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I had essays about every children's right you name it. my answers are:
Every Child Matters
From September 2008 all Early Years settings were expected to follow the standards of the New Early Years Foundation Stage framework. The Early Years Foundation Stage has 4 themes which show how we can help to support the care, learning and development of the children in our care.
They are;
• A unique child
• Positive relationships
• Enabling environment
• Learning and development
The Early Years Foundation Stage framework has 6 areas of learning and development
• Personal, Social, Emotional Development
• Communication Language Literacy Development
• Physical Development
• Creative Development
• Problem Solving Reasoning Numeracy Development
• Knowledge of Understanding the World Development
Each area of learning is linked to the five outcomes of the Every Child Matters framework and Key early learning goals – a statement of what most children should achieve in each area of learning by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The development stages outlined are broad are meant to show the different ways children need to achieve the Early Learning Goals. The framework is intended to be holistic and centred upon the needs of the individual child, to enable children to progress through the areas of learning and development.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)) - now part of the Equality act 2010
The act covers all four UK nations. It describes a disabled person as “Some one who has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day to day activities” This describe covers children with physical (including sensory) intellectual or mental impairments. The definition is broad disability, sensory impairment, severe dyslexia, diabetes or epilepsy, children who are incontinent or who have AIDS severe disfigurement or progressive conditions like muscular dystrophy. The research and information in support of the following aims:
_ to champion the holistic needs of all young children
_ to ensure the effective dissemination of high quality information and
good practice within the early years sector and to other interested parties
_ to promote and develop effective multi-agency and cross-agency partnerships, networks and other relationships
_ to develop all work in collaboration with partners inside NCB and/or in the wider early years sector
_ to develop specific areas of work which have been identified as important by the networks we support.
those early years settings that are constituted as schools are covered by Part 4 of the DDA. Part 4 applies to all schools: private or state-maintained, mainstream or special. The duties cover discrimination in admissions,
the provision of ‘education and associated services’ (a broad term covering the whole life of the school) and exclusions.
Part 3 of the DDA covers all providers that are not constituted as schools:
day nurseries, family centres, childcare centres, pre-schools and playgroups, individual childminders and networks of accredited childminders and other private, voluntary and statutory provision that is not established
as a school. The duties cover the refusal to provide a service, offering a lower standard of service or offering a service on worse terms to a disabled child.
The DDA sets out two main duties. These apply to all providers under both Parts 3 and 4. A failure to comply with these two duties may amount to unlawful discrimination. The two key duties are:
_ not to treat a disabled child ‘less favourably’;
_ to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for disabled children.
The two duties are explained in more detail, in sections 5 and 6.
The DDA requires schools to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to make sure that disabled children are not at a substantial disadvantage. However, the ‘reasonable adjustments’ duty does not require schools to:
_ provide auxiliary aids and services;
_ make physical changes to buildings.
For schools these two requirements are covered by other parts of the legislation.
Information and the DDA duties
The ‘reasonable adjustments’ duty is ‘anticipatory.’ This means that all settings will need to review their policies, practices and procedures to ensure that these would not discriminate against any disabled children. This should
be done whether or not the setting knows of any disabled children on their current roll, or seeking admission. For some children, or groups of children, specific changes may be needed as well as more general changes.
In deciding what adjustments may need to be made, it is important that settings seek information from parents before a child is admitted, so that the necessary adjustments can be put in place in good time. If, despite opportunities and encouragement, the parents have chosen not to share this information, the setting may be able to claim they did not know about the disability.
A setting would only be able to claim this if they had taken reasonable steps to find out about the existence of, or nature of, a child’s disability.
If a parent does share information about their child’s disability, but asks the manager or head teacher to keep that information confidential, this may limit what ‘reasonable adjustments’ can be made for this child. The duties recognise this.
What happens if a disabled child is discriminated against?
Where there has been unlawful discrimination there is a means of redress.
Part 4
A claim of unlawful discrimination under Part 4 of the DDA:
_ is made by the parent of a disabled child;
_ the claim is made to the SEN and Disability Tribunal, or in certain cases to a local admissions or exclusions appeal panel;
_ if the SEN and Disability Tribunal determines that there has been unlawful discrimination, it can order any remedy it sees fit, but no financial compensation is available.
Part 3
Where services are covered by Part 3 of the DDA (providers other than schools):
_ a claim of discrimination is heard in the County Court;
_ if the Court determines that there has been unlawful discrimination, the remedies available include financial compensation
Children Bill 2004 - summary of 2004 and link to 1989 act summary
The key features of the Bill aimed of improving the protection afforded the children by providing a much more coordinated approach. In 2003 there was widespread recognition that services for children were still not working together to identify and protect vulnerable children in our societies.
• Independent children’s commissioners for each country to protect the rights of all children and young people.
• A tracking system to keep a record of information on children including their name, address, date of birth, school and GP, education or welfare services, or to the police or youth offending teams.
• Children’s directors to take strategic responsibility for local authority education and children’s social services.
• Lead councillors for children’s services to take political responsibility for local child welfare.
• In England some areas have developed children’s trusts organisations that formally integrate children’s health, education and social services.
• Local children’s safeguarding boards with statutory powers to ensure that social services, the NHS, education services, the police and other services work together to protect vulnerable children.
• In England, joint inspections of local children’s services are conducted by all inspectorates involved with children – such as Ofsted , the Healthcare Commission, the Audit Commission and the chief inspector of constabulary.
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