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Assessment

CHCECE026 Work in partnership with families to provide appropriate education and care for children

To achieve a competent result for this unit you must satisfactorily complete all the assessments requirements listed below.

Assessments for this unit are as follows:

Assessment Number	Type of Assessment	Description and location
Assessment 1	Short Questions/Multiple Choice Questions/True or False	There are short questions found in this booklet. You will be given the opportunity to respond to each question in your own words in a written format. In special cases you may respond verbally.
Assessment 2	Case studies/Scenarios	There are Case studies/scenarios in this booklet. Read the case studies given and answer the questions that follow. Use your own words in answering these case studies.
Assessment 3	Research Activity	There are research activities found in this booklet. You are required to research the topic and respond to each question in your own words in a written format. In special cases you may respond verbally.
Assessment 4	Personal/Reflective Journal	Instructions for the journal are in the supervised work placement booklet
Assessment 5	Third Party Observation	Will be performed by the workplace supervisor while the student is on Work Placement.
Assessment 6	Work Place Observation	Your workplace supervisor observes you in the work place setting demonstrating the practical application of the skills and knowledge that you have gained in relation to these units. Your supervisor is required to observe you performing tasks in the workplace using the checklist provided in the third party report. During the observation your assessor will make a judgment as to whether you have met the required skill level for the qualification, or if further practice is required. Instructions and checklist for work placement are in the supervised work placement booklet. When an assessor is unable to visit the workplace they shall liaise with your workplace supervisor to confirm your ability to perform the tasks as part of the training package.

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Assessment 1

Short Questions

1. a. One of the key principles of the National Quality Framework includes:

        The role of parents and families is respected and supported

Explain the importance of this principle in relation to the provision of quality services for young children and their families.

The major statement of best quality structure or framework is about the respective and supportive role of families or parents. Family or parents are the earliest teachers of childhood. Each and every family belongs to a different background where religious factor, custom and various cultures are included. These all factors are helping children for upbringing with good personality and to be a gentleman/ woman. Sections 301 and 324 of the Education and Care Services National Law explains the importance of quality service (education Care Services National Regulations, p.22). This quality framework which is done by parents or family is very important because it helps children to create a proper lesson about basic education which is very important to learn for many years. Suppose the quality framework is to be provided by parents or family then children can not achieve their goal, children will lose their potential to achieve their goals in life (Brown and Danaher, 2019, p-77). This quality framework develops a childs awareness and develops their expression and feelings. The respective and supportive role of patents is also very important to develop a child's social and environmental aspects (Guide to the Education and Care Services National Law and the Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011, p. 9). This develops the ability to interact and communicate with others and children can learn to help themselves as well as they may handle self control. That is why the relation of the quality services of parents or family is important.

 

b. National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2004:1Young children develop in an environment of relationships. Working Paper No. 1, believes that Young children experience their world as an environment of relationships, and these relationships affect virtually all aspects of their development.

What rationale is provided to support this statement?

This statement or declaration describes the relationship among child and family or parents as well as educators who help to influence their child by social skills, social behaviour and with social observation also. Initially, the young children learn best in interactive rotational mode and this needs to be considered (Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships, p. 5). A quality bonding with parents can develop a child's self esteem, it helps to motivate them to learn about new things, children can choose good friends and can make a good and pure friendship, children can gain the ability to control their anger and attacking nature and aggressive nature also. According to Lucas et al.(2018, p. 45) parents and family are responsible for promoting children's development and to learn about all these territories as well as in normal learning capacity which includes self regulation,to solve many difficulties and problems. A child who is predictable and responsive about relationships as well as responsible to interact or communicate with adults, showed their development or improvement with an executive functioning way.

 

c. List the characteristics of partnerships that contribute to positive relationships with parent

There are some characteristics of partnership which contribute the positive relationship with parent, such as

Vaulting as well as gives importance to parents or family as a primary teacher or educator.

There should be mutual respect between parents and children (Partnership-Oriented Practices: Examples and Applications, p. 2).

Parents and children should work together and share goals.

Parents and children should cooperate to achieve goals.

Parents and children have to listen to each other and consider their views.

