Abla Alqaissi September 12, 2012 EDFN 306 On-Line Assignment #1 1. Briefly describe the purpose of IDEA. * The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the law that outlines rights and regulations for students with disabilities in the U.S. who require special education. Under the IDEA, all children with disabilities are eligible to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least-Restrictive Environment (LRE). The law specifies how schools must provide or deny services, and how parents can fight school districts for them.
The school would need to inform students they should expect having little privacy while using the school’s computers as they are routinely monitored. They can be monitored in various ways, including the usage of software programs and technical monitoring tools, which allows remote monitoring of the computer screen as well as the following communication patterns. Staff monitoring is another method in which student computer use can be observed. It is suggested all staff members who utilize computers and the internet consistently should undergo professional development training to become aware of students behaviors which may indicate inappropriate computer use (Willard 2007b). Another way to supervise on campus internet use and hold students accountable is to require them to print their browsing history at the end of their computer session.
* The child Exploitation Online Protection (CEOP) This organisation runs an internet safety scheme called think you know. This scheme is all about teaching children and young people the importance of online safety and how to be safe online. Task 2.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of common childhood illnesses. * Loss of appetite - A child may not want to eat or drink anything and this may be because, of a stomach ache, sore throat etc? * Lack of interest during activities - During activities a child may not want to join in, which
Portfolio Evidence 20 Identify the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Before you can work in a setting with children or young people you have to have a CRB check (criminal record bureau) this is a disclosure document that reveals details of any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings the applicant had received, together with details of whether that person is banned from working with children or vulnerable adults. E-safety - Members of staff monitors each individual whilst on the internet we have a range of policies which ensure the safety, security and well-being * safeguarding and protecting, and procedures for reporting * e-safety * bullying, including cyber-bullying Describe the risks and possible consequences for children and young people using the internet, mobile phones and other technologies There are many risks involved for children using the internet....this may be that the child has innocently mistyped on the keyboard and are exposed to pornographic images. Children use networking sites, such as face book, they will state their name, their age, address etc, and they will also post photos of themselves onto the wall. Identify the characteristics of different types of child abuse * Withdraw from others * Jumpy with others touching them * Aggressive to others Physical abuse - Hitting with items, kicking, punching, shaking, suffocating. Emotional abuse – Making child feel frightened, alone, worthless, in danger, unloved Neglect – Lack of food, shelter, clothing, medical care, education needs Describe actions to take in response to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused, harmed (including self harm) or bullied, or maybe at risk of harm, abuse or bullying My actions to take in
Common practice throughout schools across Canada (from elementary to post-secondary institutions), include teachers and professors making photocopies of segments of copyrighted materials for distribution to students for various uses to further education. A licensing agency, Access Copyright, filed for changes to law so that tariffs and royalties be collected from those who make copies of licensed materials. Education institutions argued that the action of making copies did not constitute copyright infringement and should be excluded from any tariffs as the copies applied to the “fair dealing” aspect of the Copyright Act. The concept of fair practice would allow a student
What is meant by the term e-safety? Nowadays children and young people have different access to the internet like mobile phone, console and computer etc. E-safety is about staying safe on the internet, protect children staying out of trouble in places like chat room and social network site and also not download harmful or inappropriate material on the internet. What is meant by the term cyber bullying? Cyber bullying is someone used electronic communication networks like text message and E-mail send messages treat another people to embarrass and hurt their feeling.
Some laws and legislation directly impact upon schools in part or whole. The laws and legislation I am going to look at are the following. * Data Protection Act 1998 * UN Convention on the rights of the Child(UNCRC) 1989 * Education Act 2002
Key issues on working in schools E1 Legislations that support the teaching assistant in promoting safe working practice in schools are Health and Safety 1974 CRB (criminal records bureau) 2002 Riddor (reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurring diseases) 1995 COSHH (control of substances hazardous to health) 1999 Health & Safety at work 1974 ECM (every child matters) 2003 E2 Policies and procedures that the teaching assistant might use in relation to safety are First aid policy, this is used when a child has injured themselves (only qualified first aiders are able to administer first aid). Behaviour policy, in this will be the rules of the school along with the sanctions or consequences that would have to be followed if the rules were broken by any child, for example if two children were fighting in the playground, I would put them both on time out and then talk to each of them to find out what was the reason for fighting, then come to a resolve and make them understand fighting is against the rules. The behaviour policy needs to be adhered to, to be able to follow the safeguarding policy. Risk assessment policy is there to identify any risks within the classroom or outdoor area of the school environment, for example checklists can be done, make sure fire exits are clear and easily accessible, no hanging wires, chairs are stacked with no more than 4 in each stack. E3 When children are playing indoors or outdoors you need to supervise to make sure they are safe from any dangers.
4-6 3. Question three: Ways to ensure that equipment you have bought does not cause lead poisoning 7-8 4. Question four: How a child’s developmental level effects their safety and health. 9-15 5. Question five: General and specific measures to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases in ECD/schools.
The National Substance Abuse Advisory Council NSAAC is a statutory body that was established through the National Substance Abuse Advisory Council Act of 1998 to work under the Ministry. Cabinet has agreed that the primary objective of NSAAC should be, ‘the promotion of health and the minimisation of harm associated with the abuse and misuse of alcohol and other substances for students in schools and the