Health Studies

Course summary

• Unit 1 Human Lifespan Development. Learners cover physical, intellectual, emotional and social development across the human lifespan, and the factors affecting development and the effects of aging. This is an external examined unit students sit in the January Series. • Unit 14 Physiological Disorders and their Care. Learners explore types of physiological disorders, the procedures for diagnosis, and the development of a treatment plan and provision of support for service users. • Unit 17 Caring for Individuals with Dementia. Learners explore conditions leading to dementia, their causes, symptoms, the effects on individuals and the support required to ensure independence and dignity for individuals. Students also start on the Work Placement Unit which they will complete in Year 13.