Policy Affects Practice Series Making a Difference: Influencing Social Policy “As the nation devolves many of its policies to state and local governments‚ social workers must reconceptualize social welfare policy as an interventive discipline to keep other groups from shaping policies that will apply to vulnerable and powerless citizens” Bruce S. Jansson 1. As noted by Dr. Jansson above‚ social workers need to be active and effective in influencing policy. What basic themes
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Assignment 2 Outline current policies and legislation relating to children and how these affect your practice. 1989 The Children Act States that the Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering‚ or is likely to suffer‚ significant harm’‚ section 47 The Welfare of the child is paramount regarding his/her upbringing. Parental rights duties and obligations are outlined. Provisions are made regarding fostering‚ adoption‚ child minding
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DTLLS Module 2 Task 3 Improving Own Practice Sharon Baker In order to improve our own practice as a teacher‚ lesson planner and a professional in a teaching organisation working with others‚ it is important that we take account of feedback from various sources and evaluate our own performance on a regular basis. As Wilson‚ suggests: ‘recognition that your performance can be improved is accepting that whatever does (or does not) happen in the classroom is in the hands of the teacher’ (2009
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Assignment 310 – Understand Children and Young People’s Self-Directed Play Task A – Briefing Notes 1. Explain the characteristics of freely chosen‚ self directed play Freely chosen play is where children are able to choose what they want to do Personally directed play is where children will choose how they want to do what they have chosen to play. Intrinsically motivated is why children choose why they choose certain types of play. Goalless means that children will play for no particular reason
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impairs their normal communication and behavior for which they find it tough to socially interact with others‚ including their parents. Usually‚ the symptoms of autism can be detected when the kid is around two years old‚ the time when the normal children start walking and speaking fluently. As the cause of this disease is mostly attributed to the genetic factors or infections during the pregnancy period‚ there are some fruitful autism treatment procedures‚ which take a bit long time to make effective
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Assignment 1 – Know the main stages of child and young person development Throughout the early years‚ children will grow and change. Piaget was a major theorist psychologist who developed stages to understand cognitive development. When we talk about normal development‚ we are talking about developing skills like: Gross motor: using large groups of muscles to sit‚ stand‚ walk‚ run‚ etc.‚ keeping balance‚ and changing positions. Fine motor: using hands to be able to eat‚ draw‚ dress‚ play
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Developing one’s own practice in any career is essential for successfull professional development and job satisfaction. Every practitioner needs “ Self Evaluation” to help improve their own practice and develop their ability to reflect upon activities and modify plans to meet the individual needs of the children they work with (Teena Kamen) Teaching Assistant’s (TA’s) should set their own SMART targets(See B1) by developing their knowledge to update the existing skills and acquiring new skills
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A child’s development is influenced culturally by the social institutions‚ customs and laws that make up a society. Society is a group of people‚ large or small‚ living together by adopting customs and organization for mutual benefit and interactive coexistence (New Zealand Tertiary College [NZTC]‚ 2014). When we hear the term ‘social’‚ we immediately connect it to other people. M. Webber defined ‘social acting’ as the sense of the action is related to others’ behavior (Weber‚ 1922 cited in Aschenbrenner
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grasping‚ and rooting * Touch‚ pull‚ and tug own hands | 3-6 months | Babies are quickly becoming stronger: * Roll over * Push body forward and pull body up by grabbing the edge of a crib * Reach for and touch objects * Reach‚ grasp‚ and put objects in mouth * Make discoveries with objects (for example‚ a rattle makes noise when it is moved) | 6-9 months |
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HOW MY OWN VALUES‚ BELIEFS AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES MIGHT AFFECT MY WORK PRACTICE Everyone has different values‚ beliefs and preferences. What you believe in‚ what you see as important and what you see as acceptable or desirable is an essential part of who you are. [pic] The way in which you respond to people is linked to what you believe in‚ what you consider important and what interests you. You may find you react positively to people who share your values and less warmly to people
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