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Effective care and communication
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Section A
For confidentiality I have changed the name of my client.
Introduction
I have chosen to base my report in the Children and young people sector in a school for children with moderate to severe learning disabilities. My client`s name is Luke, He is suffering from brain damage from birth due to complications following his brain being starved of oxygen , which has been a root cause for things like autism, physical disabilities and Ataxia.
Brain damage can have a lasting effect on the physical abilities of people, such as limiting peoples’ mobility, affecting the way they speak and even having an effect on the senses. In Luke’s case his brain damage has caused him to experience things like Ataxia, where he finds it difficult to write even his name coherently, furthermore he is constantly moving his arms, the movement becomes more erratic when he is in an excitable mood. Another problem linked to his brain damage is his inability to speak coherently, he is unable to form sentences and seems to not understand when someone asks him a question, instead he tends to repeat the same thing even if it has no relevance to the question asked of him.
For example, he could be asked how his day was at school but he usually only ever gives the reply, “yes” repeatedly. Moreover, if you ask him what it is he might want for dinner if he has something in mind he usually shouts it.
Autism is developmental disability that is lifelong it is incurable and affects how people perceive the world, furthermore affected people may need to follow a set routine every day. In very rare cases affected children have normal or above average intelligence, this is known as Asperger’s syndrome. Luke’s repetition of words and phrases is a sign of his Autism, furthermore while in public he doesn’t know or is aware of how he should act.
Luke goes to a special education school. It caters for children with Moderate to severe disabilities.
Identifying the sector
The school has many people in it whose aim is to care for the pupils, different members of staff are exceptional at dealing with a range of disabilities, this includes people like physiotherapists who help children with movement. People in this sector play huge role in the children’s lives and they are able to get a better wellbeing because of these people.
The work of the sector
The school utilises a very robust and effective sign language practise, which is good for students who cannot form/struggle to form sentences, the students even the ones who have no speech difficulties find the sign language to be enjoyable, as it allows them to connect to their peers, moreover whenever children bring home pieces of work that contain pictures of their work done there is usually a line written in both regular sentences alongside stick figures doing sign language, or with a picture of the word.
The school has two sites to children with special needs a primary site and a secondary site, primary site is for ages 5-11 and secondary is for ages 11-17. The school is very flexible in its teaching and it will try and cater and respect each students needs depending on the disability, such as students who suffer mental disabilities like autism and stuttering of words, as well as catering for those with physical disabilities like cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, furthermore they have realistic expectations for each student, with Teachers going as far as to create an individual target list for each student in the class they teach. Alongside regular classrooms, there are many additional rooms which include a sensory room, a hydrotherapy pool, which is also available for public sessions for babies, it is used to help the students with their courage, but also to help students with physical disabilities by giving them confidence to move more. The ones who help the students in these rooms are usually Teachers and Teaching Assistants, however volunteers are offered by the Teacher of the class if they want to help some students in the pool.
The school offers many extracurricular activities, these include Horse riding, this beneficial for pupils who need more physical therapy and horse riding is both a fun activity for the students but also a fantastic form of therapy.
The school offers: teaching services, services that help with visual problems and hearing problems, rehabilitation