The aim of intervention

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The primary aim of intervention is to minimise the impact a burn has on a child’s immediate and long term productivity.

Influence and educate the key stakeholders and school environment/school routines to promote the child’s best performance with their transition back to school/daycare, attendance, participation, inclusion in typical school/daycare routines by:

  • Understanding the experience and treatment demands from the child, family and school perspectives through discussion with family and school/daycare.
  • Planning for and anticipating challenges for child’s return to school/daycare including:
    • Activity demands based around typical school routines and occupational roles at school (student, friend, team-mate).
    • Environmental demands (access to classrooms, playground, toilets, drop off and physical impact negotiating these demands).
    • Social/Emotional demands with “looking/feeling” different, answering peer questions and child’s preferences for how they would like to respond to these.
    • Burn treatment demands (taking medication, donning/doffing compression garments, silicone, moisturising, itch)
    • School’s understanding of the child’s burn injury and ongoing intervention required.
  • Providing education resources to support teachers/peers understanding of the child’s journey, including the possibility of a school visit.
  • Grading/modifying school routines and activities where required to maximise child’s participation/success (i.e. use computer for writing to maximise speed/legibility if hand burnt, fan to ensure cool especially after lunch when running around, teacher aide to assist with moisturising skin and garment don/doff if required).
  • Providing input to support staff (i.e. school guidance officer, Advisory Visiting Teacher -physical impairment, year coordinator, school counsellor) if additional and likely ongoing schooling support required.

For more information on the return to school, refer to the journal article: 'Parental, psychological and social factors influencing a burn-injured child’s return to education'.