Such as: • Personal choice – this could be communal families, traveller community. • Looked after children – those which are in foster care, residential homes or residential schools. They are looked after by the local authority. • Poverty – low income can cause children’s diet, health and wellbeing to suffer. • Housing and community – sub-standard housing and lack of amenities/ space to play safely.
This will have caused from poor concentration, the child may also need specific help in their work and class before any sort of progress can be made. 2) Parental illness: a child may need to be looked after because their parents may be ill or cannot cope and as a result the child may have to leave the family home for a period. Throughout this time they may live in foster homes, residential schools or children’s homes. 3) Family breakdown: families break down for a number of reasons including the following substance like abuse, mental health problems, bereavement, parental illness and incapacity. The most dangerous cause of a child being removed from that situation for their own safety and well-being.
Housing and community Children living in poor housing or cramped housing conditions can negatively affect their development. Living in a community where children have challenging or anti-social behaviour can isolate families, making them reluctant to let their children play in the community. Rural communities can isolate families and make it difficult to access education or health facilities because of limited transport. Educational environment There are many different educational environments. All educational settings are regulated.
A child’s social network and emotional development can influence development, along with the use of drugs and alcohol both (child and parent). A child may not understand what is required due to unidentified possible language delay. Child may be bored and uninterested at school. 2.2 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of external factor External factors can have an effect on a child’s development for such poverty, deprived of food, clothes and toys. Poor living conditions, inadequate diet and exercise and quality of life, leading to increased illness.
Children who have run away behaviour those parents find difficult to manage alone. Also children who truancy off school is another behaviour that may lead to the child’s needs to be placed in the foster care systems. Deaths: Sometimes children have to be put in care because family are unable to care for the child after the death of a parent children maybe looked after by the local authority most often it is because the child’s parents or the people who have parental responsibilities and rights to look after the child are unable to care for them. Have been neglected them or the child has committed an offence his local authority has specific responsibilities and duties for a child who is being looked after such as: 1. The local authority accommodation under a voluntary arrangement where the child’s patents agree to the child being
This in turn will affect their learning and ability to interact. This results in children eventually stop wanting to come to school as it’s not a happy safe place for them to be. It can also cause problems at home as they are unable to say what’s wrong and can act out at home. This continues with a child believing what they hear, that they are no good, they do look different, what’s the point , and feeling as if they have nowhere to
Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by external factorsPoverty and deprivation:It has been shown statistically that children from poor families and deprived areas tend to perform less as their parents are less likely to meet their educational needs. For example, the children may feel isolated, experience low self esteem and confidence, if their parents can’t afford to pay for their school trip, get them clothes for dress up day etc. Family environment and background:So many circumstances go in families which may affect the child. They include: parents separating, having new partners, losing family member, family member being ill, job loss etc. Looked after/ care status:These children can sometimes be moved around regularly and this may affect their development.
at home therefore not encouraging the child or young person to progress in their development away from school. * Crime - High levels of crime may surround the child. This could influence the child to be involved within crime. * Social Skills - Poor social skills due to environment, poor education. * Cramped Housing - May share a room with several other children, this can lead to cramped spaces for children, not enough room to play, no personal space, no room to develop.
Another potential reason why a child/young person maybe looked after away from home is due to the child’s behaviour becomes too much for a parent/s to cope with for example a child repeatedly committing a criminal offence, whether it maybe short-term or long term. A short term situation is where the child which is becoming too much for the parents to handle maybe be sent to young offenders institution where they will stay there for short amount of time, while they are in the young offenders
* Offending or anti-social behaviour If they are spending time in young offender places they will then be away from their families or out of education for a while. The long term affects are that it becomes the norm for them and they could continue with this way of life. Economic factors. * Poverty If a child/young person is living in poor conditions they wouldn’t have access to things that