“ Seen Through Rose-Tinted Glasses”: The Barbie Doll in American Society Wether we realize it or not the toys our kids play with everyday have an immense impact on their behavior and development. Motz essay describes the perfect example of what these toys do to our society. In her essay, Marilyn Ferris Motz describes how Barbie portrays an image of a woman that lives based on her appearance, her popularity and her status. When playing with this dolls, girls take on the role of a teenager or an adult woman, letting them imitate adult female behaviors they see on other people and on the media. Girls take on the role of the doll enabling them to participate in dating and other social activities.
Bi. Describe how Jenna should ensure that her personal attitudes and beliefs do not affect her work. Everyone has their own beliefs and preferences and are an essential part of who you are. What you believe in, what you see as important and what you see as acceptable or desirable are as much a part of your personality as whether you are shy, outgoing, funny, serious, friendly or reserved. Jenna should realise that she should provide the same quality of care for all and she can do this firstly by identifying and understanding her own views and values.
Person Centred Planning is a method of supporting individuals and empowering them to take charge of the direction of their life and make goals which are achievable and ultimately lead to greater social inclusion and good quality of life in every aspect from good mental health to helping them achieve and overcome physical disabilities. Learning difficulties and disability has previously been approached by being agency focused, so the agency decided the goals for them and set their targets. Multi disciplinary meetings would be held and the individual’s disability and skills assessed and their care would be around that, therefore putting the disability first and not the whole person. Getting started with person centred thinking One of the best tools to start with is the 'One Page Profile' it is essentially a list of what people like and admire about the person, what the service user is telling us is important to them, and a description of what great support looks like for them:- everyone should have one! The one page profile can then be
Area of knowledge one – Principles and values a. Demonstrate that you care about the principles and values essential for working with children, young people, their families and carers. Principles and Values • Respect • Empowerment • Ownership • Inclusive • Consent • Confidentiality • Accountability • Impartiality • Anti-discrimination It is important to adhere to these principles and values for the welfare of the young people. They may have come from backgrounds where they were not treated very well, did not have many belongings and did not have many choices. All people should be treated with respect, should be able to make their own choices and progress in life, no matter their background, gender, ethnicity, religion, or disability.
When creating equal opportunity for the residence to participate in activities, we have to consider each residents diversified needs so that individuality would be promoted. Inclusion is to eliminate all barriers that make it difficult for a resident to participate in society, so that all residents can be included in activities to reach their potential as it is a basic right for residents to participate in their own care provisions. 1.2 – describe the potential effects discrimination Answer: Discrimination occurs when certain individuals are unfairly treated than others due to their gender, race, disability, culture, religion, appearance, sexual orientation and ethnicity and beliefs. The potential effects of discrimination could be: • Isolate themselves, withdrawn from society • Low self esteem • Feel anger • Worthless • Lack of confidence • Loss of identity • Challenging behaviour All these would be down to the discrimination the person has had or left 1.3 – explain the importance of inclusive practice in promoting equality and supporting diversity Answer: Inclusive practice is promoting the individuality of the resident, which is why we have to adhere to the care plans in order to meet the
It enables individual's to receive the care and support they need, in a person centred way and to be part of deciding the care that they will receive. Person centred care is good practice and helps to ensure that the correct and agreed care and support is given to each individual. No individual is the same and by having a person centred approach, it ensures that everyone is not treated the same, but in a way that respects their needs, wishes, preferences and values. Working to a person centred approach is essential in dementia care. It will help to maintain the individual's self-identity, self-respect and dignity.
I need to work in a person centred way and take into account the service users likes and dislikes, beliefs and any personal history they have , I can deliver the best care possible to them. At the same time I need to offer assistance they may require within my role of a support worker. Diversity should be valued as no individual is the same as any other. People don’t always accept what is different and diversity can lead a society to grow or to lead to violence and hatred. Sometimes it can be that people are a little afraid of an individual who is different, I have found in my work role that some people can be very hesitant to talk to the people I support.
Reflection Reading the story of Charity Anderson was a real privilege because it showed me how your entire life can reflect upon your morals. The major moral shown by Charity was respectfulness and manners; this was lifestyle and what she believed in. One major part that played in this belief was her master being very kind. This was important because it did not ruin herself of esteem, like it did to most of the slave during the time. This made her story really special because it showed how she didn’t regret or hate having been in that time.
I believe that those values lead me to pursue my goals. I hope one day, in the near future I would be able to pay my parents back for helping me out when I needed them the most. Informal values are so important in life that they help you define social groups. For example; I found somebody with the same values as mine and married him because I believe we both have the same dreams in seeking to reach the same type of goals. Now, I apply those values to my life and even more so as a mother and wife.
We do not want to be known as just another daycare. The extensive research I performed was extremely helpful, especially when I did my analysis. The analysis revealed that I need to market our abilities and capabilities so that we attract the type of people we want and to ensure that we give the people what they need, want and