Health and Social care: Unit 12: Supporting Individuals with
Additional Needs
Handed out: 29th April 2020 Handed in: 1st
June 2020
Case study 1. Rebecca Brown (Child Study)
Rebecca fBrow fis f8 fyears fold fand fis fa fwheelchair fuser, ffollowing
a froad ftraffic faccident fwhen fshe fwas ffive fyears fold. f Rebecca
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requires fone fto fone fpersonal fcare fdue fto fher fphysical fdisabilities,
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as fshe fsustained fa ffractured fspine fin fthe faccident, fmeaning fthat
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she fhas fno fmovement fbelow fher fcervical fspine. fRebecca fattends
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a fschool ffor fchildren fwith fadditional fneeds, fwhere fshe fhas fa
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designated fteaching fassistant fand falso fa fcarer fwho fprovides fher
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with fpersonal fcare fduring fthe fschool fday. fRebecca flives fwith fher
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parents fSue fand fDavid fand fher folder fsibling fMichael fwho fis f12
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years fof fage. fThe ffamily flive fin fan fupstairs fapartment fprovided
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by fa fhousing fassociation, fwhich fis fsmall fand fnot f‘wheelchair
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friendly’.
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Sue fhas fa fpart ftime fjob fat fa flocal fday fnursery fbut fhas fto fstay fat
home fduring fthe fschool fholidays, fin forder fto fcare ffor fRebecca
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and fMichael, freducing fthe ffamily fincome. fDavid fworks ffull-time
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at fa flocal ffactory, fworking flong fhours ffor fa flow fwage. fThe
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neighbourhood fwhere fthe fBrown f family f live f are f not f tolerant
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f of f Rebecca’s f ‘difference’, f and f the
, family fhave f received unpleasant
f comments
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f pass
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neighbours fin fthe fstreet, fcausing fthem fto favoid fgoing fout
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whenever fpossible.
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Case fstudy f1. f Ben fGrace f(Adult fStudy)
Ben fGrace fis ffifty ftwo fand fhas fDown’s fsyndrome fand ftype f2
diabetes. fBen fhas fa flearning fage fof f8 fand frequires fsupport fwith
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all faspects fof fdaily fliving. fBen flives fin fa fgroup fsetting fwith ffive
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other fadults fwho fhave flearning fdifficulties fand fwho falso frequire
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additional fsupport. fBen fpreviously flived fwith fhis fmother, fbut
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following fher fdeath flast fyear, fBen fmoved fto fthe fresidential
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setting. fBen fhas falways fenjoyed fgoing fshopping, fbut fsince fhe fhas
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moved finto fthe fresidence, fhe fprefers fto fstay fin fhis froom fwhich
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is fa fconcern ffor fthe fstaff, ffollowing fan fincident fwith fsome flocal
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youths fwho fshouted fat fBen fwhen fhe fwent fshopping fwith fthe
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residents fand fcarers. fRecently fBen fwas frefused fentry fto fa flocal
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funfair fby fthe fmanager fwho fstated fthat fBen’s fappearance fcould
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prevent fother fpeople fwanting fto fattend. fBen fis frefusing fto fkeep
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to fthe fspecial fdiet frequired fto fcontrol fhis ftype f2 fdiabetes fand
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staff fhave ffound fbags fof fsweets funder fhis fpillow fwhen fmaking
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his fbed. fHis fblood fglucose flevels fare funstable, fresulting fin f Ben
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feeling funwell. fBen fhas fbecome fwithdrawn.
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Unit f12 fLearning fAim fContent