Unit 12 – Supporting
Individuals with
Additional Needs
RICHELLE KETTLETY
MAISIE SMITH
, Enabling individuals with additional needs to face daily challenges
Case studies:
Rebecca Brown
Rebecca Brown is 8 years old and is a wheelchair user, following a road traffic accident when
she was five years old. Rebecca requires one to one personal care due to her physical
disabilities, as she sustained a fractured spine ibn the accident, meaning that she has no
movement below her cervical spine.
Rebecca attends a school for children with additional needs, where she has a designated
teaching assistant and also a carer who provides her with personal care during the school
day.
Rebecca lives with her parents Sue and David and her older sibling Michael who is 12 years
of age. The family live in an upstairs apartment provided by a housing association, which is
small and not ‘wheelchair friendly’.
Sue has a part time job at the local day nursery buy has to stay at home during the school
holidays, in order to care for Rebecca and Michael, reducing the family income. David works
full tie at a local factory, working long hours for a long wage.
The neighbourhood where the Brown family live are not tolerant of Rebecca’s ‘difference’,
and the family have received unpleasant comments as they pass neighbours in he street,
causing them to avoid going out whenever possible.
Ben Grace
Ben Grace is fifty-two and has downs syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Ben has a learning age
of 8 and requires support with all aspects of daily living with a learning disability. Ben lives in
a group setting with five other adults who have learning difficulties and who also require
additional support. Ben previously lived with his mother, but following her death last year,
ben moved to the residential setting.
Ben has always enjoyed going shopping, but since he has moved into the residence, he
prefers to stay in his room which is a concern for the staff, following an incident with some
local youths who shouted at ben when he went shopping with the residents and carers.
Recently ben was refused entry to a local funfair by then manager who stated that bens
appearance could prevent other people wanting to attend.
Ben is refusing to keep the special diet required to control his type 2 diabetes and staff have
found bags of sweets under his pillow when making his bed. His blood glucose levels are
unstable, resulting in ben feeling unwell. Ben has become withdrawn.
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Individuals with
Additional Needs
RICHELLE KETTLETY
MAISIE SMITH
, Enabling individuals with additional needs to face daily challenges
Case studies:
Rebecca Brown
Rebecca Brown is 8 years old and is a wheelchair user, following a road traffic accident when
she was five years old. Rebecca requires one to one personal care due to her physical
disabilities, as she sustained a fractured spine ibn the accident, meaning that she has no
movement below her cervical spine.
Rebecca attends a school for children with additional needs, where she has a designated
teaching assistant and also a carer who provides her with personal care during the school
day.
Rebecca lives with her parents Sue and David and her older sibling Michael who is 12 years
of age. The family live in an upstairs apartment provided by a housing association, which is
small and not ‘wheelchair friendly’.
Sue has a part time job at the local day nursery buy has to stay at home during the school
holidays, in order to care for Rebecca and Michael, reducing the family income. David works
full tie at a local factory, working long hours for a long wage.
The neighbourhood where the Brown family live are not tolerant of Rebecca’s ‘difference’,
and the family have received unpleasant comments as they pass neighbours in he street,
causing them to avoid going out whenever possible.
Ben Grace
Ben Grace is fifty-two and has downs syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Ben has a learning age
of 8 and requires support with all aspects of daily living with a learning disability. Ben lives in
a group setting with five other adults who have learning difficulties and who also require
additional support. Ben previously lived with his mother, but following her death last year,
ben moved to the residential setting.
Ben has always enjoyed going shopping, but since he has moved into the residence, he
prefers to stay in his room which is a concern for the staff, following an incident with some
local youths who shouted at ben when he went shopping with the residents and carers.
Recently ben was refused entry to a local funfair by then manager who stated that bens
appearance could prevent other people wanting to attend.
Ben is refusing to keep the special diet required to control his type 2 diabetes and staff have
found bags of sweets under his pillow when making his bed. His blood glucose levels are
unstable, resulting in ben feeling unwell. Ben has become withdrawn.
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