...Childbirth is something that happens across the world, we repopulate the earth so when we pass away, the next generation can keep humanity alive and prevent the world from becoming vacant. In the western world the media portrays women who are going through childbirth as this treacherous and “most painful” thing that’s ever happened to them, but is that really how it is? Two scientists wanted to put the question “how painful is childbirth really” to the test. They looked cross culturally, different education levels, age and if it is the woman’s first child or not. The participants were taken from those who gave birth in the major cities of Israel. The participants of this study were put into different subcategories. There were a total of 83 women, 30 of which were born in either the United States, or Europe. 53 of the participants were born somewhere in the Middle East for example Asia, or North America. The study never mentioned how long they lived in these other countries before living in Israel and being a part of the study, all that matters in this aspect is where the mother was born. They also separated those participants into how old they were (those born in the western area were the oldest), what level of education and if...
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...holistic development of the young child. Explain how and why children’s play changes over the first six years of life. Include examples to support your explanation. To begin this essay, I have asked myself ‘what is play?’ The Oxford English Dictionary cites many definitions for the word ‘play’. One can watch a play, play truant, play up, play football, play cards or play an instrument. Child development theorists have published a great many works on play and its impact on child development. Hutt et al (1989) (as quoted in Wood & Attfield (2005)) argued that play is “a jumbo category that encompasses a multiplicity of activities, some of which are conducive to learning, but many of which are not.” Wood & Attfield (2005) wrote that “play involves a wide range of behaviours, have multiple meanings for both children and adults and can be regarded as serious or trivial. It can be highly motivated or just plain messing about”. Moyles (2005) believed play to be “… a process which, in itself, will subsume a range of behaviours, motivations, opportunities, practices, skills and understandings …” For the purposes of this essay, I am focussing on the enjoyable activities which children undertake freely and spontaneously, alone or with their peers which brings pleasure, fulfilment and development. I will endeavour to explain how play is important to the holistic development of the young child and also how and why play changes during the first six years of his/her life. So what...
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...by citing previous research relating to this topic. In order to fully investigate how play impacts a child’s development, two underlying questions must first be addressed: first, what causes play to occur in the first place; second the function this recreational activity has for a child’s development? As play can be defined by being unpromted, natural act, its benefits can be heightened through the concept of “scaffolding”. The theory of scaffolding proposed by Vygotsky refers to the “assistance or structuring provided...
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...socialisation-link to the social embryonic stage of the absorbent mind.(10) | |Describe the teacher's initial approach with new children.(10) | |Explain the change in the teacher's role as each child begins to concentrate and focus on activities,and the impact this has on the child's growing | |normalisation.(20) | |Show an understanding of why the child might regress.(5) | | | My assignment will reveal what normalisation is in line with deviations. I will discuss the environmental factors that support favourable normalisation and its link to socialisation. In addition,I will also discuss the role of the teacher and approach to children with a view of how the unfavourable environment may result in child regression. “Normalization comes through concentration on a piece of work” (Montessori,2007a,p.206).Montessori's main...
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...assessment data is used. This is a multi-step process of gathering data, determining goals for instruction, and then implementing those goals into our work with children. For this Final Project, you are asked to do the first two steps of this process. You will develop a partial portfolio for the child you observed and, with that information, you will develop instructional goals for that child. This assignment has three parts: The first part of this assignment requires you to develop a mission statement. Using your completed Assessment Purpose KWL Chart from the Week Five Reflection Journal, create your mission statement outlining: The purpose of assessment Your plan for including assessment when working with children How you can use assessment to document children’s work How you will use children’s interests and ideas when assessing. This statement should also include your position on working with children with developmental delays. This mission statement will be the introduction to this Final Project. The second part of this assignment requires you to create a partial portfolio for the child you have been working with. Remember, you must maintain the confidentiality of the child. For this partial portfolio: You will need to observe the child you have been working with using the document “Developmental Checklists Birth to Five” from...
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...working parents who are compelled to leave their child at a daycare center. For such children, these centers become their first school to learn and grasp the basic concepts of life as they step into a new world where they get acquainted with other children. Studies have shown that early years in a child's life are very important for his mental development so he becomes agile. As a result, whatever they learn, whatever they explore, whatever they accept and feel in the first few years of their life affect their overall growth and individuality. Therefore, it is very crucial to for a...
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...Page 159 S: This page discusses developmental risks, and how it is important that developmental risks are explained to the family. E: I think it is important that the developmental risks are explained to the families because we want them to understand that having a developmental risk doesn't mean that the child has delay, but that they are at risk for a delay. I also think it's really important to reevaluate because children are always changing and could grow out of whatever has put them at risk. E: I had a child in my Pre-K class that started the year with a lot of behavioral problems, and he has started to grow out of that stage. He hardly has any behavioral issues now. Page 160 S: Page 160 discusses early learning guidelines, and how important it is to create awareness about the importance of the first three years of childhood....
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...Child care is the nurturing of a child provided by a parent or by an organization such as daycare. Child caring is different in all cultures, how a child might be brought up in North America maybe completely different in the Middle East. Everyone has different views on how a child should be raised which leads to many controversial social and political issues (Encyclopedia). Child care is also provided through early childhood education offered by nursery schools, and kindergarten programs. Child care has developed over the years and if it wasn't for some the policies that we have now women would not have the independence that they have now. The question is are these policies really enough for families to raise there children where everything...