Children and family or parents should maintain two ways of interaction or communication.

Children and parents should maintain the balance of relationship power equally.

Parents and children should acknowledge their common goals. They have to ensure the positive outcomes about the goal of the child.

Parents and children should share a lot of information to build a strong bond among them.

 

2. How can a child face the challenges of growing up with a dual culture when growing up in Australia as an Australian?

Raising children is not a easy matter, no matter where they are growing. The challenges come for parents or family in Australia when a child is growing in dual culture. These challenges are faced by both children and parents. The main challenge is language, which is a major issue for raising in dual culture. According to Kiesswetter et al. (2020, p. 135) children can not communicate or interact with someone due to language problems. Thus affecting childrens minds which decrease the development of childrens minds and create a distance from others. Another challenge is education which is a very major necessary thing for growing children. Many parents are not comfortable sending their children to school due to dual culture because children face dual languages among other classmates, which affects their basic education also (Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships, p. 4). That is why growing up in dual culture in Australia as an Australian is a very challenging matter for children.

 

3. How can an educator involve a parent in curriculum planning and goal setting for their child?

Educators or parents should share about goals with children and teach them with support and respect to achieve their goals. Educators or parents must be good in setting goals for their children to succeed in the future. According to Peachey et al. (2018, p.170) educators have to encourage children about their goals and have to understand about their goals. Parents or educators should plan the strategies to achieve their goals (Talking with parents when concern arise, p. 5). Thus an educator may be involved in parenting for planning and setting goals for children.

 

4. Why would a parent of an Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander child choose to enrol their child in a service specifically for ATSI children?

People who are dark skin toned with blonde hair and with a broad nose with blue eyes belong from Aborginal/ Torres strait islander. Parents of Aborginal or Torres Strait islander enrol their child name in ATSI because to get age pension and carer allowance as well as to get pension at disability stage. According to Madigan et al. (2019, p.5) aborginal parents get a parenting allowance which is one the most important income for families and it helps for growing children. Children and parents get free healthcare from the government. The ECEC service includes ocasional care and in-home care services for the children of aboriginals (Early Childhood Australia and Early Childhood Intervention Australia, p. 6). Australia agencies or governments also help to develop their community programme.

 

5. How can a child who is living in an unhealthy/negative environment be positively affected by attending child care?

Parents and family have to create a positive environment around the child to build a positive effect as well as a healthy environment. Parents or educators should cooperate with children to do positive work and they have to be available for children most of the time. According to Heraganahally et al. (2020, p.248) educators or parents should give proper time to their children by playing with them and listening to them. Educators should encourage children to do positive work and have to appreciate children for their work (Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships, p. 3). Thus children can be affected positively by child care.

 

6. How can a Centres Philosophy recognise and support the importance of working in partnership with families?

When families or parentents work together they can swap information and can give focus to meet their childs needs which helps to support them. According to Ongaro (2019, p.142) partnership allows the child to see good and important people with whom the child can work and live together. A center philosophy can help to develop a child's experience and helps to set goals as well as helps to get success in life. The behavorial support policy can help the services through DECS sites (Behavorial Support Policy for Early Childhood Services, p. 11). Thus a Centres philosophy recognised as the most important support for working in partnership.

 

7. Blue Bay Early Education and Care Centre provides care for children from diverse cultural and social backgrounds.

The service reflects the cultural diversity of families by ensuring that the environment and program convey a sense of belonging for all families and children.

Describe, in practical terms, how the Centre might demonstrate that it reflects the cultural diversity of families by ensuring that the environment and program convey a sense of belonging for all families and children.

Blue Bay Early Education designed many policies for children who are culturally diverse .This educational center acts with respect and diligence to make the sense belongs.The Family day carfe coordination Unit plays an important role in creating the sense of diversity among the children which help them to cooperate and correlate with each other (Behaviour Support Policy for Early Childhood Services, 12).

 

8. There are number of barriers that both educators and parents face when discussing concerns about a childs development. Describe three key barriers.

