Describe illnesses and conditions that affect the behaviour of children and ways of providing support.Task 2ALuke is five years old and he was diagnosed with Digeorge Syndrome

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OCR Level 3 Health and Social Care and Early Years.                                         Unit 3  

Rachael Crossland  

Task 2: Describe illnesses and conditions that affect the behaviour of children and ways of providing support.

Task 2A

Luke is five years old and he was diagnosed with Digeorge Syndrome when he was four years old.

 Cause

 Digeorge syndrome is a rare disease that is present from birth, and it is caused by a large deletion of the chromosome 22, produced by an error in recombination at meiosis.

The symptoms vary greatly with each individual, but some of the symptoms that you could expect are…

  • Immune deficiency that leads to children being more susceptible to infections.
  • Lack of T cells.
  • Convulsions or ‘fits’.
  • Underdeveloped parathyroid glands.
  • Feeding problems.
  • Heart defects.
  • Abnormal facial features.
  • Cardiac problems.
  • Speech impairments.
  • Learning difficulties.

 Luke’s symptoms are…

  • Immune deficiency.
  • Recurrent ear infections.
  • Convulsions.
  • Abnormal facial features i.e. disfigures ears.
  • Speech impairment.
  • Feeding problems.

 Luke’s behaviour may be affected

Physical health

 Due to his physical health Luke has poor motor skills, poor coordination, poor communication skills, immune deficiency and muscle tone. His poor motor skills make it hard for him to walk long distances, and after walking for just a short time he will refuse to walk anymore and become tired and irritable.

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 His speech impairment makes verbal communication barley possible, which makes it hard for him to say what he wants or feels, this makes him become aggressive and violent, because he cant express his feelings.

 Luke also has poor balance, which makes him trip and fall over a lot of the time, this will make him feel him feel upset and frustrated and possibly throw a tantrum.

Aggression

 Luke can become frustrated, misunderstood and aggressive, due to his lack of communication and not adapting well to change. Luke’s becomes aggressive because his only way of expressing his feeling is to have tantrums ...

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