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School supports for a child with disability — communication OSCE
OSCE on functional school planning, letter content and emergency preparedness with family.
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MRCPCH ClinicalRACP DCE
Prompt
9-year-old with cerebral palsy; parents request a school letter for toileting help, fatigue and seizure plan.
Objectives
- Elicit a functional school-day history with the child and family. [3]
- Explain what will go into the school letter. [2]
- Confirm emergency-plan elements and training needs. [6]
- Agree review and school-contact plan. [2]
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- [2]Noritz G Providing a Primary Care Medical Home for Children and Youth With Cerebral Palsy Pediatrics, 2022.PMID 36404756
- [3]Committee on Hospital Care Patient- and family-centered care and the pediatrician's role Pediatrics, 2012.PMID 22291118
- [6]American College of Emergency Physicians Emergency information form for children with special health care needs Annals of emergency medicine, 2010.PMID 20728781
- [7]Karlsson P Stakeholders' views of the introduction of assistive technology in the classroom Child: care, health and development, 2017.PMID 28419501