The most common three barriers are

Lack of interest, like many educators or parents don't see the importance in participating or they do not believe a child's involvement in some events. The parents feel problem while discussing issues with the educator about physical issues, visual disabilities, developmemnt delays and behavoorial issue and this hinders child's development (Including Children with Special Needs: Tips for Child Care Providers, p. 2).

Communication gap between parents or educators or children. This happens mainly due to different cultures and languages (Ongaro 2019, p.136).

Some educators believe that families can not help their child due to limited and less educational background. However, a poor or limited educational background family or parents help their children with school and keep monitoring their studies. This is an educator's misconception about parents.

 

9. List 8 steps that may contribute to positive communication with parents.

The positive communication with the parents can be maintained by involving the family of the children in the documentation process.

Step 1: Institute a Parent Involvement Plan: The educator needs to rely on observation for capturing the essence of children.

Step 2: Validate the parents role: Engaging in thoughtful reflection, drawing professional knowledge and making reliable inferences from the evidence.

Step 3: Provide proof: Not overlooking parents input in the process of childs development.

Step 4: Maintaining positive attributes: Providing cross-reference information regarding the planned program, to the families of children that their children are being liked at the school.

Step 5: Helping parent to be successful: Using childs portfolio to communicate with the parents as the right tool and sending interactive activities as the evidence of all aspects of childs development (Working with parents, P. 10).

Step 6: Creating safe place for the conversation with customers: Using day books to inform the parents regarding the day-to-day activities of the students.

Step 7: Using open communication: Using portfolio to provide parents reflective information regarding childs learning and development.

Step 8: Availability of resources: Encouraging the parents of children to share relevant information about children such as birthdays, special events, holidays or family outings.

 

10a. I am a widower. My wife died 4 months ago of breast cancer. I have a 1year old daughter and a 3 year old son. I currently work Part-time I am finding it difficult to cope.

Paul has stated that he is finding it difficult to cope.

What support could an educator offer him?

The educator can offer him boarding attire for the kids so that Paul can deal with managing job and family management at the same time. However, if Paul is reluctant in that than Paul can be given measurable tasks so that he can follow that up as the part of helping the children to build up their skills(Working with parents, P. 25). The principal can foster repeat communication with Paul so that the growth of children can mostly managed by the school staff as the part of easing the parental duty of Paul. The educator can clearly support him to assist their children with homework. Ongoro (2019) has explained that face-to-face meeting as well as providing YouTube videos are used by the tutors to help the parents to work on the growth of children. The educator can also propose the teacher-home-visit to correlate how children are feeling. This can help the educator to measure the overall impact.

 

b. What questions could the educator ask Paul to gather more information?

The following questions could be asked (Working with Parents, p. 6):

Do you have a nanny at your house to help you in taking care of children?

What do you find difficult to cope with: time management or work-life balance?

What are the fears or concerns about your child in this situation?

Would you like to shift your children to boarding school for seeking full-time job?

What you expect out of me regarding the upbringing of children?

How can I help to sort out this problem?

 

Assessment 2

Case Study 1

Orientation I: All about Harry

I was very nervous when I arrived at the centre for our first orientation visit. Harry (10 months) hadnt slept well the night before he had been awake every 2 hours so we were both feeling a little stressed. As I got Harry ready that morning I kept telling him that we were going to child care and that he would have lots of fun. Even as I was saying this I felt bad. I was going back to work and Harry was going to be cared for by strangers. He would be at their mercy and he had no way of telling me if he had been well cared for, if he had been cuddled or if he was scared.

I told Harry that his dad and I had carefully investigated this centre and had heard many good reports about it the staff seemed really friendly and it looked clean and well maintained.

As I walked through the door the Director was waiting for me. She smiled and said she was pleased to see us and that she knew that I must be feeling a little anxious. She put her arms out to Harry and he went to her with a big smile. She then took us through to the nursery, all the time explaining to me what was happening in the room. We were introduced to the educators and to several of the children. Harrys primary educator was wonderful.

She was very patient with all of my questions and was gentle with the children. She showed me the cot room and asked about Harrys daily routine. She took lots of notes and asked lots of questions. I felt that she was genuinely interested in knowing all about Harry. Several times she commented on what a lovely nature Harry had and what a good job we were doing as parents. She asked how I felt about going back to work and reassured me as we left on that first day I felt so relieved and was actually looking forward to returning the next day.

