Laser Lessons - Lesson

Understand the role of the Early Years practitioner when supporting children who are chronically ill / Understand how to support children for hospital admission

Watch this short video ‘Jane Goes to Hospital’ from NHS Tayside Children’s Ward How might you use this video and the information it contains to support children at your setting who need to go into hospital?

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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Well-rounded approach can overcome barriers’ on the Early Years Educator website
‘Play information for parents and visitors’ from the website of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
‘Children with special needs: One by one’ from the Nursery World website
‘Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years’ from the Department for Education and the Department of Health.
‘Children with chronic health conditions’ by Deborah M. Consolini, MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

This thesis by Jackie Musgrave is called ‘How do practitioners create inclusive environments in day care settings for children under the age of five years with chronic health conditions? An exploratory case study’. Read Chapter 1 ‘Introduction’, Chapter 2 ‘Literature Review’, Chapter 10 ‘Discussion of findings’, and Chapter 11 ‘Concluding reflections’.
This section of the Department for Education is called ‘Supporting pupils with medical conditions: links to other useful resources’. It contains departmental guidance and advice and associated resources and organisations from wider government, external agencies, and on medical conditions.
This section of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children’s website contains a ‘Health Dictionary’ for you to find jargon-free explanations to medical words and conditions.
‘What Early Years providers need to know about supporting young children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families’ from the National Children’s Bureau (NCB).

Extended Learning
Think And Challenge