Working with Children & Young People with Autism The Austrian psychologist Dr Leo Kanner first used the term autism in 1943‚ but it wasn’t until 1996 that the phrase Autistic Spectrum Disorder was coined by Dr Lorna Wing to identify a whole range of disorders affecting the development of social interaction‚ communication and social imagination‚ know as the Triad of Impairments. The spectrum includes classic autism‚ asperger syndrome‚ childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive development
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Every child or young person at some stage in their life will experience periods of transition. Transition can be defined as a period of change. For example‚ Changes in personal circumstances such as moving home or changing schools. Children and young people should be given the opportunity to talk about what is going to happen when it comes to times of transition so that they are prepared for it. In some cases‚ such a bereavement this may not be possible. Being given warning of the opportunity to
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Understanding safeguarding of children and young people ( for those working in the adult sector ) 1:1 Some of the Policies and procedures along with practices include : The Children Act 1989 allocated duties to local authorities‚ courts‚ parents and other agencies in the United Kingdom‚ to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. Its focus is on the idea that children are best cared for within their own families; however‚ it also makes provisions for instances
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1.1 Explain why working in partnership with others is important for children and young people Partnership is driven by a desire for collaborative advantage and can offer many positive outcomes‚ like benefits for staff and services such as less replication between different service providers. It helps them see others point of view and it keeps them from being selfish‚ it helps young people interact with others to achieve a goal‚ and it helps them develop socially. It’s important to work in partnership
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Equality‚ diversity ad inclusion in work with children and young people. TDA 2.4 1‚ Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favourably‚ specific to their needs‚ including areas of race‚ gender‚ disability‚ religion or belief‚ sexual orientation and age. Promoting equality should remove discrimination in all of the aforementioned areas. Bullying‚ harassment or victimization are also considered as equality and diversity issues.
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TDA 2.17 Support children and young people’s travel outside of settings. 1.1. Describe the organisational and legal requirements for children and young people’s travel outside of the setting including adult/child ratio requirements As an organisation of any visit it must be the safety of all participants‚ and in this‚ as in all other respects‚ both the DfES guidelines and the School policy must be complied with. Dependent on the nature of the visit and the age of the pupils - staff must therefore
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Understand how to communicate with children‚ young people and adults 2.1‚ Explain the skills needed to communicate with children and young people. To be able to effectively communicate with children and young people you must first understand how to speak appropriately for the Childs age level‚ cognitive level or language ability. For example‚ while speaking to a child which has English as an Additional Language‚ you would need to speak slower‚ with lots more annunciation and facial expression.
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welfare of children and young people- The children act 1989-The main concepts of this act are parental responsibility‚ the welfare of the child and partnership and cooperation from all associated services. In summary the act states that the mental and physical well-being of the child is above all else and appropriate steps need to be taken to ensure this. The protection of children act 1999- The act created a system for identifying persons considered to be unsuitable to work with children. This
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Task A Types of Schools 1. Academies Pupils who are aged 11 to 18 attend academies. In order to be admitted students have to pass an entrance exam. Academies teach students the core subjects and they specialise in one or two subject areas. Academies are financed directly from government and not by local council and they are run by an academy trust and not by the local council. Some academies have sponsors such as businesses and they are responsible for improving the performance of the academy
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Children and Young People’s Core Unit CYP M3.7: Understand how to support positive outcomes for children‚ and young people |Title |Unit 3.7: Understand how to support positive outcomes for children and young people | |Level |3 | |Credit value |3
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