Assessment task 1 Positive Guidance Policy Weighting 20% (1500 words) Learning Outcomes CLO 4: Implement and plan for all children using teaching methods and strategies that incorporate socially...

Children’s social competence through positive guidance
Table of contents
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    Topic
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    1.
    Introduction
    3
    2
    Rationale
    3
    3
    Purpose
    3
    4
    Practices and procedures
· Inclusion and aspirations of parents
· Curriculum
· Promoting social competence
· Interventions
    4
    5
    Recommendations
    5
    6
    Child protection
    6
    7
    Positive guidance
    6
    8
    Conclusion
    7
    9
    References
    8
Introduction:
First seven years of life are vital as each individual child’s future development as well as humanity depends on the experiences attained during this time. Social competence as well as healthy development can be achieved by providing a loving atmosphere with warmth and guidance which tends to promote joy and wonder. Healthy child development takes place only if the community is based on healthy social relationships among children, parents and teachers. With the development of social competence, children can easily relate to others such that they extend and enrich their learning (Kostelnik et al, 2015). Nurturing emotional well being of a children followed by helping him/her to develop appropriate behavior understanding can be done efficiently by the teacher. Social and emotional health of children affects overall learning and development of them. As per research, mentally healthy children are happier and have a positive attitude towards school along with high learning motivation. Also, they demonstrate better academic performance and participate more eagerly in class activities compared to the ones who are less healthy mentally (Hyson 2004).Top of Form
Rationale:
To ensure that this developed center policy supports and guides positively the social competence development of children so as to establish as well as maintain social relations with adults as well as other children.
As per early childhood services regulations 2008 (43a), requirements education must plan and implement this policy to all children with the help of teaching methods and strategies incorporating socially inclusive practices along with application of transition knowledge and learning continuity.
Purpose:
This policy must ensure that-
· Social competence is developed along with bringing understanding towards appropriate behavior among children.
· Teachers provide warm, emotionally reliable, safe as well as inclusive culture towards children and their families.
· Care and education is provided by teachers with the help of positive interactions and meaningful conversations so as to foster learning in children followed by nurturing reciprocal relationships thereafter.
· Parents along with teachers work mutually for social competence encouragement among children.
· Intervention, referral as well as prevention strategies are consistently followed by all and are clear and precise.
· Safety of children from emotional as well as physical harm.
· Recommendations, information and referrals record is sought from service providers or agencies.
Practices and procedures for teachers:
Inclusion and aspiration of parents-
· Efforts from teacher’s end will be done to know children well followed by getting familiar with the culture and life context of each and every child along with their family during the phase of enrolment and transitions between and into the groups.
· Invite parents while making plan and assessment by individual meeting, informal conversation, community consultation participation, review, meetings and artistic/written contribution learning of their children.
· Support parents and community so as to promote social competence with the help of parent education and communication.
· View parents as partners in development of social competence and so involve them in any concern associated with their children. Also, involving parents would help to understand child as part of family, as individual and as part of community.
· Develop intervention strategies for home as well as learning place as suitable in case of identification of targeted behaviors.
· Positive guidance approach must be adopted and followed by all adults associated with children specifically during any special events or...