A four year old attends the facility in which you work. The child has learning difficulties and vision impairment. After an initial period of insecurity, they gave every appearance of fitting in and enjoying their time in the education and care service, until a visiting entertainer accidentally frightened them. Not realising the child’s vision impairment, the entertainer who was seeking a volunteer to help them, approached the child outside their field of limited vision to ask them to help. Since then, the child has been reluctant to come to the facility and, when they are there, they are withdrawn and do not participate in any activities. What strategies would you use to address this? (25–75 words)
The strategies I follow to address them are:
First of all acknowledge the anger And steer the conversation towards resolution.
Keep the perspective straight. I will create a inviting environment. The child want to feel that someone is trying to help him. Being positive reinforcement may help to ease their discomfort. Remember to smile, make eye contact and comfort them with kind words. Gentle words can make them feel more relaxed.
If at all possible sit near patient and tell them you have all the time in the world to solve their problem. Stay silent and listen to them if they are about to say something.
At last if nothing works offer them an alternative outlet in a polite manner for them if we are not appropriate for them to solve their problems.
A four year old attends the facility in which you work. The child has learning difficulties...