An out-of-school deputy care co-ordinator describes how the setting wasable to fund a key worker to help the child.
The parents of a child with severe learning disabilities wanted her toattend our club for after-school and out-of-school care. The child cameto the club for a pre-visit, an inclusive play care plan and anassessment.
This 13-year-old girl can have seizures, but they are infrequent. She isindependently mobile and wears leg braces, but uses a wheelchair fordistances. She has no verbal communication but understands simpleinstructions and uses picture exchange communication system symbols,which include pictures of items like a toilet or drinking bottle.
The assessment established that she would need one-to-one support withfull supervision at all times. We are an inclusive play care setting, soit was important to assess the support she needed rather than turn heraway.
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