Community Services - Analyse Client Information for Service Planning and Delivery

Tiana is a 35 year old sin" rel="nofollow">ingle mother of a young son. She has been identified as havin" rel="nofollow">ing autism. 1. Conduct some research and describe how autism might impact on Tiana’s social and cognitive development, and how such a developmental status might in" rel="nofollow">increase her needs. 2. Analyse Tiana’s in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">in relation to plannin" rel="nofollow">ing services to assist Tiana at home. Give a list of services that could be utilised to meet Tiana’s needs. Indicate why these services would benefit Tiana. 3. Durin" rel="nofollow">ing an assessment of cognitive development usin" rel="nofollow">ing Piaget’s model, it was noted that Tiana was able to thin" rel="nofollow">ink logically, but she often needed concrete objects to do so. Socially it was observed by those workin" rel="nofollow">ing with her, that she showed little in" rel="nofollow">interest in" rel="nofollow">in others and avoided eye contact. However, it was also noted that she showed a sense of pride in" rel="nofollow">in her accomplishments and abilities. Analyse this in" rel="nofollow">information to identify specific development issues for Tiana. (HINT: thin" rel="nofollow">ink of her cognitive stage accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to Piaget and psychosocial stage accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to Erikson) 4. Tiana dislikes bein" rel="nofollow">ing treated as a child. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing researched in" rel="nofollow">information identify the likely impact of in" rel="nofollow">interventions to assist Tiana with the care of her baby, and with social, personal care support. 5. Tiana has type 1 diabetes which can cause hypoglycaemia if her blood sugar levels fall (usually if she skips a meal, exercises heavily or takes too much in" rel="nofollow">insulin" rel="nofollow">in. How might you take this in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">into consideration (as a contrain" rel="nofollow">indication) when plannin" rel="nofollow">ing service delivery? 6. Complete a Diabetes Action Plan for Tiana (use the provided template). 7. You visited Tiana today and she showed symptoms of hypoglycaemia. Create a current, complete, accurate and relevant record for this event. 8. To monitor the impact of services on Tiana, you ask her to provide feedback about the services she is accessin" rel="nofollow">ing. Durin" rel="nofollow">ing discussion with Tiana (as her senior worker) she reports that she really appreciates these support of all her care workers, but she does not enjoy the skills train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing with the psychologist. How might you respond within" rel="nofollow">in the scope of your own work role and organisation policies and procedures? 9. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how you would main" rel="nofollow">intain" rel="nofollow">in records about Tiana. 10. Conduct some research to fin" rel="nofollow">ind the min" rel="nofollow">ini-mental state examin" rel="nofollow">ination (MMSE) which is a tool that you might use when workin" rel="nofollow">ing with clients in" rel="nofollow">in a community services settin" rel="nofollow">ing to assist in" rel="nofollow">in determin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing client status. a) Briefly describe the tool b) Explain" rel="nofollow">in how you would recognise normal readin" rel="nofollow">ings and what scores would fall outside the normal range You will also be marked on correct referencin" rel="nofollow">ing You must always acknowledge sources and quotations. Failure to do so is considered plagiarism. You MUST in" rel="nofollow">include a reference list at the end of your work.