Question

Dana has recently worked with Pedro, a young man with cerebral palsy, to develop community options that suit his individualised plan. Pedro currently receives support from a range of providers, including a physiotherapist and occupational therapist to help him maintain his physical skills. His plan includes goals to become more independent within the local neighbourhood and to experience some new sporting activities. Pedro has begun participating in a sailing program based at a local yacht club. The program is run by skilled staff and uses modified boats that are designed for people with varying physical ability. Pedro is picked up from his home by a volunteer driver and driven home after each sailing session. He loves sailing and is now keen to explore some other community options that are sports focused. How could Dana collect information to share with her supervisor about Pedro’s current level of engagement with the sailing program? Give two strategies she could use? What are three ways Dana could contact her supervisor to seek support about community inclusion strategies for Pedro

Answer 1

Dana could collect the information by interview and observation. Interview of the Patro and the local yacht club should be done to understand their point of view regarding their experiences. The more reliable data if taken from the primary source that is the personal self. The data also can be collected by Dana by observing the performances of the Patro.

The two strategies that she can use is the interview and direct observation. The interview is the face to face collection of the information by asking questions. Direct observation is the collection of data by observing the behavior or performance with the knowledge or without knowledge of the participant or the person.

Dana can contact the supervisor in telephonic, email, and face to face discussion ways to seek support about inclusion strategies for Pedro. Through telephonic Dana can explain the needs of the inclusion to other communities for Padro, Through email, Dana can request for the desire activities. Through face to face contact to her supervisor is the base way to seek support. This will increase more trust and good bonding which might leads to get of suppot.