Explain the importance & impact of poverty on outcome and life chances for children and young people: • Low income: this can mean that children may not have the same advantages as their wealthier peers. • Poor housing: this could lead to ill health due to unacceptable standards within the home. • Ill health: not having access to the correct food and warm clothing could affect health. • Low academic achievement: this could come due to the lack of importance on education. • Low self-esteem: children could have low self-esteem due to the factors mentioned above.
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.
Plus, a stressful family environment may cause a child to experience learning disabilities and possibly be of a high risk of a stress related illness. At the same time, various other elements within a child’s background may affect behaviour and development, these being; divorce, a new baby, diet, poverty and media to mention a few. Children of one parent families may suffer as the parent may work long hours leaving the child with very little support and possibly no role model to look up to. Divorce also can be very traumatic for a child. Children whose families have joined with another family and therefore have ‘step-family’ may experience unhappiness due to the child being picked on or feeling left out, this would lead to low self-esteem and they would quite possibly result in lack confidence in their own abilities.
Some children who have arrived from another country where formal education begins later may also find their intellectual development affected as they have had no previous education but could also affect their emotional and behavioural development if they feel they are not able to do what others have already learnt to do. Schools will often put appropriate support in place for children in these situations. Abuse/Neglect - If a child has suffered from any abuse or neglect it will almost certainly affect the
This would affect their physical development and their intellectual development, as their learning at the age of crawling is sometimes dependent on their ability to move and touch things. 2.1 Describe, with examples, the kinds of influences that affect children and young people’s development including: background, health, and environment. A child or young person’s background can influence their development. If a family has a recent breakup, if the child is suffering from bereavement or even moving house then this could affect them emotionally as well as intellectually, this could even transfer to the classroom and affect the ability for the child to learn normally. Other than the background of a child or young person their health is another influence of their development, this can include medical condition or impairment disallowing them the chance of normal activities as other children.
Analyse key social, economic and environmental factors, which may influence development. Love is a key social factor that may influence development. The absence of love in a child’s life can be visible in the child appearance. Children whose hair might has not been washed for a number of days or who are wearing the same filthy clothes everyday will show signs of poor hygiene and not being care for properly. Children who are not loved will find it difficult in the future to make long lasting friendships.
It may be with the local authorities or a family relative or friend. If the illness is permanent and leaves the parent/ guardian unable to care for the child, then permanent care may be put in place. Child related reasons; Behavioural problems Children may need to be looked after as a consequence of their own actions. If a child’s behaviour cannot be managed and controlled by their parents/ guardians and is causing stress and ill health to anyone in the household then they may require them to be looked after by someone other than their parents/guardians. Learning difficulties Children with learning difficulties present their own problems and challenges; some families are unable to cope with these challenges and may place their child in respite care.
Name: Reniella Padilla Title & Number: TDA 2.1 CHILD AND YOUNG PERSON DEVELOPMENT 2.1 DESCRIBE WITH EXAMPLES THE KINDS OF INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S DEVELOPMENT. BACKGROUND • Family Dynamics Family is a fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children. Families are very important to children’s lives when they are growing up. Some children do not grow up with their families they grow up in a foster family or in the care where local authorities take care of them. But some of the children who live with their family can be closer or not closer to them this can affect their confidence and their education.
This may cause the child to take care of the parent while at home. By the child doing this could cause them to miss school which will cause them to fail behind and also may put stain on the child’s social life. This may be because the child is staying and taking care of their
Also to meet new people, friends and develop new relationships. However depending on the type of background a child might have this could affect their development education wise, social development and emotionally. For example some parents might be going through divorce proceedings and a young child might be too young to understand why this is happening, this could result on them focusing less on education and they might not be able to cope emotionally. Another example could be that a young child might be moving house constantly and not having a stable home