AS Units Outline

The table below gives an overview of each of the AS units of study:

Unit	Title	Overview
AS 1	Promoting Positive Care	attitudes and prejudices rights and responsibilities of service users and providers the care value base facilitating access to services safe working practice
AS 2	Communication in Care Setting	communication in health, social care and early years settings types of communication factors affecting the effectiveness of communication barriers to communication, communication difficulties and strategies for overcoming these evaluating communication skills the importance of communication when working in teams
AS 3	Health and Well-Being	concepts related to health and well-being factors affecting health and well-being health promotion and the approaches used organisations which contribute to the promotion of health and well-being the importance of recognising and challenging negative attitudes and prejudices
AS 4	Child Development	the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of children factors affecting child development theories relating to child development applying research methods in the study of child development
AS 5	Adult Client Groups	concepts and models relevant to adult client groups the need to categorise adult client groups the needs of clients and the impact of legislation the planning and provision of services for adult client groups the impact of attitudes, prejudices and stigma on adult client groups
AS 6	Holistic Therapies	a range of holistic therapies the treatment of two medical conditions using both orthodox and holistic methods current trends and opinions of holistic therapies use of holistic therapies in care settings

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