Why do young people participate in behaviours that put them at risk? Young people may participate in risk taking behaviours for a number of reasons. Peer influence is one factor that may encourage young people to put themselves at risk. This is because if an individual witnesses their peers actively engaging with risky behaviour‚ they may identify the behaviour as positive rather than taking into consideration the consequences. It has been found that young people identify alcohol with positive social
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Unit 025 Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people. Outcome 1 Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. Current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies & procedures: “The Children Act 1989 An Act to reform the law relating to children; to provide for local authority services for children in need and others; to amend the law with respect to children’s homes‚ community homes‚ voluntary homes and voluntary
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DESCRIBE THE RISKS AND POSSIBLE CONSQUENCES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNF PEOPLE USING THE INTERNET AND MOBILE PHONES. There are many risks involved for children using the internet....this may be that the child has innocently mistyped on the keyboard and are exposed to porongraphic images.Parents have the option to block certain things popping up on the computer screen Children use networking sites‚ such as facebook‚ they will state their name‚ their age‚ address etc‚ they will also post photos of themselves
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The progression of literacy skills is a vital aspect of development and learning. Without the ability to read‚ write and listen children and young people may not be able to function effectively in school‚ college‚ university or at work or communicate with others about their ideas and participate fully and safely in the community. Literacy enables children and young people to express themselves creatively and productively. The majority of jobs and careers rely on an element of basic literacy (and numeracy)
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country with a large population.  It is estimated that India’s present population is about 65 crores. Those between the age of 15 to 35 form more than 50 percent ‘of the total population.  For our purposes we count them all as the youth. These comprise students‚  employees‚ workers‚ farmers and persons from various professions including the unemployed—educated or otherwise. These young people conÂstitute a large force. They are energetic‚ enthusiastic and full of zeal. Unfortunately a large number
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younger children who are starting school will require lots of support and reassurance‚ Use simple language which child can understand and be relaxed so they feel ease at us. As children become more mature‚ They need help with talking through their issues and how u interact positively with pupil as you listen and respond to them Give older children chance to talk so they feel that you are interested. We have to change the verbal
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How does divorce affect young children? Dana Noel Mack Sociology 219: Sociology of the Family April 7‚2012 The topic I chose to write about is how divorce affects young children. There are many reasons I chose this topic. One reason is because many adults do not think about how their actions affect their children. Another reason is because a lot of times have their children pick sides in a divorce. This causes the children to believe that neither one of their parents love them
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self-centered and egocentric are words you can use to describe a narcissist. Professor Jean Twenge from the San Diego State University says‚ after an examination‚ that ”...two-thirds of the students scored above average of narcissism.”(p.2‚ line.28-29)‚ which tells us that the narcissism is on the increase. Many young people nowadays feel they can do anything‚ and a good example could be the series of The X Factor‚ where more than 150‚000 people participated in the hope of success. The participants
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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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relationships with children‚ young people and adults (also includes unit 333‚ 1.5) (NB: Please also refer to guidance in standards for words in bold) Why is effective communication important? Explain the principles of relationship building and the skills needed to develop positive relationships with children‚ young people and adults
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