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Demonstrate knowledge of the implications for a sibling when a
family/whānau member has a disability
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the possible
experiences of siblings; the possible roles and responsibilities of a sibling;
and identify and describe the support needs of a sibling to carry out their
roles and responsibilities when a family or whānau member has a disability.
Subfield
Community Support
Domain
Human Services
Status
Registered
Status date
20 March 2008
Date version published
20 March 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Community Support Services Industry Training
Organisation Limited
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0024
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
None.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the possible experiences of siblings when a family or whānau member has a
disability.
Performance criteria.
1.1
Possible experiences of siblings are described outlining their possible effects on
family or whānau relationships.
Range
may include but are not limited to – embarrassment, isolation,
over-identification, guilt, concerns about the future, resentment,
pressure to achieve, anger, anxiety, jealousy, maturity, insight,
advocacy, tolerance, pride, vocational opportunities.
Evidence is required of at least five experiences.
Element 2
Describe the possible roles and responsibilities of a sibling when a family or whānau
member has a disability.
Performance criteria
2.1
Description identifies and explains two roles of a sibling as the sibling may
perceive them in terms of the family or whānau member who has a disability.
2.2
Description identifies and explains two responsibilities of a sibling as the sibling
may perceive them in terms of the family or whānau member who has a
disability.
Element 3
Describe the possible support needs of a sibling to carry out their roles and responsibilities
when a family or whānau member has a disability.
Range
roles and responsibilities are those identified in performance criteria 2.1 and 2.2.
Performance criteria
3.1
Description outlines the possible support needs of a sibling to carry out their
roles and responsibilities in terms of the family or whānau member who has a
disability.
3.2
Description outlines the possible support services and resources needed by a
sibling to carry out their roles and responsibilities in terms of the family or
whānau member who has a disability.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Limited
enquiries@cssito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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