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Chapter 7: Helping Infants, Children, and AdolescentsOvercome Challenges

Chapter 8: Career Pathways for Working With Infants,Children, and Adolescents

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Introduction

People who work with children contribute to society by socializing, guiding, teaching, and shaping the next generation.

Education can help you prepare for career opportunities working with children. Ongoing professional development will help you gain the knowledge and skills to be effective.

There are responsibilities and expectations of a caregiver in Canada, as well as code of ethics and standards of practice in place for caregivers.

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Responsibilities of Child and Adolescent Care Providers

Child care providers have the responsibility to provide high quality care to every child.

They are expected to

•uphold the standards parents have for the person caring for their child

•uphold responsibilities associated with the type of child care

How can you become qualified to work with infants, children, or adolescents?

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Types of Infant and Child Care

Three types of care are commonly provided for infants and young children

•home-based child care

•nanny care

•centre-based child care programsThe provinces and territories ensure the standards are being met before renewing licenses and funding the daycares.

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Opportunities To Work With School-age Children and Adolescents

School-age children and adolescents may attend licensed before-school or after-school programs or licensed or unlicensed activities in a home environment. Workers should have

•an understanding of child development and child safety

•a criminal record check if they work in a licensed program

What education and experience might be helpful to someone who wants to work in an after-school program?

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How do you obtain a criminal record check?

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Promoting Socialization and Healthy Development

A child care provider is responsible for guiding and helping to socialize a child to become a good citizen.

•Positive socialization motivates people to make good choices for themselves and others.

•Poor socialization can carry a heavy cost for individuals, families, and society as a whole.

Watch for social norms for one day. Keep a list of the ones you see. How does your list compare with a classmate’s list?

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Why do people who are hurting often hurt other people?

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Carrying Out the Responsibility

Self-empowerment can help you carry out the responsibility of caring for children. You have the power to

•choose how you will respond to issues and circumstances

•choose your attitude and take responsibility for actions

•be a positive influence in the lives of others

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What is empowering about choosing how you will respond to a certain situation?

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Carrying Out the Responsibility (continued)

The following strategies can be used by caregivers to help promote positive social behaviour.

•Be a positive role model and mentor.

•Learn about social development and social awareness.

•Use effective communication skills.

•Look for teachable moments.

•Share available supports and resources.

Adolescents who have developed a mature social awareness are more likely to form positive, healthy relationships.

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Carrying Out the Responsibility (continued)

Caregivers may encounter children with exceptionalities. Children and adolescents are individuals. Caregivers should

•get to know a child’s unique abilities and limitations

•promote healthy development

•share available supports and resources

Recent media campaigns, such as this one featuring Olympic athlete Clara Hughes, have drawn attention to the physical nature of mental illness and to supports that are available.

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What resources do you know of in your community to help with issues commonly faced by children and adolescents?

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Think Critically

1. Assess the value of home-based care, nanny care, and centre-based care. Use a Venn diagram or a table to help organize your ideas.

2. Discuss the importance of caregivers when family life is dysfunctional or chaotic.

3. What is the benefit of using a teachable moment when working with children? Discuss examples of teachable moments with your classmates.

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Codes of Ethics and Standards of Practice

Young children are vulnerable and the quality of care they receive can have a significant effect on their health. Therefore, caregivers must uphold the following guidelines

•Code of ethics

•Standards of practice The importance of quality early learning and child care as an essential Canadian value and a right worth protecting and enhancing.

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Early Childhood Education

In Canada, provinces and territories develop their own codes of ethics and standards to govern how caregivers administer child care. Examples of these guidelines include

•promotion of safety, care, education, health, and well-being of all children

•working in partnership with families and community

•professional knowledge and competence

•enhancing human dignity

What guidelines do early childhood educators follow in your province or territory?

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Child and Youth Care Professionals

Child and youth care professionals in North America have developed a set of guidelines and standards of practice. These guidelines include goals related to the following areas

•responsibility for self

•responsibility to the client

•responsibility to the employer

•responsibility to the profession

•responsibility to society

What standards of practice govern the actions of a child and youth care professional?

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Codes of Ethics for Teaching

Teachers in every province and territory must follow specific standards. For example, the following are standards for teachers in Ontario:

•Care

•Respect

•Trust

•Integrity

How do your teachers uphold codes of ethics in your school?

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Standards of Practice for Teaching

Standards of practice are established by the provincial governing bodies. For example, the following are summarized from the Ontario College of Teachers Standards of Practice

•commitment to students and student learning

•professional knowledge

•professional practice

•leadership in learning communities

•ongoing professional learning

Why would ongoing professional learning be important for a teacher?

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Think Critically

1. Think of an example of a person who works with children and youth and how they display the standards of practice. Discuss examples with your classmates.

2. Think of an example of a program that children attend and how the program upholds ethical standards. Discuss examples with your classmates.

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Professional Development Many postsecondary pathways to working with infants, children and adolescents require field placements.

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Professional Development (continued)

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Lifelong Learning

Professional development is lifelong learning. Through professional development, you can gain new job skills and update your knowledge about issues related to child care.

Areas of change related to child care occur at many levels

•individual

•community

•provincial or territorial

•national

•international A first aid course is helpful to anyone working with children and adolescents.

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Learning About Yourself To be an effective child care provider, you need to be organized, responsive, and strategic. To acquire these traits, you can use the following tactics

•develop time management skills

•assess what goals are important

•know your strengths and weaknesses

•maintain numeracy and literacy skills

•develop healthy eating and sleeping habits

UNIT 4

What goals are important to you? Make a list, and then circle the top three.

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Learning About Yourself (continued) Developing competencies will help you understand the needs of individual children. These competencies include

•emotional intelligence

•social competency

•cultural competencyEarly brain development sets the foundation for lifelong learning, behaviour, and health.

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Why is it important to develop emotional intelligence? Describe an example of when someone showed emotional intelligence when working with children.

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Learning About Community Understanding the community you live in and its needs and resources is important in becoming an effective child care provider.

•Issues affecting the community affect the children.

•Offering community resources can help ease some of the children’s stress.

How can interviews help you learn about a community?

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Learning About the Province or Territory It is important to learn about what is happening in your province or territory and how it affects issues related to child care. Some of these issues include

•environmental issues

•economic stability

•family law

•political agendasProvincial and territorial laws set standards for people who work with children and standards for responsibility for daycares to meet for licensing.

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Learning About Canada The government creates social policies to ensure the well-being of Canadians. Lobby groups work to influence the government to create policies that meet their needs. Examples of lobby groups include those that represent the following

•seniors

•children

•health care

•environmental issues

•people who are Aboriginal

•people with disabilities

•people who are homeless How do you think this walk might have changed the people who took part in it?

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Learning About the World Understanding issues that affect people globally helps caregivers work with children and their families in their community. People choose to immigrate to Canada for many reasons, including

•economic instability

•war

•political unrest

Why is travelling to a different country a method of professional development?

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Refining Skills through Practical Experiences

Caring for a child or an adolescent can be rewarding and fun, if you are prepared. Practical experience will help you to plan and evaluate activities and refine your skills. Activities need to reflect

•developmental needs of children

•safety

•effective observation

•effective evaluation

How can you balance active running games and safety?

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Think Critically

1. Why do you think there are so many different postsecondary programs in Canada leading to work with children?

2. How can understanding a community help you care for children or adolescents effectively? Include an example.

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Putting It All Together In this chapter, you have

• learned about education and professional development related to a variety of careers caring for infants, children, and adolescents

• read about codes of ethics and standards of practice for working with children and adolescents

• reviewed the responsibilities of child care providers

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