Special Needs?

Guest · 2004-03-06T18:41:08+0000

I'm new here but wondered if anyone could help. A 4year old started at the nursery in Aug 2003. In the first week, she was into everything (a whirlwind you might say) but because she had never attended a childcare setting before there was no real concern, we thought it was just excitement. Over the last few months we have become increasingly worried about her strange behaviour especially compared to the others in our setting.. when a carer sits or plays with her on a 1:1 basis, her attention is excellent, she may remain at one activity upto and over a hour in length. However, we cannot always provide the 1:1 care which she so obviously needs. Specific observations made have been - - language- has difficulty forming sentences, shouts rather than speaks, often uses abusive language or swears - Physical- runs/walks on tiptoes, cannot sit still for long periods, we have identified some problem with her balance - social- very rarely makes eye contact, often hits out physically towards other children even though there is no provication, although she does try to join in with other children's games. - she does not know her colours, shapes, numbers, or letters, although we are now just beginning to see some improvement in that area. - Although she eats well through out the day, she has begun to eat paper and tissue that is around the nusery, more specifically this week when my back was turned she removed tissue from the toilet bowl and began eating it, when I approached the mother to discuss this she didn't appear concerned about how serious this is. I have mentioned to my supervisor, that I believe we should contact the Early Years SENCO and we are in the process of making detailed observations. I know this is a long post but if anyone has any ideas what the reasons for this behaviour could be I would be very grateful. I have not had special needs training hense the reason for asking for help. Look forward to replies Libra.

By Guest Libra
March 6, 2004 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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