4.5 effects that a primary disability has on psed

Primary disability:

disability that affects the person the most that may be related to
physical mobility or impairments
learning or cognitive impairments
social or behavioural impairments
impact of these may be different in different children even if they have the same disability or condition
child may also have other impairments resulting from the primary disability or apart from this

Holistic development and needs:

disabilities may be caused by long or short term health conditions and can be permanent or temporary eg in the case of accidents or illness
if a child has a disability it is likely that this will also affect their development in other ways because they are still growing or development
development is holistic so a disability in one area could impact other areas of development

Impact of social and emotional development:

Impulse control:

some disabilities will affect a persons ability to control their impulses for example tourettes
this may mean the child has difficulty controlling their behaviour or physical movements
in some cases this can be controlled with medication but this is not always the case
primary disability may also affect impulse control if a child has social and emotional needs and is unable to control their emotions

Language development:

primary disability may affect social emotional development if a child becomes easily frustrated and finds it hard to communicate
may be unable to express their emotions if they have less developed language skills than other
may affect their emotions if their condition affects the way they come across

Moods and emotions:

depending on the type or level of disability a child may find it overwhelming at times and need support to manage their emotions
younger children may not understand why they are not able to do the same things as others children causing them to feel angry, frustrated or have low mood

Difference between mood and emotions:

Emotions:

Mood:

last longer often for hours or days and don’t change as easily
more subtle and less intense (generally irritable or content)
may not have an obvious reason (waking up in a good or bad mood and not knowing why)
more internal and don’t always show outwardly

Impact on physical development:

Attention, concentration and memory:

may cause the child pain or discomfort
therefore may find it harder to concentrate and keep their attention on a task for as long as others
may be on medication to control pain or other symptoms of their condition which could lead to tiredness or distraction therefore affecting their attention span
cognitive or learning disability is likely to affect memory as it may take longer for a child to learn new physical skills and consolidate them

Sensory processing:

this refers to difficulties that children have with receiving and processing information which is received through the senses
sensory processing systems absorb and filter information around the five senses of sight, taste, smell, hearing and touch
sensory processing can also affect proprioception (spatial awareness) and vestibular (out balance and how we move against gravity)
we all need to process this information and filter out things we should respond to or ignore
difficulties in sensory processing are often a feature of children on the autistic spectrum for example hypersensitive (sensory avoiding) or hyposensitive (sensory seeking)
difficulties either sensory processing may have a significant impact on the way in which a child experiences snd interacts with their environment if they are unable to use these filters
this could therefore potentially affect their physical development for example they may become overwhelmed by what they can see or hear in the learning environment which may cause them to react in a specific way

Motor control?:

disability related to physical development:

if the primary disability or condition is in the area of physical development they may affect the persons motor control
it will influence how the person controls their movements or in some cases their speech

Cognitive difficulty?:

motor control may also be affected if the child has a cognitive development
this can affect their processing skills
it may take longer for the brain to send information to various parts of the body and therefore they may fund it harder to practice these skills