Case Study

Jeremiah is 4 years old and goes to Gabrielle’s setting 3 times a week. He has a vision impairment and difficulty standing or sitting without support. Gabrielle is doing a cooking activity with her group in threes but she decides to do it one to one with Jeremiah because of his difficulties. Jeremiah’s mum was a little upset because, in her opinion, he could do the activity in a group with the right support; that way he would pick up on the excitement of another children, their conversation and learn to share. Her concerns were that, by doing the activity on his own, he would learn he could get one to one attention because of his disability and that he didn’t have to share. She was also concerned that, because the practitioner sat him on her lap rather than making him stand in his frame, which he disliked, he wasn’t being treated like the other children who had to stand or sit at the table.

• Gabrielle takes the feedback from Jeremiah’s mum and she realises that she needs some support.
• Where can she look for professional support?
• Where can she look for personal support?

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