Summary

This week you have explored how to build a community of support for children. You have considered how to ensure well-supported transitions to create positive relationships with parents. You have looked at a range of conditions that require additional support, including autism, visual impairment, trauma and having Down’s syndrome. This has enabled you to become aware of the range of external support available from online resources, health visitors and specialist organisations.

Reflection activity

Timing: Allow 10 minutes

Use your saved learner journal to make notes about this week’s content and consider how it can positively impact your practice to improve the experience for children with ASN. (You can also type into the box below, and then copy and paste it into your learner journal.)

After making notes, remember to save your learner journal to use again for the remainder of the module.

Reflection table for Week 4

Source of knowledge                                              
Key point                              
How has this made me think?                              
So what have I learned?                              
Next steps: what can I improve or what more do I need to know?                              
Next steps: what improvements can I make to my practice?                              

(Adapted from Appleby and Hanson, 2017)

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Next week

In Week 5 you will look at the experience of children with complex needs.

Now have a go at the Week 4 practice quiz [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .

4.4  Watching, listening and learning

Extension activity