certificate 3 in children's services
13. Tobias has recently enrolled in your school. He is four years old and his parents are both professionals. Mandarin is the language spoken at home. You are aware that Tobias seems to be very tired towards the end of the week and lacks focus. You ask to speak with
Tobias’ parents who arrive with limite d English language. After discussing how Tobias is progressing you observe the parents talking to Tobias in Mandarin. You attempt to speak with them in English and recognise that some of your comments may not be interpreted as you intend them. Finally after 30 minutes Tobias tells you that he attends another service 5 days a week after he finishes at your centre. You ask him what time he gets home and he states that he finishes his other school at 7.00pm and goes to his grandmother’s home.
He says that his parents pick him up at 9.00pm each night.
What are some of the issues you need to think about?
How can you support Tobias at the centre?
How can you discuss and educate the parents with respect to their cultural differences about adequate sleep and how this may be affecting Tobias?
How will you approach the issue of Tobias attending another service (which you realise is a school
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What are some of the issues you need to think about?
Some of the issues you need to think about are the safety of Tobias, confidentiality, not coming across the wrong way to his parents, not putting your opinion where it’s not wanted.
You also need to think of what’s right for Tobias as a young child he need s decent hours of sleep and time for his body to recover from the day, his parents may not see that his tired at school.
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How can you support Tobias at the centre?
You can support Tobias at the centre by giving him what he needs at the time, suggesting to his parents that he has a sleep at school since his up till late at night. Try to support Tobias and keep him motivated when he starts loosing focus, by using
Tobias’ parents who arrive with limite d English language. After discussing how Tobias is progressing you observe the parents talking to Tobias in Mandarin. You attempt to speak with them in English and recognise that some of your comments may not be interpreted as you intend them. Finally after 30 minutes Tobias tells you that he attends another service 5 days a week after he finishes at your centre. You ask him what time he gets home and he states that he finishes his other school at 7.00pm and goes to his grandmother’s home.
He says that his parents pick him up at 9.00pm each night.
What are some of the issues you need to think about?
How can you support Tobias at the centre?
How can you discuss and educate the parents with respect to their cultural differences about adequate sleep and how this may be affecting Tobias?
How will you approach the issue of Tobias attending another service (which you realise is a school
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What are some of the issues you need to think about?
Some of the issues you need to think about are the safety of Tobias, confidentiality, not coming across the wrong way to his parents, not putting your opinion where it’s not wanted.
You also need to think of what’s right for Tobias as a young child he need s decent hours of sleep and time for his body to recover from the day, his parents may not see that his tired at school.
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How can you support Tobias at the centre?
You can support Tobias at the centre by giving him what he needs at the time, suggesting to his parents that he has a sleep at school since his up till late at night. Try to support Tobias and keep him motivated when he starts loosing focus, by using