Identify the practices demonstrated in scenario A that have assisted in nurturing a true partnership between the parent and educator.

Providing daybooks, portfolio, documentation learning to the parent by the educator is required to be used for making sure that the conflict among the teacher and parent is mitigated. It is seen that the educators that taken the notes so that she can develop these materials for continuous learning planning for the student. Building basic communication skuill and high expectation from the child's behaviour is noticed in the educator's behaviour (Partnership-Oriented Practices: Examples and Applications, p. 2). Here in this scenario educator and parent relationship is seen in a very strong way because educator gives comfort and surety to the parent that he/she will look after the child very consciously. Educators have shown interest in the child which helped to build a strong and trustable relationship with the parent. According to O'Toole (2021, p.3) parents and educators both are important for children because they influence children for growing and developing their mental health. Children communicate openly with parents and educators only, who make a children's life perfect. This scenario presents a good understanding between parents and educators, where an educator gains the trust of an anxious parent, who is leaving their child alone to do their job.

 

Case Study 2

Orientation II: Getting to Know You

Today Zennie is going to show me how she will plan to support Harrys development. I was quite surprised when Zennie said that she would like me to help her set some goals for Harry. I didnt think that I could be so involved! Yesterday we looked at the communication book which will tell me all the details of Harrys day, what he ate, how long he slept and when his nappy was changed. Zennie sings a lot to the children and is always smiling. Harry just loves her. I have learnt some of the songs and have started to sing them to Harry at night before he goes to sleep.

How does the educator in the case study reflect quality care practices?

The five finger formula is a conflict management model which is going to be used by Zennie to explain how Harrys development can be strategically enhanced effectively.

Parent: So, You asked for my engagement in Harrys goal development?

Educator: Yes, I need your involvement so that you can have a clarification about Harry activities. Can you share some idea what goal you want Harry to achieve?

Parent: No, I dont have such ideas. Still, from the communication book, I have learnt that he studies specific types of books and gives tantrum with dealing with peers. I want to know how I can work on this because I feel it is disrupting his education due to health issue.

Educator: That is why I wanted to involve you. I think we need to think of arranging different kinds of educational session so that he can develop his learning. As He is facing issue of dealing with the peers, I guess he needs to be involved in some pedagogical activities where he can feel engaged with others.

Parent: Yes, communication with peers is one of the major issues he is facing which needs to be resolved.

Educator: Are you ok this resolution?

Parent: Yes, it would be ok.

After calming down, the educator would discuss about the problem of the child and brain storm to come to an effective solution. Bengtsson (2019) strong dedication as well as devotion to children care shows a great quality care of children. This aspect can be applied by Zennie so that a solution on the issue of the child can be discussed with the parent and the solution can be tried out effectively. This whole aspect is about supporting family who would like to access resources (Talking with parents when concerns arise, pp.6-7)

 

Case Study 3

Orientation III: Information Sharing

Its been 3 weeks since we started our orientation. Harry now gets excited when he sees the centre and always has a big smile for his educator. Last night my partner and I took the time to read though the parent handbook. I was surprised by the number of policies they have. It was really reassuring to know that so many procedures are in place to ensure that care practices are consistent. I was really interested to read about the quality assurance process. My partner and I are looking forward to being involved in the service. There are few things that I read in the handbook that I want to ask Zennie about today. She is such a kind and patient person. We feel so lucky to have her as Harrys educator.

Describe how you would explain the reason for having in place a range of policies and procedures for the operation of the service.

The parent handbook is provided to make sure the parent knowledge about the activities maintained by children are thoroughly maintained to make sure that better communication with the parent. According to Triwardhani (2020, p.500) a parent handbook is a parental staff of communication or interaction and alignment. This helps the knowledge of the parents to grow about the learning procedure leading to less conflict in the case of managing activities of the child. The following description can be provided:

Educator: Ok, lets cool down and focus on the quality assurance process.

Parent: Yes, I need to ask about this so that I can keep tab on Zennie.

