia can often go unnoticed‚ the caregivers at Visiting Angels in Forty Fort‚ PA‚ the area’s locally-owned leader in home senior care‚ say it’s essential to seek treatment right away to prevent the disease from progressing. To help you better understand dementia and whether or not you or a loved one could be experiencing it‚ take a look at these top five common signs and
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