Aussie Childcare Network Forum

hi guys,
i have so many assessments due and just was stuck with few things..thought it will be good to take some help from yous guys.

a scenario

a parent comes to your service seeking care. they participate in your regularintroduction of the service and collect all documents. you have a place ready to accept the child but the parents has not bought the child in at anytime and wants to commence enrolliing the child and organise starting date. you explain that you would like to meet the child and the parents insists that this can happen on the first day of care.

on the first day of the care the child arrives with the parent and you notice they have a large birth mark at one side of their face. this is not the concern to your or others carers but the parent is very apoogetic and asks if she can still go ahead with the orientation process.
1. what is one question you could ask this parent to find out about any exclusion experience that has occured to cause them to this way?


you ask this question and the parent open to you and tells you that the child recieves a lot of negative attention with others saying what a pity it is to have that awful thing on her face. the parent blieves that the last service she tried to enrol her child but they denied to enrol because of this birthmark. although you think this is probably not the case , you understand and accept that the parents feels this way.

2 . what one thing you will do to make sure this parent sees her child is accepted.?

once settled into care the child participates in solitary activities but you notice that she doesnt participates with her peers. you notice that some of the children look at her a lot and one child actually came up to her and touhed her face.

3. what is one experience you could provide to support this child's nclusion into her pee group.?

one more question

how would you explain the follwoing things to a 5 year old child?

1. a child with cerebral palsy is moaning, this is their only verbal communication method?
2. a hearing impaired child is not responding when spoken to?
3. a parent has one arm?
4. a child has a sever allergy which causes eczema. they only eat foods brought from home while the other children have their meal provided?
for this one i guess they can say " this child has allergies to sum of the foods so thats why mummy makes him things that will not cause allergy thats why he brings lunch from home...is it right?

explain 5 things to a 5 yr old
1: explain to the child that everyone talks and communicates differenlty eg you talk some poeple use there hands (sign lanuage) if still not sure can mentions animals as well as thy make noise eg the cake meows when hungry (ours does) the dog barks when unsure of people
2 gagain as above explain to them that everybody is special and some people can use there ears and others cant, so we need to use sign launge for their friend to understand
3. this one not sure off me myself i tell my children to go and ask instead of pointing and starting and never had a problem but i dont think thats approaite in this situation. could maybe esplain that there arm got sick and the doctors coukldnt fix it but to make sure that the parent didnt get sick they took his / her arm away ( still not sure of this one thou )
4 explain that some food can make you unwell and that what some food do to their friend he gets very very itchy from esting certain food so his mummy and daddy bring him in food that wont make him itchy

From your scenario..
Question 1 - I think it's really important to establish a positive relationship with parents and families, as well as the child in care. To do this, we need to be open and honest and hopefully they will be the same with us. I would ask about the child's previous experiences in care as this is useful information to know for any child upon orientation. You could ask about their experiences being separated from the parent and how the child (and family) felt about attending the previous service, so that you can use this information to be able to make their experiences at your service as positive as possible.

Question 2 - Treat this child as you would any other, get down to their level on arrival to greet them and introduce yourself etc. Document learning stories and take photographs of the child engaging in experiences, whether they're solitary experiences or group experiences, so that the parent can see the child engaged in the program. Talk to the parent, try to find out the child's interests any any cultural information that you can incorporate into the program. Communicate as often as possible with the parent so that you're showing them you respect the child and are genuinely interested in making the environment as welcoming for them as you can.

Question 3 - I guess it's important to find out the child's interests, so that you can plan experiences for her which support her interests and development. By knowing the child's interests, Educators can then plan experiences which support her in socialising with other children who have similar interests, in experiences she's excited to participate in. You could also look at experiences which allow children to find similarities and differences between themselves and others. You could display family photos around the room which creates a sense of belonging for all children and incorporate images of people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse abilities into experiences.

I could be way off, but that's probably how I'd go about answering the questions..