In our society‚ almost half of all marriages end in divorce. Nearly one million children in the United States alone experience the divorce of their parents each year. Plus‚ thousands more will be born to single mothers this year alone. I want to determine if a child‚ whose parents separate and/or divorce prior to the child turning three‚ will have any developmental‚ cognitive‚ and social delays. My hypothesis is that the separation and/or divorce the child’s parents will have a negative effect
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Young Children and Sports Page 1 There are many different perspectives from parents when it comes to putting their children into sports at a young age. Some parents feel that competitive sports for children at an early age can have a negative effect‚ while others simply just don’t have the time or support children needed to participate in sports. Parents should place their children in sports or marital arts at an early age‚ because it teaches them responsibility‚ teamwork‚ and discipline. According
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1:Understand child and young person development 1 Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth to 19 years. 1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth -19 years: Children’s development is continuous. They can develop at different time because they have different life experiences and that means that they develop at different rate and ways. Development does not mean only the physical growth of the children but also include
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“What does psychological research tell us about ‘egocentrism’ in young children?” “Egocentrism is the tendency of children to cognize their environment only in terms of their own point of view” (Castillo‚ R.J‚ 1954). This technical meaning for the term was given by Jean Piaget who suggests that it is a state of mind where the child attempts to understand the world from their own point of view and fails to realise that other people’s points of view are different from theirs. Egocentrism is the unawareness
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In Australia‚ 28% of children attend long-day child-care and 18% attend family day care‚ with more than 177 000 children using long-day child-care centres in 1996. Long-day child-care is defined as formal child-care that is provided in a centre for a minimum of eight hours per day‚ five days per week. The food eaten by children during long-day child-care makes an important contribution to their overall nutritional intake at a time that is critical for physical and mental development. Formal
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CACHE Qualification Specification Optional Units CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce (QCF) CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce (QCF) CACHE © Copyright 2011 All rights reserved worldwide. Reproduction by approved CACHE centres is permissible for internal use under the following conditions: CACHE has provided this Qualification Specification (Optional Units) in Microsoft Word format to enable its Centres to use its content
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1.1 Describe the Social‚ Economic and Cultural Factors That Will Impact on the Lives of Children and Young People There are other issues in our broader society that will affect the lives of children and young people. Unemployment can lead to economic crisis resulting in difficulties in funding food‚ bills and cloths for children. Conditions in health or a cultural background can cause exclusion from certain activities in the setting. Being aware of the positive and negative issues that influence
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Over the past seven years I have come to learn many different things about myself and about children due to babysitting. I first started babysitting when I was a about eleven years of age. I started off by watching my younger brothers when my parents went out at night. That affected my biological rhythm (274). My body was used to going to sleep around nine o’clock since I was still young‚ but I had to force myself to stay up so I could watch over my brothers while they slept. I sometimes found myself
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their placement. The second part of the visit consists of a direct observation‚ in which the learner must demonstrate a range of communication methods‚ adapting the style to meet the needs of the child/children with whom they are working. The learner will need to read a story to a small group of children. Learner name: Becky Ferris Assessor name: Kath Dineen Date: 15th January 2013 Professional discussion: topics to discuss Comments Learners need to explain confidentiality and
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Support children and young people’s Health and Safety 1.1) Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. When planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor activities there are many factors that we need to take into account. For example one of these could be the individual needs of the child. Children need different activities and environments set out differently depending on their age group. We need to make sure
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