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...and remains today a broad and multifaceted label referring, in essence, to the inability of a child to flourish and grow due to a wide range of either external or internal factors. Failure to thrive (FTT) can be a somewhat ambiguous and difficult to define term used to address young children with abnormal or insufficient growth patterns. One standardized guideline used in defining FTT is a weight that falls below the 5th percentile (Steward, 2001), although multiple factors must be considered in labelling a child as FTT. Historically, the label of FTT has been divided into two categories: organic failure to thrive, and nonorganic failure to thrive (NFTT). The differentiation refers to the suspected...
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...develop and learn. As I reflect on my teaching practices, I make sure that I provide appropriate teaching strategies and services in each of the three Functional Areas below to meet Standard I. Safe - Each day, I make sure the environment is safe for the children in my care. The classroom is free of dangerous objects that can harm the children. All electrical outlets are covered, cleaning supplies/chemicals are stored in a locked cabinet, and the floor is checked throughout the day for unsafe conditions. The outdoor play areas are checked before the children go outside to play. The fire extinguisher, smoke detector, and other emergency equipment are checked monthly. I practice emergency drills monthly. I also keep a well-stocked first-aid kit available. Health - Good health habits are very important and must be practiced daily. The children and I practice good health habits throughout the day. We wash our hands before meals, after toileting, outside play, messy activities, etc. All tabletops, counters, chairs, etc. are sanitized daily at appropriate times. Toys are washed daily or more often if needed. Learning Environment - In my classroom, I make sure all toys are within the children's reach. All materials are displayed on low labeled shelves. My walls have colorful pictures and the children’s artwork displayed. Plenty of books in different textures and about different cultures are available for the children’s use. Puppets are used throughout the day to...
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...shift you will be asked or told what needs to be done for the children to be able to start playing in the room. Then when the parents drop the child off you need to communicate with the parents to make sure that the child has been ok whilst they haven’t been at nursery and find out if they are on any medication which we should know about. If you have a problem and you are not fully confident with dealing with the situation by yourself, you may need to speak to management for advice with the situation. Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of own work- When you...
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...For young children with disabilities, it is important for the proper identification, individualized program planning, and related support to be implemented. This process is crucial to the success of any child with a disability. Families must be included in this process (Yell, 2012). Teachers should find other ways to support families, as well. Children with hearing and vision impairments can be first observed in the sensorimotor stage of development. Children with vision impairment are commonly observed failing to reach for an object. Hooper and Umansky (2014) suggest that reaching for or obtaining an object that makes sound does not occur until the second year for children with vision impairments (Hooper and Umansky, 2014). For children...
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...UNIT 3: Health, Safety and Security in Health and Social Care. Bilqis Ishaq-Bakare Age group: 3 to 6 Introduction In this assignment I will be identifying Hazards in a health and social care setting, the likelihood of this hazard harming a service and the severity the injury from the hazard will course and also say the risk rating of the hazard by multiplying the likelihood and the severity together. I will also find solution to this hazards and what kind of actions need to be taken to reduce the risk of the hazard from harming a service user. |Identified Hazard |Assess the identified Hazard.|How could the risk and harm |Risk Rating |Give reasons for the why you gave the identified hazard the rating you did. | |Age group: |Think about the risk and harm|from each hazard be more | | | | |from each Hazard. |dangerous for the service | | | | | |user group you have | | ...
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...Elsesser 5/16/2014 Amy Tardy 2 Children are our future, and as our future we want our world to be free of sicknesses and diseases, well as much as we like the idea it is not going to happen. We have children who are suffering from life- threatening illnesses who do not have a chance to be a kid or to grow up with the memories of childhood. We try all we can as parents and family to keep our children safe we just can not perdict a child getting a life threating illness, we do all we can to make our child happy while going through a scary ordeal. If we can make one dream come true for a sick child for one day of forgetting they are staring down a life threatening illness and make that child laugh wouldn't giving that child a wish come true be amazing? The social program I am creating is a program to help a child who is terminally ill or has a life threatening illness called “Dreams Come True.” A dream come True program would for one day grant sa wish one child makes come true. To make this happen I would need to set up the program, find donors and volunteers, financing to help the wishes come true. Advances in medicine and modern technonogy have increased the survival rate in children with chronic illness, including illnessess that were considered fatal (Cohen,1995).Witnessing the child's pain and fear, combined with the constant fear of death makes it difficult for the family to function normally ...
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...lack of engagement by the child. Early years providers will need to take steps to ensure that all children in their care are kept safe and well. They should create settings that are welcoming, safe and stimulating so that children are able to enjoy their learning. The areas covered under the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the EYFS include: -safeguarding children and promoting their welfare - promoting good health -managing behaviour -Staff-to-child ratios -key people Ensuring that the premises and facilities are safe and secure and meet health and safety requirements -promoting equal opportunities- maintaining records, policies and procedures. 2.2. Describe the lines of reporting and responsibility to meet the safeguarding, protection and welfare requirements of children. The EYP reporting line is initially within...
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