Supporting the Well-being of Children and Families Work Practice

Supporting the Well-being of Children and Families Work Practice

By Wanyi Poh

The wellbeing of children and their families is framed by and through legislation and policy. The Graduate Professional needs to be aware of International and National legislation and analyse the implications for this for pedagogical practice. This requires reflective thought and leading, modelling and evaluating practice with and for young children identifying how working from a social justice perspective the needs of all children are meet.

 

Aldo Fortunati: What does he advocate for young children and wellbeing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggybnZuq5JM

SOCW1199B | Workplace Experience 2B

What are the key messages of his poem about children?

Towards the idea of a Child

Toward an idea of a sociable child,

able to encounter and compare ideas

together with other children

to construct new points of view and knowledge.

 

Toward an idea of a competent child,

artisan of his own experience

and his own knowledge

alongside and together with the adult.

 

Toward an idea of a curious child,

who learns to know and understand

not because she gives up but because she never stops

being open to the sense of wonder and amazement.

Toward an idea of a rich child,

at the crossroads of possible worlds,

that lie in the present

and transforms the present into future.

 

Toward an idea of an active child,

guided in her experience

By an extraordinary curiosity

full of desire and delight.

 

Toward an idea of a strong child,

who rejects having an identity

interchangeable with that of the adult

offering it, instead, to games of cooperation.

Tools to evaluate practice and provision and stimulate professional dialogue and action include:

• Leaven Scales of Well-being and Involvement

• Environmental Rating Scales Harms,Clifford: https://ers.fpg.unc.edu/node/39

​ 

Government/Local Authorities often produce resources to use an example of this is the well-being game produced by Scotland.​

https://childreninscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TheWellbeingCardGame.pdf​

SOCW1199B | Workplace Experience 2B

Explore the tools and identify how you as a graduate practitioner could use these to enhance provision.

 

Watch a morning in a Kindergarten:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjn3imdgI6Y&app=desktop

 

How does this practice work from a social justice perspective? How is wellbeing promoted?

SOCW1199B | Workplace Experience 2B

Open Ended

How is wellbeing promoted?