Qualification: Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
Unit: Unit 3.13: Support children with additional needs
Learning outcome: 1 Understand biological, environmental and developmental factors which may result in children needing additional support
Assessment criteria: 1.2 Analyse the impact of biological factors on children’s development
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- The impact of biological factors on a child’s development can include:
- May take longer to learn new skills due to impaired cognition or communication skills
- Missed development opportunities from being absent from the setting
- Missed development opportunities from not being able to participate in an activity (lthough practitioners should try toensure that all children are included)
- Side-effects from medication
- Lower confidence and self esteem
- Other children may not want to play with them
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