New, Hello, and couple of questions :)

Hey I'm new. My name's Tabbie, I'm 19 and I'm doing a NVQ L2. I work in reception class in a school. I'm stuck on a couple of questions so any help would be muchly appreciated

1)How often should risk assessments be done, who does it, and where is it recorded?

2)How could you adapt a setting to deal with the needs of a child with hearing difficulties and a child with visual difficulties?

3)This isn't an actual question, but this my own. What do you do if a child tells you they're being abused, or looks like they're being abused? What's the difference in how you act for each one? I've never had to deal with it...

4) What's the importance of having a behaviour policy in your setting?



If anyone could give me some pointers, help, or any tips, it would be greatly appreciated, and if in turn I can help anybody, I'll try my hardest

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[ray]

Hiya Tabbie. Welcome..... this site has been amazingly helpful for me. I couldnt have done my course without all the help I have had here.
At my setting ( a nursery) we do a room risk assesment daily which checks the lighting, door alarms ( they go off if the doors to the garden are opened)
Room temperature. That the toys are safe and floors clear.
We also have a garden/outdoor risk assesment.
The room leader does this or delegates it to a co worker. The risk assessments are dated and kept in a folder especially for this purpose.

For a child with hearing difficulties its a good idea to make sure there are areas that are slightly away from the general hubbub and noise of the classroom.
Visual difficulties can be helped with the correct lighting, larger signs perhaps. It really depends on what the problem is.
I have a child in my room that has hearing problems in his left ear, so we make sure we sit him with his right ear towards whatever he needs to hear.e.g at "carpet/story time.

Hope this gives you some pointers.

[mother theresa]

hi i havent been using this site for very long but i find it very helpful. your workplace should have a policy and procedures book for dealing with problems such as abuse ask to see it. where i am i should go to my supervisor if i suspect abuse. if a child tells you you must make a note of it and date it then inform whoever is in charge unless it is them who is abusing then you woild go higher.