...Dynamics of Ethics: Welfare Reform Program for adults with children The program used to be called Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); today people call the program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). What was the reasoning behind changing the program names? There were some changes that took place outside of just the name. What is the preferred outcome with all these changes? Will these changes be positive or negative? Who will benefit or who will not benefit from these changes? Let us first look at AFDC; what was it? AFDC was formulated in 1935 and was put in place to assist families that were considered poor whom also had children under the age of 18 some kind of cash benefits to help these families live (Coven, 2005). This program was being funded by the state and federal government. Most of the money was provided from the federal and the state would apply the remainder and run the program. The state would set guidelines as too who would qualify and how much benefits they should receive. AFDC was what people would turn to too live. Being an ex AFDC recipient I always thought I knew the INS and the outs of the program. AFDC helped me raise my children from 1993 through 2004. That is 11 years and before that AFDC helped my significant other raise my child for two years from 1991 through 1993. My oldest child now is 16 years old. A total of 13 years of his life was fully or partially supported by AFDC. Personally I never thought that...
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...Unit 2:3 Communication and Professional relationships with Children, Young People and Adults Unit Reference: F/601/3313 Unit Credit: 2 1. Know how to interact with and respond to children and young people. 1:1 Describe how to establish respectful, professional relationships with children and young people. The starting point of any relationship is to spend time getting to know the young person. Get to know their likes/dislikes. Allow them time to talk and express their views. There are a number of basic rules that apply to effective communication and interaction. * Listen to the other person. Listening isn’t just hearing but being active in the communication. Demonstrate you are listening by mirroring the question, engage in the conversation about the subject they are talking about, ask questions to show that you are wanting to know more. * Respect their views. You may not agree with their views but respect their right to hold them. You may challenge their views but use this to open up discussions and allow you both to explore the different opinions. Show them that their views are important. * Use language they will understand. Using language that may be above their level will confuse them. They will miss out on important communication and disengage from learning, alienate them from the conversation and ultimately affect their development. Using language that is below their level is disrespectful and will not engage or challenge them. * Respect their culture...
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...Tourettes Syndrome in Children Tourettes syndrome (TS) is a neurological disease which means it is in the brain. Although its specific cause is still under scientific investigation, it is believed that tourettes is caused by neurotransmitters in the brain which do not connect properly. It is a known fact this disease is genetic but it is usually not passed on by parents. It is also know that the disease can be influenced by ones environmental surroundings. Tourettes is diagnosed after 1 year of a person experiencing the symptoms. It begins in childhood and in most cases people grow out of it before adulthood. While tourettes’ exact cause is unknown, it is becoming more common and in severe cases it can interfere with every day life. Motor tics is the biggest side effect of tourettes and in severe cases it can cause interference. Motor tics can be vocal which may cause the person to grunt or hum. Motor tics may also be physical by causing the person’s body to have a sporadic, involuntary movement. This is due to muscle groups. In non severe cases the person is able to live a normal life, medication and therapy free because they may simply jerk their head or shrug their shoulders every so often. A person with a severe case of tourettes is unable to attend school and go about daily activities because their motor tics cause them to have more severe movements such as repeated head jerking or other movements. In rare cases...
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...Health supplements in children and adults. Health Supplements - are frequently used in children and adults; they are often used as a form of medicine to treat various health conditions. They assist in supporting good health. Supplementation such as fish oil, can be most beneficial in children as it can be hard to eat large amounts of fish necessary for optimal health, in example you would be required to eat 2.3 kg of snapper or 1.1 kg of canned tuna every day, In order to achieve the same level in a hi strength fish oil capsule (ethicalnutrients,2014). This key factor may lead to the vast majority of children who lack in depleted levels in omega 3 fatty acids necessary for growing children in their early stages of development (kidsspot,2014). This fatty acid is considered beneficial in a child’s growing healthy development due to the following reasons for improved learning, eye health, nervous system and behaviour. Supplements such as kidssmart fish oil capsules offer an easy alternative for parents in a tasteless chewable form children will likely enjoy. (kidssmart, 2014). In adults the same rule apples when taking such supplements into consideration, the need for a vitamin or mineral supplement due to limited dietary intake or food choices. A multivitamin can assist in maintaining optimal health and general wellbeing an example of products from Naturesway offer women and men’s multivitamin the formula containing 28 specially selected ingredients to provide daily...
