Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
AS20058: Working with parents |
 Credits: |
5 |
| Level: |
Intermediate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Academic Year at Wiltshire College |
| Assessment: |
CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
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| Description: | Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit the learner will be able to: * Recognise and evaluate the variation in family structures, values and attitudes. * Examine and analyse cycles of parenting styles/patterns and reinforcement. * Identify and evaluate strategies for involving parents in their child's learning and development. * Explain the principles of data protection legislation and the requirement for confidentiality of information relating to children and their families. Skills: The professional practice for this unit is that the learner must demonstrate whilst working as a Senior Practitioner that they can: * Liaise with parents about their expectations for their child * Encourage parents to be involved in their children's learning and development * Review children's progress with parents * Prepare parents for a change in the child's situation. Content: 1. Significant and emerging theories and principles of: a) children's learning and development b) children's behaviour and the factors that can affect it c) parental and child welfare, rights and legislation d) parental attitudes and belief systems and their effect upon children's behaviour e) parental involvement in group settings f) bonding between parent and child g) valuing parents' knowledge of their child h) variations in family values and practices across cultural and other groupings, and awareness that individual practices also vary within such groups i) parental rights of access to records. 2. Methods, techniques and processes relating to: a) family and other values, beliefs and attitudes and how they may affect behaviour, self-reliance, self-image and identity b) immaturity and how it affects behaviour, self-reliance, self-image and identity c) the learner's own experiences, values, beliefs and attitudes and how they can affect their own behaviour and objectivity d) the system of values, beliefs and assumptions with reference to race, culture, disability and gender and how they affect the way people perceive and interpret the behaviour of others, and how this could influence observations and assessments and explanations of child development e) how to involve parents in their child's learning and development f) how to present information in appropriate ways g) how to recognise and challenge prejudice and discrimination and how to support those who are the object of it and those who perpetrate it h) how to positively promote diverse views. 3. Information and facts about: a) the curriculum for under fives b) record keeping c) local contacts for translating literature and information into parents' first languages d) policies on confidentiality e) data protection and confidentiality and security of information. |