Educator: Well, I have gone through. What would you like to know?

Parent: Can you explain the reasons of so much policies and procedure?

Educator: We use these policies to ensure continuous improvement of your child in the sphere of the workplace. This can help the parents to evaluate the growth of their children.

Parent: Yes, I wanted to know about the action plans that have you mentioned in the handbook. What it is for and what homework needs my child to continue that aspect effectively.

Educator: Well, we review this every week so that we can measure the growth of every child. Based on the constant monitoring I have planned some activities and some of those activities are not planned yet which is going to be included in the workbook.

Parent: Do we need to be involved in those activities?

Educator: Partially because some of those activities need parents to be finished on time. Initially, we have mentioned some policies about these. You may go through further with the already planned activities to relate.

Parent: Yes, Now I can get the entire thing.

Educator: Are you agreeing with these policies?

Parent: Yes, no issue.

In this overall procedure of policy understanding about the policy handbook can be seen as the issue or conflicting through of the parents regarding the activities of the educators which are explained through the application of five finger formula by making the other party calm down, discussing, brainstorming, agreeing, finding a solution and applying that planned solution to find out effective outcome promptly (Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships, p.5-7).

 

Case Study 4

Orientation IV: Happy Family

Next week when I go back to work full-time I know I am going to be sad because I will miss my little boy, but I will also be happy knowing that he is happy and safe with people who care about him and care about me as his mother. Zennie said I can ring her just to see how Harry is going and to reassure myself that he is OK. Zennie is so caring, she makes me feel so special and she really respects me as a parent. The orientation process has been great for Harry and I. Some of my friends felt that being expected to have a 4 week orientation was too much, but Im so glad we did. Harry is happy, I am happy and my partner is happy. The orientation process also allowed him to get to know the educators. We are looking forward to the family fun night and getting to know some of the other parents. The centre is now very much a part of our lives.

Why is an extended orientation process effective, especially for children under 2 years?

The orientation process is effective specially for children under 2 years of age because sometimes parents are busy with their work or job in the office. That is why they can not look after their children properly and they can not give time to their children as the scenario presented here. According to Triwardhani (2020, p.489) 2 years old is a very sensitive age stage for children, where they start to learn many new things and about life and this age is a pillar of life. After parents an educator can teach proper lessons and help to develop children's mental health (When Concern Arise, p. 3). In this scenario Harry's mother is happy and satisfied to get a perfect educator for her child.

 

Case Study 5

The Last Straw

Max Brown (3 years 9 months) was always losing things -his shoes, socks, glasses, hat, jumper He was always too busy to put his belongings into his locker. Every afternoon staff hunt around for Maxs things. Mrs Brown, an accountant in a large accounting company, has a very stressful and demanding job. She is always in a hurry - rushing to and from the centre. Mrs Brown often seems agitated and short tempered with Max. Some staff feel that her expectations of Max are unrealistic as he is quite immature for his age and is a bit of a day dreamer.

Today Max arrived wearing brand new runners his uncle gave him for his birthday. Mrs Browns parting words to Max, but also for the benefit of the staff were, Max, when I come to collect you this afternoon make sure you have both runners on your feet!

Max had his joggers on and off several times during the day and staff paid special attention, ensuring the joggers were accounted for at all times. No one wanted to encounter an angry Mrs Brown! When Mrs Brown came to collect Max she was assured that his runners were in his locker.

Unfortunately only one shoe could be found. Max had no idea where the other runner might be. Mrs Brown became extremely angry with Max and the staff. Im fed up with having to search for things every single day. Doesnt anyone around here take responsibility for anything! Im fed up with you too Max, from now on you can come to child care without any shoes. Mrs Brown grabbed the now crying Max by the arm and stormed out of the centre.

The staff asked to talk to Jo, the Director. They explained the altercation and told Jo they are sick of being abused by Mrs Brown. They asked that Jo talk to her about her bullying behaviour.

The next morning another parent returned Maxs shoe, which had accidentally become mixed up with her childs belongings.

Jo telephones Mrs. Brown and requests that the Browns meet with her at the centre. Jo negotiates a time to meet the following evening.

