Intervention In Child Care

Infancy: Birth to 1 year - Issues related to medical setting: parental separation, feeding, being comforted, and “unfamiliar environment, routine and people” (Thompson, 2009, p. 30).
Interventions: encourages mothers to visit often and feed infants, promote home routines, and respond to crying and other needs. Allow parents to be present during procedures, and encourages parents to comfort children during and after painful procedures; as well as, letting infants’ play.

Toddler: Issues related to medical setting: separation from parents and “reduced autonomy” (Thompson, 2009, p.30). Intervention: have parents in the children’s room and bring to hospital comfort objects such as blanket, favorite toy, or stuffed animal to help children make an emotional transition. In addition to, “encourage normalization through play and exploration of environment and material” (Thompson, 2009, p. 30).
Interventions: have parents in children’s room, have pictures of family members, explain procedures in simple terms to children. Equally important, encourages play time and “increase opportunities for control; maintain routines” (Thompson, 2009, p.30).

School Age: Issues related to medical setting: separation from family, friends, and school.
Interventions: frequent visits by family, use of telephone to socialize with peers and family. As well as, encourages activities based on interests and also explaining procedures to children. Adolescent: Issues related to medical setting: separation from friends and “limitations related to privacy” (Thompson, 2009, p. 30). Interventions: telephone privileges, encourages friends to visit, encourages questioning, provide privacy and