Question

questions 1
what are Gloria's personal goals and the personal strengths she has to help her achieve them?

Questions 2
what challenges does Gloria face both internally and externally to achieving her goals?

questions 3
how would you support Gloria to overcome the challenges involved in getting back into windsurfing? give two suggestions.

questions 4
what is the best way of working with Gloria's strengths to build her skills in this situation? give two suggestions.

questions 5
how will you ensure that the skill development strategies being employed for Gloria are effectively evaluated? give three suggestions.

questions 6
What tools, equipment or support would you suggest for Gloria?

CHCOIS001 Contribute to ongoing skills development using a strengths-based approach - Assessments Case study (questions 5-10) Gloria is 55 and a former windsurfing state champion. She has had a stroke that has significantly limited her ability to control the left side of her body. She has trouble gripping anything with her left hand and cannot rotate her wrist. She was shocked by the stroke: beforehand she had always kept herself incredibly fit and active. She is very keen to have things get back to normal which for her involves going for a daily surf, jogging at least twice a week and taking her windsurfer out when the conditions are right. Gloria is very strong willed and determined and tells her friends that she not ready for just sitting in a chair and watching the waves roll in right now. She is adamant that she will windsurf again Gloria has a number of assessments as part of her rehabilitation by physiotherapists, occupational therapists and neurologists all of whom have given her advice to aid her recovery. She has physiotherapy twice a week and is making good progress, although it is not fast enough for her. She is happy that she can get herself out of the house at least and is now able to walk to the local shops. anal goals and the personal strengths she has to help her

Answer 1

1. Gloria personal goals is to windsurfing again, to resume her daily routine of fitness.

her personal strength of being to face the situation bravely and sustenance will help meeting her goal.

2. internal challenge of gloria may be her inability to accept the fate, to have patience to be the one she was before

external challenge for her may be to resume all the physical activities she used to do before.

3. i have seen a movie surfer which resembles the situation in case study.so she may not be able to be exactly same but she may have to modify the environment around her to be supportive, that will aid her in her daily routine

she can have her surfing tool modified to meet her needs because of disability.

she can see towards participating in paraolympics category of surfing.

4. way of working with gloria strengths to build her skills

• to make her meet others with similiar problem so that she remains motivated and realise her strengths
• assessing her skills and make a strength based skill development program.

5. evaluation of strategies will be based on

• her rating about her strengths and skills gained
• her state of mind
• her resumption towards carrying out activities of daily living

6. tools .equipment for Gloria are:

• therapy putty for hand therapy and is quite affordable and portable
• TENS therapy unit to improve movement after stroke
• FitMi is a full body home therapy to help get full body moving
• stability ball with music to improve core strength.