1. How is Mrs Brown feeling about the educators and the care of her child?

.Mrs Brown got angry on educator because educator could not look after properly about max things. This kind of behaviour shows an irresponsible and careless nature toward children, which is very harmful for the relationship of parents and educators. Mrs Brown feels a fade up on educator Max because of careless nature. According to Ojala and Bengtsson (2019, p.910) if an educator can not guide properly then the child will be irresponsible and careless in future. Children will not understand the right things and about what they have to do. Here in this scenario, a careless and irresponsible nature has been shown by Max educator.

 

2. How might the educators be feeling about Mrs Brown?

Educators might feel abused by Mrs Brown for careless nature on her son. Educator might think to improve the relationship with Maxs parents. They may feel that IFSP or IEP, plan for direct consultation with the child care program by the specialist has not been conducted (Inclusion Works, p. 32). Educator might feel guilty for altering Max's things with another child. Educators might feel not to do the same thing another day with any other child, which makes the child's parents angry. This type of nature can decrease the bonding between educator and parents.

 

3. Suggest how the Director, Jo, should address the relationship between Mrs Brown and the staff?

Director Jo should address the relationship between staff and Mrs Brown in a very understanding way. Director Jo should maintain the parent trust as a director. Director Jo should talk about the bullying behaviour which Max parent has done with the educator or staff. A relationship between staff of the after-school program and staff of the school program can be initiated (Inclusion Works, p.55). Director Jo should address this matter and the relationship in a very polite or sensitive way. As a director Jo should be more concerned and care full about parents, child and educators relationship.

 

4. Explain why is it important for Jo to address the behaviour of Mrs Brown?

Jo needs to explain to Mrs. Brown to be considerate about the behaviour of Max because being forgetful at the age of 3 is quite normal. Max, being less materialistic and a daydreamer, is needed not to be provided with costly things as he cannot keep things at the place. This typing needs to be clarified to Mrs Brown. O'Brennan et al. (2017, p.171), proper communication is important to resolve issues in staff handling. He needs to address the behaviour of Mrs Brown because it cannot be possible for the staff to take care of the belongings of Max if things are messed up with other parents. This aspect needs to be brought up by Jo at the meeting with Mrs Brown.She must learn that children have strong sense of identity and early childhood curriculum can help him to deal with new routines and new pedological model and this can resolve this issue (Framework for Early Development part 02).

 

Case Study 6

Educators and families will not always agree about the care of the child. This can result in tensions between the staff and the family.

Read each scenario and write a response to the related questions.

Independence

The Wang family arrived in Australia from China 4 months ago. Their son, Yim has been attending the Childrens Service for 1 month.

Mrs. Wang was very distressed when she learned that the educator was not feeding her child, instead leaving him to feed himself finger food.

Mrs. Wang: You are not caring for my child. You must feed him. He is only two and does not know that he must eat regularly. If you dont feed him I will not know how much he has eaten. This is very important to me. I always feed my children properly. I am a good mother.

Educator: Yim (18months) can feed himself very successfully. I do supervise him but its important that he learns to feed himself. Remember he is one of ten children. I just dont have the time to feed him!

Later the educator shared the incident with her colleagues. I dont know why she made such a big issue over Yim feeding himself. Youd think shed be pleased to see him becoming independent!

1. What should the educator take into account when reflecting on Mrs Wangs concerns?

The educator must take into account the amount of food and the timing of food distribution in a report. He must confirm that email communication about the development about children would be informed and this can reduce anxiety of Mrs wang (Framework for Early Development part 03). This can help Mrs Wangs to be relatively less concerned about the well-being of her children. She needs to be sent the record from time to time along with the video of the child feeding himself so that she can be satisfied with the fact that her son is well-fed and independent enough to do works of his own (Zemichael et al. 2017, p.132). The educator needs to account for the concern of the mother while explaining how the group of children can educate themselves by making independent activities.

 

2. National Quality Standard 6.2 states Families are supported in their parenting role and their values and beliefs about child rearing are respected

In light of this statement, write a more sensitive and appropriate response.