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...The effects of divorce on children and adults Name: Institution: God as a parent: I agree with this notion. God displays parental roles in various ways. God cares for people. Even though this is preeminently demonstrated in the incarnation, death and resurrection of Christ numerous other biblical passages highlight the caring nature of God (Luke: 11-32). God is responsive to the human needs this can be observed in the convent which was established after the flood (Gen.9:8-17), in the rescue of Israel from Egypt, and in the free offer of restoration and mercy (John3:16). God bestows the richness on us-the only begotten son and the Holy Spirit as comforter. God shows respect for, values and cherishes us; there is not attempt to dominate, and individuals are given the freedom of being themselves. God knows human populaces, for Jesus came in human likeness; this knowledge penetrates to the core of individual’s existence. God forgives as is evident n Mathew 26:28, and John3:16. God disciplines the human populaces (Prov, 3:11-12, Revelation, 3:19) (Balswick & Judith, 2007). The discipline of Israel can be observed as an attempt of creating a faithful and obedient people. The bible taken as a whole focuses on the love and grace of God that he freely gives. Nonetheless, this unconditional love is not free of expectations and demands. God’s love entail disciplinary actions for the individuals own rectitude; His love as a parent bears a striking similarity to the parenting style...
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...Activity | Hazards | Likelihood | Severity | Controls | Drawing (Arts and craft) | Sharp pencilsPaper cuts | 22 | 44 | Make sure pencils are not too sharp.Cello tape paper down to tables | Dinner time | Chocking on foodSharp utensils | 31 | 35 | Make sure food is cut up small enough for child not to choke on itDon’t leave utensils out or misplace sharp ones | Reading to children | Fall asleep and suffocateTry eating books | 11 | 35 | Make sure child doesn’t fall asleep sitting upDo not let children read books unsupervised | Taking children to toilets | Not cleaning child properlySlip on water | 32 | 34 | Making sure the child has been cleaned properly to prevent cross contaminationMake sure children are supervised | Playtime | Eat sand Weather | 23 | 43 | Make sure child is supervised at all timesMake sure child is correctly dressed at all times | P3: Carry out a risk assessment in a health or social care setting. M2: Assess the hazards identified in the health and social care setting. D1: Make recommendations in relation to the identified hazards to minimise the risks to the service user group. In this assignment I will be talking about the risk assessment that I carried out in a nursery. I will be talking about the risks that could take place and how likely it would be of the risk to take place, also I will be talking about the severity of the risk. A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that...
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...Juvenile Offenders: Children Worth Giving a Second Chance Sarah Kee COM/156 June 13, 2012 “Young people are not only disproportionately the perpetrators of crime; they are also disproportionately the victims of crime”—Kelly Richards. When I think about the severity of crime, my last thought is that a child would commit such thing. When that does happen, it comes as a shock to me. Although I do agree that a juvenile should be punished for their wrong doings, I don’t agree with that way the law handles things. Juvenile offenders charged as adults are being robbed of their lives and deserve to get a second chance to make better decisions. My Take on How the Law Handles Juveniles Offenders From a personal standpoint, I can’t help but disagree with how the law sometimes takes its course. In this case, my matter of contention is juveniles being charged as adults for severe crimes. That’s not the only problem, not only are they being charged as adults, but also they are being sent to these adult prisons to serve time. I don’t want to give off the wrong impression that I feel it’s alright for children to commit such severe crimes and not have some source of consequence. The controversy here is to look at the big picture and consider another alternative for the problem. I’m aware of the severity of one committing a homicide or even a sexual assault, especially for it to be a child. That intuition comes from somewhere though. Causes of Juvenile Abomination There are a few...
