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CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care, Skills Australia Institute Australia
Physical and Emotional Wellbeing
Case Study
1. Geri is an experienced family day care educator. Starting next Monday, Lachie (6 months) will be in care with Geri and 2 other children (aged 3 and 4) 3 days a week. Geri has already collected details about Lachie’s needs, preferences and daily routine from his mother, Sue, and is now thinking about the finishing touches she needs to make in preparation for his arrival.
Once Geri has set up the physical environment to make it welcoming, safe, and secure, she starts thinking about how she will help Sue deal with dropping Lachie off for the first time. Sue and Lachie have come to visit a few times, but this will be the first time she leaves him in Geri’s care. Sue is a young, independent, single mum who is commencing study on a part-time basis. Lachie is her only child.
a. List five (5) ways Geri could assist and support Sue and Lachie to manage their first separation.
b. Describe a suitable separation routine that Geri could suggest to Sue to manage her and Lachie’s separation.
2. Lachie’s first day has arrived, and he has successfully settled into care. It is mid-morning, and Geri notices that Lachie is rubbing his eyes and is a little unsettled. Knowing that Lachie is almost due for his morning nap, Geri decides it is probably best to change his nappy in preparation for the nap.
a. Write a suitable nappy procedure that could be displayed in the changing room for Geri to follow and to ensure that she practices proper hygiene.
b. Describe how Geri should interact with Lachie to help build a positive relationship with him while changing his nappy.
3. Geri has organised the environment and is now ready to put Lachie into his cot. He has his comfort item with him, a dummy, and is sucking contentedly.
a. What are the steps that Geri must consider when putting Lachie to sleep safely?
b. What are the things that Geri should check in order to know that the cot Lachie sleeps on complies with the Australian Standard AS/NZS 2172-2003?
4. Lachie sleeps for almost 2 hours but wakes up crying. Geri promptly responds to Lachie’s cries, reassuring him that she is there and that she will give him his lunch after his nappy is changed. Lachie has recently started on solids which Geri will feed him at this time.
a. List four (4) foods that are suitable to feed babies of Lachie’s age.
b. Describe how Geri should safely prepare Lachie’s food.
c. List the four (4) safety features of a high chair that make it suitable for Geri to use when feeding Lachie his solids.
5. Lachie is still hungry after eating his solids, so Geri prepares him a bottle of infant formula.
a. Write a suitable formula preparation procedure for Geri to follow. You must include the procedure before preparing and the actual procedure of preparing the formula.
b. Write a suitable Expressed Breast Milk (EBM) preparation and storage procedure for Geri to follow in case she needs to prepare an EMB for Lachie.
c. Describe how Geri should safely store and re-heat bottles that parents have already prepared for their child.