Part of The Student Room Group

  • Join over 1.2 million students every month
  • Accelerate your learning by 29%
  • Unlimited access from just £6.99 per month

Legal & Welfare

Extracts from this document...

Introduction

Task 1: Classification of a child: A child is any person who is under the age of 18 and who is still under parental care. However a child is called different names (teenagers, adolescent ...) depending on their age. Even if they are between 13 -18 they are still classified as a child but they are considered more mature and older children. Summary of the Children's Act (1989): The Children Act came into force on the 14th of October 1991 and aims to protect the children using the parental responsibility. This Act works with many other associations and the Government. It has a high importance of putting the child first. When is the Act put into place? � When a court or authority is making a decision about a child, they should think about what is best for the child. � Children should be bought up in their own family and not be taken away without the family's agreement unless the child is at risk. � A local authority must give a family help if the child is in need. What organisations work with the Children's Act? � Child Policy � Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) � Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) How to create a safe and secure working environment: To make sure a child is in a safe place there are many measure that one can put into place. ...read more.

Middle

It began in 1986. There is also ACPC (Area Child Protection Committee), which helps children. The Social Services can get involved and maybe the Police. Code of Conduct for staff: - Do not touch any child - Do not take them off on your own (toilets) - Show appropriate behaviour at all times - Do not favour a child more than the others - Do not swear Task 2: For this task I will be identifying the characteristics of three age groups (Pre - School, 5 - 11 year olds and adolescents) including the physical, mental and behavioural characteristics as well as group dynamics and ability. I have chosen three different outdoor sporting activities and will show how they can be adapted to meet the needs of theses different age groups. The three activities are sailing, rock climbing and skiing. First of all I am going to look at the characteristics of the age groups: Pre - School 5 - 11 year olds Adolescents * Unaware of danger * Reliant on others * Non - judgemental * Forgetful * Creative * Greedy * Playful * Not self - conscious * Loud * Unaware of right or wrong * Active * Simple minded * Easily amused * Insightful * Like incentives * Low attention span * Curious * Low level of common sense * Energetic/active * Get bored easily * ...read more.

Conclusion

Different age groups need different needs. So you need to adapt your activity, and this will be easier if you get to know your group before they come on the activity. To do this you can use questionnaires that they can fill out. You need to keep it quite simple though. Some children might be more energetic than others so you need to have activities that will suit both types of children. This is so the less energetic ones don't feel left out and they can show what they are capable of. This will also allow them to enjoy the activity more. The three different age groups will also have different abilities, you will need to assess the situation before and perhaps adapt your activities so everyone can participate. Also you will need to change the complexity of the games as smaller children might not be able to do what adolescents can. When you give a briefing you need to keep it quite short as small children have a short attention spam whilst older children might think they already know what to do so they won't listen. You need to make sure everyone knows what to do as this will help prevent accidents. Hopefully haven take all this into consideration you will be able to run a successful and enjoyable for children of all ages. ?? ?? ?? ?? Elly Bryan Working with Children Paul Munion ...read more.

The above preview is unformatted text

This student written piece of work is one of many that can be found in our GCSE Child Development section.

Found what you're looking for?

  • Start learning 29% faster today
  • 150,000+ documents available
  • Just £6.99 a month

or


Not the one? Search for your essay title...
  • Join over 1.2 million students every month
  • Accelerate your learning by 29%
  • Unlimited access from just £6.99 per month

See related essaysSee related essays

Related GCSE Child Development essays

  1. Why family structures are changing.

    Joe has a very active life, his hobbies include making wooden beds, his trade is a joiner and he currently runs his own business, other than working he plays soccer on a Saturday with his mates and heads to the pub for a few drinks after it, Joe looks at

  2. The main aim of this paper is to compare and contrast parental rights and ...

    To whichever clan the child is affiliated to, the father is supposed to maintain him. In Manchichi v Manuel47 the National Traditional Appeal Court stated obiter that where a man and a woman have issue as a result of an irregular cohabitation, the man is supposed to maintain the children

  1. How does Heaney explore cruelty, pain and neglect in 'Limbo' and 'Bye-Child'?

    The memory is on the, "floor" of their minds; the terrible story has been digested by the reader, but then discarded and forgotten. This again shows the neglect of the child, not through the mother, but through society, they know about such situations, but do not take any actions towards helping the situation.

  2. Child A has varied needs and I have planned as shown in the assignment ...

    (Burnham, 2002, p. 37). Carol Dweck believed motivation is an important part of learning; she identified two main kinds of motivation to learning: * Performance * Learning Orientation Learning Orientation � A belief that effort leads to success � A belief in one's ability to improve and learn and a

  1. This assignment will discuss and critically analyse maternal welfare, observing the effects of alcohol ...

    It can bring a lot of short-term suffering during upbringing, and across a broad array of areas. In support of this Tunnard, (2005) accentuates the levels of behavioural problems, school-related problems and emotional difficulties are elevated than in other children, as well as those whose parents have other mental or physical health problems.

  2. Transactional Analysis and Games Theory

    The introduction ritual is a common example. Rituals supply security - while they are taking place the danger of uncharted waters is kept away. Pastimes move relationships forward from rituals - they retain formulaic elements, but allow people to give one another strokes and to get to know each other a little better.

  1. Examining the advantages of creative activities to the client.

    The Health Requirements that are needed is that they should use the large pens as they will find it difficult to grip them if they are ordinary ones. Evaluation To see if they are pleased with the end result and also if they are able to re-use the calendar if they wished too.

  2. The Ethics of Embryology.

    With such a loathsome procedure now being authorised and on the face of it, accepted, it leads me to wonder how truly despicable something will need to be before it is not, in time, accepted. And with scientists receiving consent to use embryos, how much longer will it be before

  • Over 160,000 pieces
    of student written work
  • Annotated by
    experienced teachers
  • Ideas and feedback to
    improve your own work