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Candidate card · Occupational Therapy

You are the occupational therapist

A child’s difficult school mornings

Setting: Paediatric occupational therapy clinic

Mia, seven, attends with her mother, Jo. Dressing is usually completed in a ten-minute rush before school; at weekends Mia can manage a large button when given time.

Task

  • Explore differences between rushed mornings and relaxed dressing.
  • Agree one fastener practice task with parent and child.
  • Discuss laying out clothes the night before.
  • Offer review and school liaison with consent if difficulties persist.
A child’s difficult school mornings consultation plan
  • The assessment identifies time pressure as a barrier in this fictional case.
  • The proposed trial is laying out clothes the night before and practising one fastener at a calm time.
  • The parent and child choose one achievable step rather than changing the whole routine.
  • A school liaison discussion is available with parental consent if difficulties continue.
  • Mia, seven, attends with her mother, Jo. Dressing is usually completed in a ten-minute rush before school; at weekends Mia can manage a large button when given time.

Fictional scenario information supplied for this examination exercise; not medical guidance for real patients.