“Policy and practice: childrens rights Part 1: An analysis of setting policy relating to your chosen area of focus. (Word count 716) Part 2: A reflection on evidence showing personal practice. (Word count 633) Part 3: Recommendations for the development of setting policy and practice. (Word count 463) Self-reflection (Word count 463)”

Part 1: An analysis of setting policy relating to your chosen area of focus.

From completing the E105 study materials along with specific children that are in my setting this encouraged me to investigate how I support the rights of children who may have specific additional needs and what my documentation in my setting says about it. I examined the DENI Curricular Guidance for Pre School (2006) and the UNCRC (United Nation 1989) using specific questions to create links to speech and language. Furthermore I examined the Additional Needs policy along with Curriculum policy within my setting to see if my internal guidance followed legal frameworks and to find out if they are effective in telling me about the wellbeing children with additional needs. This analysis has underlined that my internal documentation does not sufficiently cover the topic of rights and needs for children with addi…(short extract)