CYP Core 2.4 Explain How To Support Children

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CYP Core 37 2.4 Explain how to support children and young people according to their age, needs and abilities to make personal choices and experiences that have a positive impact on their lives One of the most important factors of being a practitioner is being able to judge a child’s rate of development. This enables a practitioner to be able to select a suitable dialect and activities for example I would not expect a year 1 class to be able to understand or carry out the work of a year 6 class and vice versa. It is always essential to remember that the child is an individual and so will have their own voice, opinions and points of view, therefore is very important to respect, listen to and value these. Again we should be working on the 5 positive outcomes of…show more content…
For example, I would never try to speak to a baby of 9 months with long and difficult words to understand and would always try to use the easiest dialog so that they may be able to pick up, understand and repeat the work back in the correct context. For example I would not say “Thanking you so much” to a baby of 9 months when they are giving me their toy instead I would say “thank you” or simply “tar, tar”. This also applies to children who may have special needs as even though they are old enough to understand they may not be at the same rate as their age and so may still need extra support when being spoken to in order to understand and communicate. A child with special needs may not be able to talk and so may need to communicate in other ways such as sign language. By signing to a
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