NZQA registered unit standard
21224 version 3
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of challenges and issues related to young
people with specific physical needs
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: challenges faced by young people who have
special needs in the areas of eating and drinking, personal
care, and toilet care; and issues associated with assisting
young people in eating and drinking, personal care, and toilet
care.
Classification
Special Education > Physical Needs in Special Education
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is interpreted in accordance with current Ministry of Education,
Special Education Policy Guidelines, which can be accessed via the Ministry of
Education’s website http://www.education.govt.nz.
2
Definitions
Personal care may include but is not limited to the following activities: dressing and
undressing; personal hygiene including bathing, showering, and hand washing;
menstrual care; teeth cleaning; hair care; and personal grooming.
Toilet care may include but is not limited to: the development of bowel and bladder
control. It also includes skills associated with safe, hygienic, and socially and
culturally acceptable practices for emptying bowel and bladder.
Young people refers to young children, children, and adolescents.
Family/whānau is defined as parents, guardians and members of the extended family
who have an interest in the child.
Education setting refers to where a young person is learning. (Ministry of Education
pamphlet, Meeting Special Education Needs at School, January 2002).
3
This unit standard is intended for those who work in an assisting role with young
people in education settings. This includes working in a manner appropriate to
different cultural groups.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
21224 version 3
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of challenges faced by young people who have special needs in
the areas of eating and drinking, personal care, and toilet care.
Range
evidence of two challenges for each of the three areas.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Challenges in the acquisition of skills in areas of eating and drinking, personal
care, and toilet care for young people in an education setting are described.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of issues associated with assisting young people in the areas of
eating and drinking, personal care, and toilet care.
Range
Evidence of two issues for each of the three areas.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Issues in relation to the role of an assistant working with young people with
special needs are described.
Range
2.2
Issues in relation to assisting young people from different cultural backgrounds
are described.
Range
2.3
issues may include but are not limited to – limits of responsibility,
training and support, when to seek guidance and assistance,
promoting independence, accommodating an individual’s right to
choose, dealing with resistance, touching, gender of assistant,
safety of young person, safety of assistant.
issues may include but are not limited to – consultation with
family/whānau, personal attitudes, acknowledgement of different
practices.
Issues in relation to safety and hygiene when assisting young people are
described.
Range
issues may include but are not limited to – provision of suitable
facilities, availability of equipment and materials, training
opportunities, supervision.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 21225 replaced unit
standard 7287.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
21224 version 3
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31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
25 July 2006
31 December 2012
Review
2
22 October 2010
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
3
20 August 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0100
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR 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 NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016