What are the rights of all children for participation & equality of access to pre-school?

Question

what affects will this have on the provision?

Answer 1

This has nothing to do with this question, but I know you asked about the cow milking thing the other day and I saw something today for my mums school and thought of you!

http://www.schoolmilk.co.uk/educResource...

There's loads of stuff on there!

Sorry for gate crashing this question!!

Answer 2

hi there, everybody else wrote a lot of good places to look, i'd like to suggest you go look up the UNCRC.

Its the united nations convention on the rights of the child and a lot of rights for participation and equality of access come from this, this is a recommendation of guidleines that countries should follow and the Children's (Scotland) Act 1995 was adopted to make the key points law in Scotland.

In the setting all children no matter what gender, religion, ability, background etc have the same rights to play with everything and be involved in the daily activities of the setting.

Some activities may need to be adapted to include children with special needs, ie layout for wheelchair users to access resources.

Hope this helps a bit.

Answer 3

All children have the rights to access the opportunities on offer in the provision. Check Every Child Matters. Inclusion , SEN and equal opportunites policies are a legal requirement for settings and they should clearly state how the provision ensures that all children and their individual needs are catered for. Every child with special needs should have an individual education plan and the setting should work in partnership with parents and other agencies involved for the benefits of the child.

Pre-school settings should state their commitment to ensuring that diversity is reflected and valued within the provision and the practice should reflect this, for instance, newsletters should show awareness of the fact that many parents do not speak English as a first language and if it is not possible to translate them then they should be written in clear easy to understand format. The environment shoud be welcoming and show images of people from a variety of cultures. Children's background and cultures must be give respect and treated with equal concern. It is the responsibility of the setting to ensure that all children and their families are welcomed, valued and given accesss to the provision. Hope this helps Christine. Is this another of your NVQ4 modules?

Answer 4

This depends entirely on your state or municipalities' laws.

Most states do not guarrantee pre-school / Pre-K programs.

The second part of your question is not clear.  What do you mean by "provision"?  Do you mean provider?

If so, again...that will depend on your local laws.  If your local law says that preschool is mandatory for all...then private providers might benefit by increased customers.  But public facilities will be strained and taxes would increase.

As for "equality of access"...that will never happen.  There will never be equal access everywhere.

Answer 5

Hiya you need to look up United Nations COmmittee on the Rights of the Child...look up Barnard Van Leer Foundation (it'll be a netherlands website but in english).

It'll have in it all the particpation rights of children such as:

-right to education

-right to freedom of thought and to express these thoughts.

-right to be listened to

-right to protection from abuse-including emotional abuse!



Equality:

look up Children's Act, National Standards and Every Child Matters Framework as these all cater for this (esp national standards-SureStart)

Equality of access also covers Special Educational Needs (Look up SEN Code of Practice 2001) as children have right to equal treatment and for settings to make reasonable adjustment to ensure inclusion.

Also particpation rights mean things like:

-toys appropriate to all stages of development so no child is left out.

-at appropriate heights and positions for children to access

-group times that are differentiated for the different needs of children.

-a key person to ensure inclusion.

Hope this helps!