National Quality Standard 6.2 is needed to be maintained as the part of making sure that the care units can make a peaceful collaboration as well as a partnership with the parents of the children. This can ultimately provide a quality outcome for the children maintaining active communication (acecqa.gov.au, 2021). The aspects of consultation as well as collaboration can be seen as the way of making sure that the children are handled sensitively and this is important for the satisfaction of the parents.

 

Case Study 7

Unhappy

Mrs. Holz, the parent of an 11 month old withdrew her child from the centre without any explanation after 4 months in care. Another parent tells the Director that she and the family have a mutual friend who said the family was unhappy that there seemed to be a different educator in the room every day.

The childs primary educator had been on extended sick leave and there had been several casuals covering her absence. This was compounded by several changes in the roster which led to a series of staff working the early and late shift.

The Director had not informed parents of the reason for the many changes in staff.

1. What information should have been provided to parents?

Parents need to be provided with the information that the primary educator of the child is sick and that is why the child is being provided with different educators to the children. Demetriades (2017, p.69) has explained that learning from the same educator is important for child psychological bonds where the child can share their trouble with academic misunderstanding. The lack of this may have caused discontentment among the parents which has caused the parents to withdraw the child.

 

2. What alternative strategy could have been put in place to cope with this team members absence (give a reason for your suggestion).

As the alternative strategy of the absence of team members, the care agency could have made sure that the child is being provided with a fixed tutor as the alternative of the educator of the child. This could have reduced the chance of the parent withdrawing their child from the care house (Working with Parents, p. 7).

 

3. How should the Director follow-up with Mrs Holz?

The director should follow up with Mrs Holz by providing the parents with an official letter where the probable reason for the different educators and its adverse impact on the education of the child will be explained with a proper apology. Sandow (2018, 121) has explained that the analysis of the proper reasons regarding the inefficient service makes the consumers stay. Apart from that, the Director needs to ask for the reasons for which the child has been withdrawn for better operation of the care home.

 

Case Study 8

Anxious

Milo (4 years 4 months), an only child, is a chronic asthmatic and has been in and out of hospital many times. Milos mother, Jane, is very protective of her son. Milo has never been away from his mothers care when he is hospitalised she always stays with him. Jane has tried to avoid Milo having contact with other children she fears he will catch an infection that may trigger his asthma. Ted, her husband, feels that Jane is babying Milo and fussing too much. He has persuaded Jane that it would be good for Milo to mix with other children, to toughen up a bit and learn to stand on his own two feet.

Milo has been at the centre two days per week for the last five weeks. He has settled well and his asthma is being monitored and well managed by the staff.

Jane remains extremely anxious. Every morning she checks with the staff that they know what to do in the event of an asthma attack. Jane also gives the same instruction each day: no running around, stay off the climbing equipment in case you fall, keep your shoes and socks on, dont play in the water in case you get wet.

Jane usually telephones the centre twice a day to make sure he is safe and well.

Jo, the Director, is aware that the staff find Jane very difficult and always finish with the comment Poor Milo.

1. Describe the situation from both Janes and the staffs perspective.

Based on the situation of Jane it can be very normal to be anxious about the health of a child if the child has health issues severely. Javier and Jubay Jr (2019, p.199) have stated that anxiety is one of the most common aspects that lead to unsuccessful parenting. Jane is seen to exert control over her child Milo and granting of autonomy can be seen in her treatment of Milo regarding his activities and mixing up with other children (Working with children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)).

These staffs become stressed while dealing with their anxious client Jane and meeting the needs hers become a massive challenge for them.

 

2. What could Jo do to try to alleviate some of Janes anxiety?

The panic and anxiety are seen to have manifested in the growth of a child to adulthood which cannot be understood by Jane. The staff can provide Jane the time to time information on Milo's activities Jane so that Jane can be relaxed with the security of Milo. Apart from that counselling of Jane can be seen to be effective in reducing her parental anxiety (Working with Parents, p.5).

 

3. What policies and procedures could Jo share with Jane to reassure her?

Jo can make Jane aware of the child care program's policies, procedures, and contract and few aspects are needed to be included in the contract where Jo is supposed to sign to assure that Milo would be fine under the care of the staff (Working with Parents, p. 6).

