5 year old boy has difficulties with concentration and fine motor skills – A case study including a comparison between standardized measures of assessment and alternatives.
Assignment Requirements for Assessment, Evaluation, and ProgrammeTitle: the 5-year-old boy has difficulties with concentration and fine motor skills – A case study including a comparison between standardized measures of assessment and alternatives.Tasks to be completedInstructions to studentsAssignment 1– Individual Case Study (30% of the whole module)Select a child (one of your students). Use the given structure below to write a case study of the child. Do not exceed more than 1500 words in total. This assignment should be submitted by Lecture 6 on 8 June 2017Assignment StructurePart A. Please investigate and research on the following information of the child you have selected. Use a fictitious name.Provide background information about child (20 marks)1. Basic Personal Information (i.e. Age, Sex, DOB)2. Diagnosis of the child and when/where the diagnosis was madeNote: If your child is not diagnosed, find out how the child was referred or identified as having special needs, and if he/she will be sent for diagnosis)3. Brief write-up of any assessment that had been conducted for the child4. Report on the past and/or current intervention5. Brief write-up of the child’s current skills and challengesPart B. Use the following guide to writing the case study.1. Identify the type of assessment conducted for the child and explain the difference(s) between standardised measures of assessments and alternative measures of assessments. (40 marks)2. Based on the areas of development what should the child’s parents be concerned with? (15 marks)3. Which type of assessment/s would you recommend in order to gather more information of the child based on what you have found out in Part A. Why?(25 marks)Case Study informationDemographics – Age, Gender, Family Structure5 years old, male, one sibling, lives with family (Mum, Dad and younger brother)Name: Alan (Not his real name)Issue, Concern or Learning DifficultyDifficulties with concentration and fine motor skillsWhat the Therapist FoundDelays with fine and gross motor skills. Low muscle tone, especially in core/trunk. Sensory modulation difficulties. Poor vestibular and proprioception processing.Types of TreatmentSensory diet, postural program, home program and clinic treatment for 12 weekly sessions. Liaised with class teacher to integrate sensory diet and strategies at school. Clinic sensory integration and fine motor and gross motor treatment sessions.Relevant Treatments:• Sensory Processing Therapy• Motor Skill Training• Sensory Diet• Vestibular RehabilitationOutcome and TimeframeSuccessful rehabilitation of sensory problems, improvement in motor skills, functional improvements such as pencil and handwriting skills, improved behaviour (eg.no meltdowns), improved concentration at school.
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