Special Needs And Disability Act E2 Analysis

Register to read the introduction… Anyone working in a care setting should be aware that broken equipment is a risk to children. We need to check equipment regularly and all broken equipment needs to be removed or fixed as soon as possible, to reduce this hazard. Practitioners should use policies to cover personal hygiene in a setting. Children should be safe and comfortable at all times. A policy involving personal hygiene for example will tell a setting that children should never be left wet or soiled and should be educated in personal hygiene such as washing hands. And such a policy of personal hygiene is linked to the Health and Safety Act at work 1974; many of the following are linked however to the Children’s Act …show more content…
This will include statements such as settings in mixed religious must ensure they promote diversity and positive attitudes towards others. Faith schools and other settings must go even further in outlining policies that promote understanding within the community in terms of respecting all other cultures and faiths. An inclusion policy could help promote inclusive strategies is through concepts such as “individual learning” linked to “SEN” were additional help is made available for special needs children at all times. Another way practitioners can ensure inclusiveness is looking at the building its self when concerning access and disabled children. This will mean the whole building will need to be assessed for ease of access, ramps and lifts as well as WC disabled toilets and any changes that would need to be made to the building in order to make all facilities available to all children and parents and to become a fully inclusive placement. For example hand rails and ramps, accessibility also includes getting to and from school. Disabled or poorer families may have trouble getting to and from school with ease. A placement may be able to provide specialised transport for disabled children and or to give grants towards the cost of travel in the interest of being inclusive. This may all be stated in an accessibility policy. As well as …show more content…
One strategy is ensuring children have every opportunity choice through play, they should be able to choice their own play equipment, area, and resources. As well as arrange play materials so they have an improved sense of ownership. Another way with play is we can ensure there is a verity if different play areas, rescores and equipment, helping them develop independence. Children can be consulted on play decisions and activity decisions through carpet sessions. If conflict arises during play we should encourage children to resolve conflicts without our intervention, especially older children. Free play and the importance of choice in play help children to be independent in their choices and they will be more likely to be confident in their own choices in other areas of life. Another way to encourage and empower independence in young people is through strategies involving time. This can be by making any homework tasks/ reading tasks, flexible so they learn to organise their own time independently. Snack time can be self service, the choose when they eat. Although it is our responsibility to ensure food is safe children should have the opportunity to have this type of freedom with when they eat it. There could also with food be a choice and verity of menus that would help promote independent choice in children. Tassoni