Ballikinrain Residential School
HNC SOCIAL CARE
August 15th 2013Implementation stage
The A team - by Ed Sheeran
Ralph has chosen this song as he loves it. It's a song he'd love to be able to play on guitar. Ralph has stated he loves to play his guitar. However he gets frustrated when he try's to play it on his own. He often has his guitar out when he is relaxing in the unit and has stated he wants to write a song about his mum. Ralph actually sung part of a song he had thought up. The lyrics were very warm towards his mum. However this song was very short and maybe if Ralph gets better at the guitar with these lessons he will be able to put a whole song together about his mum. This would be a very positive event as Ralph finds it very difficult to talk about his family at all.
I spoke with Ralph and asked him what music he liked so that I could tailor his lessons around his likes instead of boring things he doesn't know about.
We looked out music in the school library but eventually settled on Ralph's idea of looking up the music on Google.
To ensure Ralph learns the quickest and easiest way possible I found a guitar chords sheet and a Guitar Chord document (below) to help him understand the music better.
Arrangements
I spoke with my team leader and asked if this would be a good thing to take forward as Ralph has requested it. This was confirmed and she stated that not only would Ralph be learning and achieving but maybe as things develop staff will learn off of Ralph with regards to his opinions on family. My team leader also stated this would be an excellent morale boosting experience as staff will be sitting down with him for long periods, investing their energies and sourcing positive and constructive resources to help support and inspire him.
When and Where?
I arranged the key time lesson to take place at 6pm.
This gives plenty of time for Ralph to complete school, routines, have dinner then attend his lesson.
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