Expressing their emotions and talking about them can help children to understand acceptable social behaviour. Not being able to this can lead to temper tantrums or other challenging behaviour. •Behaviour- Language can be used to set limits and boundaries for children behaviour. Children model their own behaviour on others and if adults can effectively communicate and exchange age or developmental appropriate information with children this can encourage them to behave in acceptable ways. Frustration at their own inability to communicate effectively can lead to behavioural problems.
P1: Explain the requirements for two different careers in the health sector. Job description Child and adolescent psychotherapists offer psychoanalytic treatment to children and young people with emotional or behavioural difficulties, including: * * depression * anxiety * development delay * phobias * aggression * gender dysphoria * consequences of child abuse * self-harming * learning difficulties and disabilities * eating disorders * Psychosomatic disorders Child and adolescent psychotherapists are skilled in the assessment and treatment of children and young people, and are trained to carefully observe them and respond to what they might be communicating through their behaviour and play. They tailor their approach to the individual child and work in an age-appropriate way. Younger children, for example, may play with the toys provided or draw, whilst teenagers might talk about their feelings. Infants and parents are seen together so that their patterns of interaction can be considered.
What does the term ‘mandatory reporter’ mean? 5. Why is it important to adopt an ‘interagency approach’? Task 1 Answers 1. Risk of significant harm means a child or young person who is at risk of suffering some kind of abuse Physical or mental and emotional harm damaging to a child’s wellbeing and development.
NSPCC role and responsibilities is to also work with other organisations such as social services, police, family protection, education and health services. Health Visitors’ roles and responsibilities are to recognise if a child is being abused or neglected. A health visitors’ role and is also to support babies and children under the age of 5. General Practitioners (GP’s) roles and responsibilities are to maintain the skills in recognising if a child is being abused or neglected, they need to follow all the correct procedures if abuse or neglect is suspected. All GP’s should have regular training and update their training when necessary.
However in a situation like this practitioners need to recognise that when the child needs to be referred to others. Sometimes children’s behaviour could show some signs that they need some extra support. This means that a practitioner needs to recognise when children need to be referred to another colleague or a professional. However a practitioner needs to encourage positive behaviour and manage children’s common behaviour. Specific types of unwanted behaviour that should be referred to others: • When pupils are a danger to themselves and/or others • When you are dealing with a difficult situation on your own • If pupils are not carrying out your instructions and you are not in control of the situation • When you are not comfortable dealing with a pupil, for example they are behaving in a threatening manner or behaving unpredictably • When an incident is serious enough to warrant the involvement of a senior member of staff.
To what extent can transactional models help in understanding the origin and development of disturbed behaviour? This essay will look at the factors underlying disturbing behaviour in children and whether a transactional model best describes how disturbed behaviour develops. We will begin by looking at what constitutes “disturbing behaviour” and then look at the two traditional explanations for its development, discussing the different factors involved. From there we will then look at how the inadequacies of these models can be resolved with the transactional model. Disturbed behaviour is not always an easy thing to describe.
Explain the strategies and methods that can be used to support children/young people and their families where abuse is suspected or confirmed. I will be explaining strategies and methods that can be used to support children and young people and their families where abuse is suspected or confirmed, with these strategies it help prevent more cases in abuse and can give families conformation on whether their child is a suspected case of abuse. Empowering Children. Means to give a child power and telling them their rights as children, explain to them right from wrong. This will help now and the short term because if they have been abused and the abuser was telling them that it is normal and not bad this strategy will open their eyes to
MU 2.4 4.1 IDENTIFY THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WHICH MAY INDICATE THAT A CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON IS INJURED OR UNWELL RECOGNISING ILLNESS OR INJURY IN CHILDREN When working with children it is important to be alert for changes in the behaviour, mood or appearance of a child. There are times when changes can be a sign or symptom of underlying issues. Children who are very young are not able to explain how they feel or what is hurting them, so a worker needs to be aware of the different signals that can highlight different problems that may not be obvious to parents before leaving their children at the nursery/school. A good number of signals can point to various things and a worker must not jump to conclusions, for example if a child
The treatment experience provides the child with a structured and therapeutic environment to work through developmental, educational, psychological and social problems. I observed that the children's program is based on a family systems approach, while attending to the accomplishment of developmental tasks. The child is treated within the context of the family. Special programs exist for the treatment of attention deficit disorders, developmental delays and other special problems. I observed inpatient hospital services and an intensive outpatient program for adolescents with psychiatric, emotional, behavior disorders.
It permits the child to work off excess physical energy and to release unexpressed tensions. In fact, people who are interested in working with children diagnosed with mental health problems use sometimes play as therapeutic tools to allow the child to work off frustrations, and to analyze the child’s conflicts and ways of coping with them (Life-Span Development, p. 27). Therefore, Psychologists define play therapy as a form of counseling or psychotherapy that uses play to communicate with and help people, especially children, to prevent or resolve psychosocial challenges. This is thought to help them towards better social integration, growth and development (Association for Play Therapy, 2006). What are the implications of play therapy in child development?