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...and delinquency refers to acts committed by a juvenile that can be considered a crime if committed by an adult. Moreover, delinquency can also refer to actions that are illegal solely because of the age of the offender. Various studies have revealed that there exist four pillars in a child’s life, which can help in scrutinizing, understanding, and addressing the issue of “child and youth crime”. These pillars include family, peers, school, and the community. In most cases, children reflect the behaviors they learn in their environment. For example, a child who has been nurtured on a diet of violence has a high probability of becoming a violent adult (Chambliss, 2011). This paper intends to discuss juvenile delinquency, factors that contribute to it, and the key strategies to embrace in curtailing it. Different aspects connected to juvenile delinquent behavior can be noted from the case study at hand. For instance, it is worth noting that a child who is brought up by deviant/violent parents will likely borrow the same traits in his/her youth and as an adult. This can be vindicated from the fact that Holly being born by a rebellious mother, who was once apprehended on a drug conviction, borrowed the same traits, and became mutinous, disregarding all the pieces of advice she received from her grandparents. Another aspect that can be derived from the case study is that children who have been rejected by their parents, who have been nurtured in families with considerable conflict...
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...Chelsea Holloway ENC 1102 Professor Sezonenko 17 Nov 2014 Psychology of Attachment Many of us know a Child or even an Adult that has a slight to a major attachment to an inanimate object, often times it is not noticeable unless they let it be known. Doing some research I discovered the psychological theories of why children get attached to inanimate object versus an adult, how and when they do, the object they prefer to get attached to, the signs of attachment and the similarities among Adults and Children, perhaps there is a deeper meaning as to why Adults and Children get attached in the first place. In psychology, there are many reason why a child get attached to an inanimate object. The attachment stems from early childhood, such...
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...school 4. Illinois Juvenile Court Act 5. • The state is the “higher or ultimate parent” of all the children within its borders. • Children are worth saving, and nonpunitive procedures should be used to save the child. • Children should be nurtured. While the nurturing process is under way, they should be protected from the stigmatizing impact of formal adjudicatory procedures. • To accomplish the goal of reformation, justice needs to be individualized; that is, each child is different, and the needs, aspirations, living conditions, and so on of each child must be known in their individual particulars if the court is to be helpful. • Noncriminal procedures are necessary to give primary consideration to the needs of the child. The denial of due process can be justified in the face of constitutional challenges because the court acts not to punish, but to help. 6. Status offenses 7. • Notice, to comply with due process requirements, must be given sufficiently in advance of scheduled court proceedings so that reasonable opportunity to prepare will be afforded. • The probation officer cannot act as counsel for the child. His role in the adjudicatory hearing, by statute and in fact, is as arresting officer and witness against the child. There is no material difference in this respect between adult and juvenile proceedings of the sort • A proceeding where the issue is whether the child will be found...
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...Healthy Children.org Attention spans of 6- to 9-year-olds are still short (no joke), and there is difficulty trying to process information from many sources. Most of these children still need a more in-depth form of show-and tell for instruction. Do not expect them to remember long, detailed directions and carry them out completely, or you risk an episode of brain overload. Unrealistic expectations from instructors can lead to unpleasant situations if children are not able to complete a laundry list of plays. Visual and verbal teaching in short segments is a much more successful approach. Instructors and children feel a sense of accomplishment when many small tasks are completed successfully rather than partially completing a large, complicated task. Remember, some of us are still memory-challenged as adults and can’t even remember a grocery list without writing it down. Thank goodness for little sticky notes. Sports and activities with complex skills require quick assessment of a situation, rapid decision making, and mature levels of transitional skills. Examples of a few of these sports are the more advanced forms of soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball, baseball, water polo, softball, lacrosse, and football. By all means, kids can be learning the basics of these sports at young ages, but do not expect high levels of performance in most kids in this age group because the development of their memory and complex thinking patterns is still limited. As usual, there are...
