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Personal Narrative: My Alternative Practice Day At The Messy Play Session

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My alternative practice day was at a Sure start centre within the trust, and I attended two different sessions. My aims for attending the messy play session were:
• To gain an understanding of benefits of activities available in the community for toddlers/children and parents.
• To gain understanding of the early support assistant’s role.
• As a student health visitor I aim to be able to sign post clients that will benefit from this service, at the end of this session.
For attending the YAP’s group session (young active parents group), my aims included the following:
• To increase my awareness on the importance of communication for young families.
• To gain an understanding of early support workers role.
• To gain knowledge of how young families are supported by the YAP service, which aids their growth and development as parents.
• To have an understanding of the support mechanism the early years support worker brings.
• To gain an understanding of the difficulties of being a young mum. …show more content…

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