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TABLE OF CONTENT
Question 1 page 3
Having a child with impairment effects various parents in different ways, Discuss this
statement by referring to three patterns of parental attitudes before there is
acceptance of the child with impairment
1.1 Guilt page 3
Anxiety page 3
Resentment page 3
1.2.1 Auditory impairments page 4
1.2.2 Supporting learners with physical disabilities in the classroom page 4
Question 2 page 5
Down’s syndrome learners motor skills, implications and strategies for learner
support
2.1.1 Hypotonia page 5
2.1.2 Shorter limbs and digits page 5
2.1.3 Reduced stamina page 5
Question 3 page 6
Learners who experience barriers in mathematics
3.1 Five methods to help learners who experience problems with mathematics in the
senior phase page 6
3.2 Guidelines to assist learners to master the skill of written language page 6
3.2.1 Strategies to provide support to learners to develop their writing skills page 7
Bibliography page 8
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Declaration page 9
QUESTION 1
Question 1.1
Having a child with impairment effects various parents in different ways, Discuss this
statement by referring to three patterns of parental attitudes before there is
acceptance of the child with impairment.
Grief, guilt, anxiety, resentment, denial and anger are the most common
attitudes experienced by parents. I will discuss three of those emotions:
Guilt: Parents way feel guilty and blame themselves or each other or
someone for their child’s impairment. The mother usually experiences this far
worse and intense, because she is at the end of the day the person that had
to manage the pregnancy and prevent harm to the unborn child. Parents will
go to extremes to try and blame something or someone, for example, tracing
ancestors and genealogy.
Once parents realise that there is no one, nobody that “did anything wrong”,
that blaming themselves, will not change the child’s impairment, they will be
able to move to a space of acceptance.
Anxiety: Any parent is anxious about the future of their child, more even so if
your child is born with impairment. If for example a child is blind, the parents
will experience anxiety because they are scared that the child will fall and be
injured. The parents will be over protective.
Being over protective will hinder the child because he or she would not be
given the freedom to develop as an independent individual. The parents need
to learn that they do not have to be overprotective or anxious about the child’s
future. They need to accept and recognise that the unknown causes
unnecessary anxiety.
Resentment: Parents find themselves in a situation where they did not plan to
be. It is a strange and new situation. When you have a child with special
needs, your lifestyle needs to adapt forever. Parents may start to resent the
fact that they cannot be as carefree as other families with “normal” children.
The parents’ social life will also have to change along with their lifestyle. Their
impaired child will have to get most of their attention and therefore, “missing
out” on social events or carefree activities will cause resentment towards the
child, as the child is “blamed” for the sudden changes and adaption.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Question 1 page 3
Having a child with impairment effects various parents in different ways, Discuss this
statement by referring to three patterns of parental attitudes before there is
acceptance of the child with impairment
1.1 Guilt page 3
Anxiety page 3
Resentment page 3
1.2.1 Auditory impairments page 4
1.2.2 Supporting learners with physical disabilities in the classroom page 4
Question 2 page 5
Down’s syndrome learners motor skills, implications and strategies for learner
support
2.1.1 Hypotonia page 5
2.1.2 Shorter limbs and digits page 5
2.1.3 Reduced stamina page 5
Question 3 page 6
Learners who experience barriers in mathematics
3.1 Five methods to help learners who experience problems with mathematics in the
senior phase page 6
3.2 Guidelines to assist learners to master the skill of written language page 6
3.2.1 Strategies to provide support to learners to develop their writing skills page 7
Bibliography page 8
, 2
Declaration page 9
QUESTION 1
Question 1.1
Having a child with impairment effects various parents in different ways, Discuss this
statement by referring to three patterns of parental attitudes before there is
acceptance of the child with impairment.
Grief, guilt, anxiety, resentment, denial and anger are the most common
attitudes experienced by parents. I will discuss three of those emotions:
Guilt: Parents way feel guilty and blame themselves or each other or
someone for their child’s impairment. The mother usually experiences this far
worse and intense, because she is at the end of the day the person that had
to manage the pregnancy and prevent harm to the unborn child. Parents will
go to extremes to try and blame something or someone, for example, tracing
ancestors and genealogy.
Once parents realise that there is no one, nobody that “did anything wrong”,
that blaming themselves, will not change the child’s impairment, they will be
able to move to a space of acceptance.
Anxiety: Any parent is anxious about the future of their child, more even so if
your child is born with impairment. If for example a child is blind, the parents
will experience anxiety because they are scared that the child will fall and be
injured. The parents will be over protective.
Being over protective will hinder the child because he or she would not be
given the freedom to develop as an independent individual. The parents need
to learn that they do not have to be overprotective or anxious about the child’s
future. They need to accept and recognise that the unknown causes
unnecessary anxiety.
Resentment: Parents find themselves in a situation where they did not plan to
be. It is a strange and new situation. When you have a child with special
needs, your lifestyle needs to adapt forever. Parents may start to resent the
fact that they cannot be as carefree as other families with “normal” children.
The parents’ social life will also have to change along with their lifestyle. Their
impaired child will have to get most of their attention and therefore, “missing
out” on social events or carefree activities will cause resentment towards the
child, as the child is “blamed” for the sudden changes and adaption.
