Child and Family with Special Needs

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This paper discusses the clinical assessment of a family with a chronically-ill child, specifically cystic fibrosis. This paper tackles the pertinent issues regarding the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, sexual and reproductive aspects of the child. It also discusses the disease impact on the other siblings and a very important issue to the family, the option of continuing drug therapy at home.

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"Focusing on Kirsty as a secondary school-aged child living with cystic fibrosis, discussing her growth and development in terms of: Physical aspect Kirsty is a 12 year-old girl, currently in sixth grade, the second child of Robert and Leonie Shields, ages 45 and 40 years, respectively. She was born in Western Australia, delivered full-term by spontaneous vaginal delivery with no noted complications. The first hints of a problem emerged when they noticed she had a voracious appetite with no corresponding gain in weight. Later on, her abdomen was noted to protrude in spite of her appetite; no other unusual changes were noted in Kirsty until she reached two years, where she began to have frequent respiratory infections. Each was characterized by full recovery with antibiotic prescription by a local general practitioner only to have another infection."

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