02 October 2010

Fits as a Disability in Children and ways to Help them

The familisation study is essential as it shall help us in situations do arise in schools where we suddenly find ourselves facing the fits problems for child development .There is need to understand and deal with such problems.
The main purpose of having knowledge of fits troubled children is that it exposed us to early stages of learning and effective methods of teaching, even in normal children.The provision of learning opportunities through use of some methods of teaching in classroom situation help our learners to learn effectively and teachers to teacher efficiently. There is evidence that all pupils can enjoy learning if situations are carefully planned and if different professional skills like teaching methods of instruction,social perspectives and cognitive development are properly linked and organised in such a way that it create a hormony for stimulating learning conducive environment.
Teachers are influential people in the communities where the children reside. Many community members listen to teachers' advices. Therefore teachers can also teach the community on how to cope with fits and some of the problems arising from this form retardation.
Helping Children with Fits:
If a child falls on the ground because of fits ,we must let the fits run its course and then offer our help later by observing the following points:
♥We must be calm and tell others nearby not to be frightened.We must keep the child on the spot unless the spot is a dangerous like traffic way,near fire ,water or other dangerous position to threaten the health of the victim.
♥We must then fold a cloth and put it under the child's head.The tight clothing must be loosened when the victim is wearing it.When the unusual movement has stopped we must turn the child onto the side so that the tongue falls forward . Any saliva will pour out of the mouth enabling the child to breathe easily,we must stay close together with the child for quite some time after the fits is over to comfort the victim and explain what happens to him/her ,but not frightened or disheartened the child, if the child injured during fits ,we must clean the wound with soapy water and cover them with clean cloth. If appropriate medicine is available we can apply on the wound .This is possible with small wounds .Severe wounds ,burns and deep injuries we should refer children to the nearest clinic or hospital,the child usually becomes tired after the fits and may need to sleep for some time ,so we should give him/her a rest.

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