Assist Developmental Playgroup Staff For Children With...

entifying the information Friday October 30, 2015, I was able to assist Developmental Playgroup staff in caring for children while their parents attended a weekly Health Education and Literacy information session/class. There were a number of seven children present. Two children under the age of one, three children who are one and a half years of age, two children who were two and half years old, and an older child around the age of five. To care for the seven children, there were three staff members and a student intern (me). Purpose of the session Children who participate in Developmental Playgroup on Fridays have parents who are attending a group in order to become acquainted with health and literacy. For example, parent(s) who are†¦show more content†¦Initial observations of the client The Playgroup room was created in order to address all areas in which a child develops, so the physical climate is stimulating for children to find interests in toys that they have been exposed to. The setup of the room caters to the child’s reading, imaginative play, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, skill building, and sensory. This weekly group of children is generally small; they require a lot of attention since some children are so young and have not begun to walk, multiple children who are very active, a few of the children have a harder time with being away from their parents, and all of the children uses English as their second language. Focusing on one mother and her one and a half year old daughter, the initial observation of the two is their close attachment to one another. The mother and child are not separated often which creates some anxiety in the child when the mother chooses to leave. Content of the session On this particular day, the child had experienced a very rough time seeing her mother leave. The mother washed her child’s hands and guided her to a toy which challenges a child’s sensory processing and fine motor skills, molding and cutting Play-Doh. I began to work with the mother and child, so that she could have an easier transition when her mother decided to leave. We began to mold and cut the Play-Doh, the mother tells her child â€Å"I will be back, I love you,† and the child immediately breaks down.