 

4. What might Jo do to encourage staff to be more empathic towards Jane?

Jo can make a democratic leadership where the staff can explain their issues to Jo. Jo needs to provide them training arrangements where the staff can learn the way the consumers with parental anxiety can be handled calm-headedly. The sick child policies and how those are policies and need to be maintained by staff needs to be explained by Jo to staff apart from making it clear to Jane (Brooks et al. 2020, 2000188).

 

Assessment 3

Research Activity 1

Community Services and Resources

Online resources can often be useful tools to help educators better inform and support parents.

For this task you are required to access and investigate the following website:

• Raising Children Network: http://raisingchildren.net.au/

 

Part A Website Investigation

Navigate the website and describe the content of the website and its relevance to supporting parents (including parents whose first language is not English, and/or parents with poor literacy skills) in the parenting role.

Based on the perspective of a parent, it can be explained that this particular website has presented several aspects of being a parent from being the parent of a baby or toddler to grown-ups. Based on the website, a parent can get adequate information about prenatal parenting aspects that are required to be maintained when it is about being the parent of parenting aspects from the parent of autistic children and children with disability. Lancy (2017, p.10) has explained that the aspect of raising children is associated with several multifaceted aspects such as self-compassion and the way of dealing with issues. The present emerging Covid-19 and its impact on family lives are also explained on this website. This website is effective enough to get access to ad-free parenting videos that can make parenting relatively faster and easier for a better future. Apart from that this website is quite effective in maintaining functional aspects while parenting if one of the parents has Covid-19 or the child has it. These videos are effective to understand the parents how social distancing aspects can be maintained by parents apart from telepathy therapy application for better and sustainable parenting. This website also creates apps and articles that can help different types of parents with different stages of their parenting. The prenatal parenting and teenage parenting all aspects of parenting is seen to be thoroughly covered on this website. On the other hand, A-Z health reference can help the parenting to deal with minor health issues suffered by the children and this website creates meaningful content by referring to the ways which can be used to deal with these health issues (raisingchildren.net.au, 2021). There is an availability of email subscription that can help to parent gain a customized tutorial. Parenting can be seen as a partnership which is explained thoroughly in this website by addressing the fact that mental health resources and movie review aspects which are also seen to be the part of this website by explaining how parenting, namely partnership, can be dealt with properly and adequately.

 

Part B Newsletter Article

Prepare a one page article for a parent newsletter based on one area of the website which can be shared with families

Teens

Importance of teaching male teenagers to deal with opposite sex members as a parent

The learning of male children of dealing with their female counterparts often starts with proper role modelling. This is because the children whether it is a kid or teenager learn more from the actions of the parents than what is being told to them. Thus, a good respectful relationship between mother and father is important to make the teenager learn the way he can behave with his female classmates. Mother plays an important role in making the male children aware of their actions towards females. This is because the aspects of chauvinism are not only associated with the learning that is being learnt from the father. It is also the mindset of the mother that makes the male teen believe that the males and females are supposed to behave in a certain way. In this digital world, the generational gap has become more prominent. However, male teens often idolize the role of females that should be like their mothers. This gender role has quite shifted with the generational gap because raising females and male kids have become quite similar in many aspects. However, the psyche of the males, whether it is a grown-up male or a teenager who expects a female, has remained the same that of the gender role that their mother is used to follow. This stereotype can be broken if the mother of male teens plays an important role in normalizing the aspects that the female counterparts of their male teen kid have some authority of behaving a certain way. The mother plays an important role in making the male teens learn the way they need to behave when talking with a female and how to respect their privacy as a responsible man. The mother can talk about the aspects like equality when it is about male and female. This should be reflected through the behaviour of the mother too if the mother has both a male child and a female child. The male teens are needed to understand what a friendly gesture for a female is and what harassment is. However, this can be taught by the father too because the male teens often follow the footsteps of their father. The male teens need to be taught what verbal harassment is and must be taught how to refrain from these activities. Good parenting is important for controlling these activities.

 

 

 

 

 

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