Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Young Children 0-5 Years by Glazzard Jonathan;potter Marie;stones Samuel

Author:Glazzard, Jonathan;potter, Marie;stones, Samuel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Critical Publishing

CASE STUDY

Holly was nearly four years old and had moved to a new nursery. David, one of the practitioners, was reading a story to the whole group in ‘Poppies’ room. Most of the children were listening and joining in with the repetitive lines of the story. Holly was distracted and eventually tried to walk off the mat, standing on the legs of other children as she did so. David realised it would be a battle to get Holly to sit down again so he lifted her off the mat, Holly immediately started to cry, wriggled out of his grasp and went to stand next to the wall.

Later, at the play-dough table, Holly was sitting quietly with one of the students on placement. When other children joined the table, Holly tried to gather all the play-dough away from them. The student tried to persuade Holly to share but she became upset and swept all the dough onto the floor.

During the team catch-up at the end of the day it was decided that Holly needed more support to control her emotions, adapt to new situations and the other children. Over the following days Holly’s key worker, Jane, introduced self-regulatory play activities that involved simple turn-taking and sharing. Games such as matching pictures, were accompanied by conversation and explanation so Holly understood the rules and what was expected. At first the tasks involved just Jane and Holly but gradually the games involved other children. It was not too long before Holly’s experiences at nursery became more positive and happier as she learned to control her emotions and play co-operatively with other children.

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