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Understand the kinds of influences that affect children and young people’s development

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In this tutorial you will learn:

About some influences that determine a child or young person's development.
The importance of recognising and responding to concerns about children and young people’s development.
To use the Every Child Matters criteria as a benchmark.

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'External factors affecting social development', webpage on the Kids Development website
As government's change, attitudes to policies change. Use the internet to research the current government's stance on Every Child Matters.
‘Disadvantage, behaviour and cognitive outcomes: Longitudinal analysis from age 5 to 16’ from the Early Intervention Foundation.
‘Laser reading text: Biological and external factors’
‘Theories of child development’ from Pacey

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