305 Section 3

[WendyW]

I am struggling to find a way to be observed on this section, in particular "Help children to protect themselves from abuse".

The children I work with are 3 years old. I was thinking along the lines of stranger danger books or doing a puppet show along the same theme, but I am worried about the age of the children and doing something that they will understand without scaring them.

Any ideas ??

[cats]

Hi
I used a book called Topsy and Tim meet the Police by Jean and Gareth Anderson. This book is set around playgroup age and in the story the children act out a Stranger Danger theme, which is what I got the children to do.
Hope this helps

[tutu]

your assessor shouldn't expect you to experiment with something so delicate for an observation and as an aside why are you worrying about what she will observe! thats her job! . anyhow the best way is a professional discussion.

[WendyW]

Thank you both for your help.

I agree with you about a professional discussion being the best way to cover this, but I have to be observed in this section. This section is about indications of child abuse, helping children to protect themselves from abuse, responding to a child's disclosure of abuse etc, how on earth do I can observed on this section if I have never being involved in the disclosure of abuse ? and if I did, the last thing on my mind would be asking to be observed !!!

I will chat to my assessor next week about it. Usually, my assessor observes me throughout a session going about my normal work, but I just find this Unit 'different' from the others.

I really do like this unit.