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...this world. In my project I will discuss how the parents are and very well should be there child’s number one roll model starting from the day the parents find out that they are having a child. In my project I will talk about varies ways that the parent can be helped, through different mentor/ activity programs whether government or locally funded to maintain the stability of the children over the years; yet still having the parents remaining at the fore front of the child’s life and continuing to be that roll model. 3. There are many contributing factors that create a juvenile delinquent child, but the best factor from preventing or reducing juvenile delinquency is a child’s parents and their family supporting them in all they are doing, when they are doing the correct things praise them for it, yet when they are doing negative acts you should correct them and let them know they will pay the price of negativity as well. This is mainly achieved through improved family connections and non-violent treatment of children at all social levels. These enable them to understand legal consequences of delinquent behavior and how to avoid them (Mann & Reynolds, 2006). In my research of reducing juvenile delinquency and in my life experiences as a child growing up with my parents has lead me to firmly believe that all good things start at...
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...structure, influence of media, and the influence of peers. When looking at juvenile delinquency, you must take into consideration what is going on at home. The majority of young people who become delinquents live in an environment with difficult circumstances. According to an article called Juvenile Delinquency (2003), children who are subjected to watching their parents deal with alcoholism, poverty, family breakdowns, or abusive conditions are usually the quickest to fall into the delinquent categories. Usually when this occurs children find unhealthy ways to cope with their anger or feelings thus leading towards doing drugs or committing crimes. Parents should focus on making sure children have a healthy environment to grow up in to keep family structure from being a key element towards a child starting a criminal career. The media is another factor when looking into the life of a juvenile delinquent. Video games and television shows are filled with crime and violence. Majority of children are introduced to these at a young age and try to interpret this life style into their own. According to Gentile, D. A. & Anderson, C. A. (2003) video games have caused more children to become aggressive, have more confrontations, and engage in more fights with their peers causing a social declination. As for music videos a concern has come form parents because juvenile delinquents tend to be fascinated by the glamorization of...
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...specific delinquency problem must accept the fact that it is a long and thoughtful process, often one of discouragement and delay. It is expensive in terms of money, time and effort. It need hardly be pointed out, however, that the results of delinquency are twice as costly. From all our knowledge of delinquents and delinquency, there is no reassuring evidence of a formula or recipe for prevention. What emerges clearly, from many studies and reports and surveys, is that delinquent behaviour must be the concern of the entire community, not just dismissed as a problem to be handled by local schools, churches, police courts or professional agencies. It should be recognized as their problem by the citizens of a community even when their own children are not remotely involved. But in many big cities in the world, the very word community is a mockery and without true meaning. Most urban centres are not communities in any real sense of the word. Therefore, in just such an instance, a beginning must be made at the very level where delinquency occurs-on the block, in a neighbourhood, in a district. The very lack of a community, a word...
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...U. McNeal find that, “the consumer embryo begins to develop during the first year of existence, at first slowly, then very rapidly until it becomes a bona fide functioning consumer at around 8 or 9 years of age. At about this point, children begin to absorb an enormous amount of additional consumer competencies as their reasoning powers develop at a higher plane. These consumer cadets, no doubt, learn more than half of their consumer attitudes and skills by the average age of 10.” In addition there has been a tremendous increase in disposable income that teenagers and young adults have acquired with strong evidence suggesting they have already established certain brand loyalties. Brands can deceive children by manipulating them instead of communicating to them. This is where the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, and national regulatory groups in other counties, develops a code of advertising to children. Increasingly adult companies have found ways to create a relationship with children. At IKEA, kid are able to play in a ball room and granted they have a positive experience their feeling of loyalty to IKEA may increase without never having made a purchase or spending anytime inside the actual store however, IKEA recognizes these children as potential customers, when a positive childhood memory could manifest as a loyal consumer,...
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