Essay On Jelly Observation

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Meeting and understanding Jelly, she needs continuance assist of incontinence products. Jelly is unable to control her bowel movement and often wet or stain her underwear. Due to that reason, she wears diapers / pull-ups daily. Jelly is capable of pulling down and taking off her pants and pull-ups to use the bathroom. However, from time to time, Jelly does not inform any adults beforehand. I had the opportunity to observe Jelly during lunch. She had a great appetite and was able to feed herself and finish her lunch. It was noted that she receives a cold lunch because she has textual sensitivity. Jelly occasionally enjoys a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and yogurt with fruits inside. During the time of observation and interaction, wording is a huge factor in understanding. I asked Jelly for a big bite and she actually took a big …show more content…

However, most of her hours at school is in the regular education classroom. Jelly’s regular education classroom includes a room full of twenty-five to thirty students. The regular education classroom consists of subjects: reading/writing, group time, math, and art. In her special education classroom, Jelly is in class with five to ten other students. She receives additional help in math and reading, as well as participate in art activities one on one. Jelly is able to comprehend self-story telling but requires additional assist in simplistic wordings. For example, “Draw what you will see in a cave.” Jelly could not comprehend and would ask and say, “What do I draw? I don’t know what to draw.” The Occupational Therapist replied, “Okay, let’s start with a cave. What color should it be? How big do you want it? What do you want to see inside the cave? Would it be an animal, a person, a plant, what do you think?” Providing a more accurate cue of words such as animal, person, plant, etc. offered Jelly a more concrete

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