PDP4802 Assignment
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, The case of Katlego You, as a member of the school-based support
team (SBST), peruse a class teacher’s observation notes on a
learner. The learner, Katlego, has to repeat Grade 1. He is an only
child and both his parents are successful professionals. When
Katlego’s teacher raised concerns about his lack of progress, his
parents appointed an au pair to assist with his care and homework.
However, the teacher is still concerned and discusses her
observations with you. She wrote the following: • He is well
groomed. • His drawings are exceptional. • Sudden disturbed
muscular control or awkwardness or clumsiness and a lack of co-
ordination, which do not correlate with his usual actions. He
stumbles or bumps into things or drops them. • He sometimes
inexplicably feels strange in an environment which should be
familiar to him; for example, he cannot open a door which he is
usually able to open (he turns the handle the wrong way). •
Associated movements e.g. if he is busy drawing, his tongue makes
strange accompanying movements as well. Or if one hand is
moving, the other hand also makes the same movements. 20 •
Achievements fluctuate – especially an inconsistent memory. What
he knows one day, he forgets the next and the day after he suddenly
remembers again. • Signs of confusion without any reasonable
cause. He suddenly appears disorientated; it looks as if the familiar
environment of the class is strange to him. • Sometimes he stops
writing. After a while, when he continues, his handwriting is very
untidy. • He often does not finish assignments. • He daydreams and
fails to concentrate. • He is a loner and often fights with other
children. • Sometimes simply “difficult” behaviour. • He cannot
read sight words and still sounds the words. Question 1 Taking the
case of Katlego as described above into account, hypothesise
(speculate or brainstorm) about possible risk factors (as briefly