Unit 024 COMPLETED
Unit 024
Promote Child and Young Person Development
1. Be able to assess the development needs of children or young people and prepare a development plan
W.Q. 1.1 – Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development
There are many factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development of a child or young person as they are all individuals and so must be assessed with these individualisms taken into account. All children and young people develop at different rates and stages and reach specific markers at different times in their lives. When professionally assessed, the young person will be assessed against a nationally recognised level and compared against these to assess their progress.
Factors to be taken into account when assessing a child’s development will be their health; whether they come from an economically deficient background that may have impaired their early development because of a lack of a healthy diet.
If there is a history of mental or disability within the birth family that is having an effect on the child’s capability to progress in education and comprehend fully the surroundings and situations they are in.
Maybe they are physically disabled and cannot fulfil certain everyday functions and activities they may come normally to any other child or young person. This may have an emotional bearing and need to be taken into account when assessing them on their development.
AGE
Physical
Intellectual
Language
Emotional
Social
3 Months
Legs not strong yet to hold weight when standing
Visually alert and follows adults with eyes, moves head
Stops crying to sound of rattle
Quietens to sound of familiar voice
Stares at parent or carer when being fed
6 Months
FMS. Uses palmar grasp to pick up objects.
GMS. Held standing with feet touching hard surface.
Manipulates objects attentively. Forgets about toy if hidden. More alert now.
Turn to where familiar voice comes from, listens to voice
Laugh, show excitement
Promote Child and Young Person Development
1. Be able to assess the development needs of children or young people and prepare a development plan
W.Q. 1.1 – Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development
There are many factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development of a child or young person as they are all individuals and so must be assessed with these individualisms taken into account. All children and young people develop at different rates and stages and reach specific markers at different times in their lives. When professionally assessed, the young person will be assessed against a nationally recognised level and compared against these to assess their progress.
Factors to be taken into account when assessing a child’s development will be their health; whether they come from an economically deficient background that may have impaired their early development because of a lack of a healthy diet.
If there is a history of mental or disability within the birth family that is having an effect on the child’s capability to progress in education and comprehend fully the surroundings and situations they are in.
Maybe they are physically disabled and cannot fulfil certain everyday functions and activities they may come normally to any other child or young person. This may have an emotional bearing and need to be taken into account when assessing them on their development.
AGE
Physical
Intellectual
Language
Emotional
Social
3 Months
Legs not strong yet to hold weight when standing
Visually alert and follows adults with eyes, moves head
Stops crying to sound of rattle
Quietens to sound of familiar voice
Stares at parent or carer when being fed
6 Months
FMS. Uses palmar grasp to pick up objects.
GMS. Held standing with feet touching hard surface.
Manipulates objects attentively. Forgets about toy if hidden. More alert now.
Turn to where familiar voice comes from, listens to voice
Laugh, show excitement