How common is it for children to experience this kind of trauma? Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a stress experienced after exposure to traumatic stressors such as assault‚ abuse‚ accidents‚ and warfare. PTSD develops when a child experiences a significant traumatic event such as car accidents or ongoing trauma over time such as war. PTSD affects children of all ages. Estimates from nationally representative samples show that many children experience repeated exposure to trauma or multiple
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The Role of the Health Professional in Public Health MID3086 Gail Anderson Analyse a healthcare initiative involving midwives that address the health needs of a vulnerable group. Teenage Pregnancy is defined as conceptions which include those that lead onto a live birth and terminations in the under 18 age group. Teenage pregnancy generally creates inequalities in health‚ and usually leads to poor long term outcomes for both parents and their children according
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Safeguarding – Level 3 Assessments REPORT 1.1 Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. 1.2 Explain child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people 1.4 Explain when and why inquiries and serious case reviews are required and how the sharing of the findings informs practice. 2.1. Explain the importance of safeguarding children and young people. 2.2
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1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate Communication is essential for the human race. The different reasons people communicate are when: • we need to ask for something • when we need to get something • to make our feelings known to others • to ask people how do they feel • to let people know things • to teach‚ to learn ‚ to advice‚ to help‚ to live… We use communication every day‚ every time we interact with others‚ and without it we could not improve and develop ourselves
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As of 2011 there are 11% of children in the United States diagnosed with ADHD and out of those 11% there are 6% being medicated (Frances). ADHD is a disorder that stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and it is diagnosed when children have trouble focusing in more than one setting such as school or home. In recent years‚ when children are diagnosed with ADHD parents and heads of school automatically turn to medication when there are other methods to help control the behavior. Most people
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Understand safeguarding of children and young people. – Explain the policies‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people. All adults who come into contact with children and young people in their work have a duty of care to safeguard and promote their welfare. The Children Act 2004‚ through the Stay Safe outcome of the Every Child Matters Change for Children programme‚ places a duty on organisations to safeguard and promote the well-being of children and young people
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1.3 Describe factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse There are certain factors that have the potential to make individuals more vulnerable to abuse. These include: Not enough trained staff Staff being under stress/personal issues Mental awareness of individual i.e. dementia Greed of the carer If the carer was abused themselves; may make it more likely for them to become an abuser Communication difficulties Individuals that do not have good support networks i.e
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Indigenous children in Australia were unfairly taken from their families in the 1900’s by Australian authorities who held the idea that the aboriginal culture would die out. The authorities wrongly thought that the Aboriginal culture was a bad influence to the indigenous children. On top of that‚ they accused the indigenous families of abusing their children. But in reality‚ they had no proof; as a result‚ the Aboriginal tribes suffered and their family trees will be forever affected. Even though
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Introduction: Safeguarding children is high priority within professional practices to ensure that all children are supported and have the right to reach full potential (Lindon‚ 2008). In order to show and understand how safeguarding is applied‚ a residential setting providing specialist care for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) will be considered. The current legislation including Helping Children Achieve More will be explained to show how the multidisciplinary team around the child
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We must safeguard children and young people as they are unable to protect themselves alone and are far more vulnerable to things such as abuse and neglect than adults are. It is our duty of care to protect children and young people from physical abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ verbal abuse and neglect. We must be able to identify early on the signs and symptoms of abuse or neglect before the child is to get in any serious danger. A child’s sudden change in behaviour could be a huge sign of
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