Identifying Indicators and Reasons for Children Needing Support

This assignment delves into the critical indicators and underlying reasons for children requiring additional support, encompassing various facets such as poverty, social disadvantages, disability, communication barriers, abuse, and mental health challenges. The analysis explores the impact of these factors on children's well-being, examining issues like rurality, lack of information, attitudinal and cultural influences. The paper identifies the specific vulnerabilities associated with each indicator, shedding light on the need for tailored support systems. Furthermore, it examines the consequences of these challenges, including the lack of financial backing, limited access to resources, and potential for abuse or marginalization. The assignment references several sources, including books and journals, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the topic, emphasizing the need for societal and governmental interventions to improve children's lives.

CHILDREN BEING IN AND IF
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Explain indicators of a child being in need of additional support...............................................1
Analyse reasons for a child being of additional support.............................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

MAIN BODY
Explain indicators of a child being in need of additional support
Poverty and social disadvantages: This indicator shed light on the gap analysis between these
children who needs additional support due to economic disparities and are prone to more societal
vulnerabilities of ignorance and exclusion of any status (Simmonds and et.al., 2016).
Rurarlity: They are judged due to the marginalisation of facilities available for urban kids in
context of education, entertainment and other such criteria.
Disability or special needs: The indicators here are any illness, psychiatric issue, any allergy or
diseases, difficulty in learning, delaying in response rate and more.
Communication barriers: Here, it includes the absence of structured framework to provide
support and care in order to learn and participate in the induction of tasks of school routine.
Abuse or bullying: This infers those indicators of oppression which reflects on physical abuse
either through beating, bruising and making these children feel isolated and low in terms of
social status (Graham, 2017).
Mental and Physical Health: It involves the lack of their cognitive abilities due to
underdevelopment of brain as they were devoid of nutrition and healthy food.
Lack of information or poor provision at local level: The indicative can be seen when these
children roam around on streets, roads without knowing about the provisions, policies and
programs of government for them (Rangelov and et.al., 2018).
Attitudinal: This emphasis on their lack of viewpoints and static positioning of economic aspects
due to non-cooperation shown by the society.
Cultural: They do have any ethical standards and have no clarity between right or wrong.
Analyse reasons for a child being of additional support
Poverty and social disadvantages: These children do not have any financial back-up and lack the
respect to be given due to their background of needing additional support.
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Rurarlity: The lack of facilities do not let them grow in terms of enhanced knowledge and skills
related to technology. Along with, they do not have the outline of particularly being in able to
match shoulders with urban ones.
Disability or special needs: They are not independent and have unlcear perspective to do their
daily chores in human manner. Thus, they must be provided with additional medical assistance.
Communication barriers: They can be approached with care and undivided attention through
health professionals, social workers and legal advisors to make them understand about their right
to living.
Abuse or bullying: They do not have a family support unlike others and are more prone to any
abuse or bullying from adults.
Mental and Physical Health: They are economically not sound and this leads to improper health
care services and affecting their health on the whole (Diane and et.al., 2018).
Lack of information or poor provision at local level: These are sometimes devoid of education
and teachings and get mingled with the criminal world, affecting their lack of awareness at the
local level.
Attitudinal: Due to lack of appropriate guidance and family support, they do not have the sense
of responsibility to support themselves. Along with, their standing in the society and the overall
discrimination makes them bitter towards others.
Cultural: They are unable to differentiate between the beliefs, facts and other societal stigmas,
proving them fragile and vulnerable to the harsh realities of the world.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Rangelov, N. and et.al., 2018. Does additional support provided through e-mail or SMS in a
Web-based Social Marketing program improve children’s food consumption? A Randomized
Controlled Trial. Nutrition journal.17(1).p.24.
Diane, S. and et.al., 2018. Starting young: Improving the health and developmental outcomes of
infants and toddlers in the child welfare system. In Family Foster Care in the Next Century(pp.
149-166). Routledge.
Graham, K., 2017. ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND CHALLENGING BEHAVIOURS IN
ADULTS AND CHILDREN. The Handbook for Nurse Associates and Assistant Practitioners,
p.221.
Simmonds, M. and et.al., 2016. Predicting adult obesity from childhood obesity: a systematic
review and meta‐analysis.Obesity reviews.17(2). pp.95-107.
Online
Additional needs: Where to start, 2018.[Online]. Available
through:<https://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/early-childhood/about-social-development/about-
mental-health-and-wellbeing-children-additional-needs>.
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