Unit 7: Children's Personal, Social and Emotional development Elize Bridewell
Promoting children's Personal, Social and Emotional development in early years' settings-
Report 1
The key person approach:
Introduction:
During my report about
promoting children's
personal, social and emotional
development in early year’s
settings, I will be investigating
a few of the approaches with
supporting this and the
influences it has on
behaviour. When doing this I will be researching approaches like having a key person. To
gather all of my research and evidence I will be using trustworthy websites, books and
examples of the key person approach and how I have seen examples During my report I will
also have diagrams and pictures to justify what I am talking about.
Policies and procedures:
All early years settings have policies and procedures that they have to follow in order to keep
the children safe. For example, they would have to safeguard the children and this is to ensure
children are protected from any harm and it the process also promotes the welfare of the
children. Practitioners within the setting that I have been in for placement would need to follow
these policies by not sharing any personal information about the child or the child's parents
outside of the setting as this would not be following policies and procedures set from the
setting/ law. The setting may have to follow a policy on 'settling in' as this policy will set out
how the child will develop a relationship with their key person and other children within the
setting. Some settings have a procedure where they allow parents to stay with their child until
they or the child feel comfortable to leave/ be left. All settings have to follow the 'statutory
framework' to plan activities and help to support the children. It is also a legal requirement to
allocate a key person to each child who will have a positive relationship with their key children
and they will be a person who the child can go to and who they can trust. It is also important
that you know who is picking the child up at the end of the day so you can keep the child safe.
How to develop relationships with children in an early
years setting:
When building relationships with children within a setting you need to make sure you are keeping in line
with the professional boundaries. You need to ensure that you have appropriate physical contact and to
do this practitioners would need to make sure the contact is working towards the child's age and stage
Promoting children's Personal, Social and Emotional development in early years' settings-
Report 1
The key person approach:
Introduction:
During my report about
promoting children's
personal, social and emotional
development in early year’s
settings, I will be investigating
a few of the approaches with
supporting this and the
influences it has on
behaviour. When doing this I will be researching approaches like having a key person. To
gather all of my research and evidence I will be using trustworthy websites, books and
examples of the key person approach and how I have seen examples During my report I will
also have diagrams and pictures to justify what I am talking about.
Policies and procedures:
All early years settings have policies and procedures that they have to follow in order to keep
the children safe. For example, they would have to safeguard the children and this is to ensure
children are protected from any harm and it the process also promotes the welfare of the
children. Practitioners within the setting that I have been in for placement would need to follow
these policies by not sharing any personal information about the child or the child's parents
outside of the setting as this would not be following policies and procedures set from the
setting/ law. The setting may have to follow a policy on 'settling in' as this policy will set out
how the child will develop a relationship with their key person and other children within the
setting. Some settings have a procedure where they allow parents to stay with their child until
they or the child feel comfortable to leave/ be left. All settings have to follow the 'statutory
framework' to plan activities and help to support the children. It is also a legal requirement to
allocate a key person to each child who will have a positive relationship with their key children
and they will be a person who the child can go to and who they can trust. It is also important
that you know who is picking the child up at the end of the day so you can keep the child safe.
How to develop relationships with children in an early
years setting:
When building relationships with children within a setting you need to make sure you are keeping in line
with the professional boundaries. You need to ensure that you have appropriate physical contact and to
do this practitioners would need to make sure the contact is working towards the child's age and stage
