Making all children feel a valid member of the school community is something all adults will do daily. 1.2 Describe with examples how to behave appropriately for a child or young person’s stage of development When working with children and young people it is important to understand that there will be a varying level of attention and support required depending on their age and different needs. A main factor to consider is their stage a development, as a child’s concentration span will vary depending on this. As
Because of this, it is essential that early years settings carry out Risk assessments on all new/existing activities, risk assessments indoors and outdoors, and also complete a Risk assessment if practitioners are planning to take children on an outing. By completing Risk assessments it allows the practitioners to identify any potential hazard and create a strategy or strategies to decrease the possibility of the hazard. For example, within my placement my supervisor carried out a Risk assessment when taking the children on a trip to the library. Within the assessment they ensured that they included the number of children who would be attending and the number of staff, parents and students that would also be attending. This is extremely important as the adult to child ratio changes when the children are outside of the setting.
This could be related to learning or a disability. A SENCO will assess children and if necessary develop an Individual Education Plan (IEP), that will give everyone targets to work to for the best outcome for the child. These targets are regularly reviewed and updated, to see that progress is achieved. The SENCO will support both children and parents, involving both to ensure that the child is supported in the best possible way. Teachers The teacher is responsible for teaching the children with guidelines
Staff can access information and support through the department of Health and Local council’s websites also C.Q.C or N.S.P.C.C and save the children. Sense staff must conduct themselves in line with all Sense policies and procedures Staff are selected carefully at the recruitment stage and have appropriate training, support and are supervised regularly. Staff should always adhere to Sense policy and procedures while supporting children and young people, and should never trivialise or ignore any issues raised regarding possible allegations behaviours or attitudes
This can be done using SEAL lessons and SEAL groups. We run social groups where children are encouraged to talk and work out strategies on dealing with behaviours and problems they might have. We follow time to talk programmes to develop communication skills and retracking programmes for children who may need to reflect on any problems they may have had that week, this involves finding strategies so that it doesn’t happen again. We are lucky to have a team of play therapists that take small groups of children with issues once a week. All classrooms have posters promoting positive behaviours and feelings.
Answer Reflective practice is important as it enables you to achieve a better understanding of yourself, your skills, competencies, knowledge and professional practice. Identifying what you have learnt requires you to think about your experiences, and consider the outcomes, in order to evaluate the experience, and identify your thoughts, feelings and understanding of the relevant issues. 3. How reflective practice contributes to improving the quality of service provision. Answer Reflective practice is important for everyone.
This assists and is used as a guideline for teachers to help your child in their development areas. It informs us about the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes the learner has obtained (Davin, R.2013:32). By assessing the learner we are able to identify their learning style and allow us to prepare lessons in such a way that is best suitable to your child’s needs. Frequent assessments made by our teachers also assist parents to develop their children at home. Our teachers are able to provide exercises or activities to parents to practice at home with the learner thus reiterating what is being taught in the classroom.
I also watch for signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and write anything that concerns me about the child/ children, then I bring the issues to the attention of centre's coordinator or supervisor to inform parents/ guardians. I always listen carefully to children and this helps me determine a child's needs and aids in promoting the child's development. Inclusive childcare is very important whether or not children experience disabilities or other special needs. Every single day at the setting, I make sure all children fee a sense of belonging. I let children participate in the same routines and play experiences, this way I learn to recognize children as distinct individuals with special strengths and needs.
However, we can aim to offer each unique child equality of opportunity suited to their individual needs and requirements. We as staff need to understand the needs and requirements of each individual child. For each child to have equal opportunities, settings they learn and play in must ensure that they and their families are fully included in the setting, taking into account the diversity of the children and families who come to the setting. Inclusion is the process of making this happens. Working towards inclusion involves striving to remove barriers to children and their families.
Engaging in reflective practice will help to improve the quality of care you give and close the gap between theory and practice. How does reflective practise contribute to improving the quality of service provision? Reflective practice is imperative in order to ensure that high standards are kept continuously as circumstances, individuals and environment’s change. In order to reflect you must continuously be aware of approaches used and how they can be changed or developed to improve the level of care provided. Continually improving and adapting approaches benefits both service users and practitioners, ensuring that each individual needs are catered for.