SACE Stage 2 Child Studies case studies
SACE Stage 2 Child Studies · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Child Studies is a Stage 2 subject within the South Australian Certificate of Education, listed by the SACE Board of South Australia among the Stage 2 subjects available to students. It suits Year 12 students who are interested in how children grow, learn, stay healthy and are cared for, and who may be considering pathways in education, early childhood, health, community services or family studies. The SACE Stage 2 Child Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 4,803 words.
1The Sleep-Deprived Toddler and the Daycare Nap Schedule
Mia is 26 months old and has attended the same family daycare three days a week since she was 11 months old. For the past six weeks her parents report she has begun waking at 4:50 am and is 'wired and crying' by 6:00 pm.
958 words, about 5 min2The Four-Year-Old Who Refuses Lunch
Noah is 4 years 2 months and attends a long-day-care preschool room five days a week, 7:45 am to 5:30 pm. Over eight weeks his educators report he eats almost nothing at the 11:30 am lunch, pushes the plate away, and sometimes gags on cooked vegetables.
957 words, about 5 min3The Toddler with a Rash and a Reluctant Parent
Ella is 20 months old and has been at the service for three weeks. At 10:15 am an educator notices a red, raised, itchy patch on her forearms and behind her knees, and Ella is scratching until the skin is broken in two places.
928 words, about 5 min4The New Educator and the Overcrowded Outdoor Space
A community long-day-care service in a low-income suburb has 44 children aged 3–5 in one room with three educators on a typical day, though on Tuesdays and Thursdays an educator is rostered off for programming, leaving two. The outdoor yard is 90 m², shared, and contains a fixed climbing frame, a sandpit and a single tricycle.
989 words, about 5 min5The Premature Infant and the Return-to-Work Feeding Plan
Ava was born at 33 weeks and is now 5 months old (2.5 months corrected age). She weighed 1.9 kg at birth and now weighs 4.6 kg, tracking along the 10th percentile on corrected-age charts but below the 3rd on chronological charts.
971 words, about 5 min