BTEC International Level 3 Health and Social Care

Unit 18: Unit 18 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 18 (Unit 18) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH13 criteria4 learning aims

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria

A.P1Explain how genetics affects the process of human reproduction from conception to birth.

B.P2Explain the impact of current classification systems on the diagnosis of mental ill-health conditions.

B.P3Explain how factors that affect healthy pre-natal development, leading to developmental delay or impairment of normal body functioning, influence post-natal development and care needs through the life course.

C.P4Explain how reproductive and gene technologies can contribute to promoting life chances.

C.P5Explain the effects that reproductive and gene technologies can have on a selected individual and society.

D.P6Explain strategies that can be applied to promote the mental wellbeing and mental health of a selected individual diagnosed with a mental ill-health condition.

Merit

4 criteria

A.M1Analyse factors that influence mental wellbeing and mental health with reference to a view on the nature of mental wellbeing and mental health.

B.M2Assess how genetic and environmental factors, resulting in developmental delay or impairment of normal body functioning, impact on post-natal development and care needs through the life course.

C.M3Analyse the impact of mental ill health on a selected individual’s relationships within their social networks with reference to factors that may have caused it.

D.M4Justify strategies that can be applied to promote the mental wellbeing and mental health of a selected individual diagnosed with a mental ill-health condition, making reference to relevant legislation, policies and codes of practice.

Distinction

3 criteria

AB.D1Evaluate the role of genetics, the impact of factors affecting healthy pre-natal development, and how difficulties related to reproduction affect post-natal development and care needs through the life course.

CD.D2Evaluate the role of reproductive and gene technologies in promoting life chances and causing ethical challenges for a selected individual with a specific genetic disorder and society.

D.D3Evaluate the importance of the role of genetics in pre- and post-natal development, and the contribution of reproductive and gene technologies in promoting individuals’ and society’s life chances, referring to ethical challenges.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExplainAnalyseAssessJustifyEvaluate

Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

A. Understand different views on the nature of mental wellbeing and mental health
B. Examine how the main forms of mental ill health are classified
C. Examine the impact of mental ill health on individuals and others in their social networks
D. Examine strategies which promote mental wellbeing and mental health.

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