Supporting Individuals with Specific Needs Flashcards
What do individuals with specific needs have the right to?
Right to receive the best quality care and support.
What is the difference between long and short term support?
Short term support is following an accident or an operation and therapy will usually be in a hospital setting. Long-term support will usually involve a multidisciplinary team and require frequent review.
Can you provide examples of professionals involved in care of individuals with specific needs?
Community learning disability nurse, Occupational therapist, Physiotherapist, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social worker, Speech and language therapist, Special needs teachers (SENs), Art therapist and Music therapist.
Can you provide examples of organisations involved in care of individuals with specific needs?
Care homes, after care clinics, community centres, medical clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, opticians, dentists, school, nursery, physiotherapy and pharmacists.
Which are groups usually require longer term therapy? Why?
Infancy, early and late childhood and later adulthood because they need support due to lack of independence or type of disease or disability.
Why is legislation important in supporting the individuals with specific needs?
The different acts gather information, assess needs and build plans so individuals with specific needs receive the correct guidance to understand the laws, receive the care they are entitled to and support them.
Can you provide examples of legislation involved in care of individuals with specific needs?
Common Assessment Framework, Special Educational Needs and the Local Offer, Education, Health and Care plans , Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), Code of Practice , Human Rights Act 1998
Equality Act 2010, Care Act 2014, National Service Framework for Mental Health, Mental Health Act 2007 and Mental Capacity Act 2005
What is the impact of professionals, organisations and legislation in supporting the individuals with specific needs?
Provide equal opportunities, share equal status, ensure welfare/wellbeing, increase awareness and help growth and development.
What are the main categories for individuals with specific needs? Can you provide an example for each category?
Physical and mental ill health e.g. stoke or dementia. Learning disabilities e.g. dyslexia and Down syndrome. Physical and sensory disabilities e.g. hearing impairment or loss of a limb.
Can you provide examples of specific needs for individuals? Can you provide a category of individual it will help?
Coping strategies (mental illness), braille (visually impaired), wheelchair (loss of limb), communication boards (autism) and walking aid (stroke).
How do support groups help individuals with specific needs?
Offer emotional and financial support, information about condition, meet others with similar condition, share stories and listen.
Can you name examples of support groups?
Samaritans, Citizens Advice, Scope, Sense, British Heart Foundation, Anxiety UK, Mind, Guide dogs, HSE.
