Summary
This week’s content focused on improving your confidence and knowledge when meeting additional support requirements for children with complex medical needs. By drawing on your previous skills and knowledge you will have been able to identify how you can show leadership when supporting children with complex needs.
Reflection activity
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 final week of study.
Reflection table for Week 5
| 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)
Next week
In Week 6 you will look at Scottish legislation and policy relating to working with children who require additional support. The content looks at the links between national and local policy, and how policy influences practice.
Now have a go at the Week 5 practice quiz [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .
5.4 Play and resources for children with complex medical needs