Nursery World - A Unique Child: Inclusion

How one mainstream setting has adapted to care for a boy with cerebral palsy, with rewarding results for all parties. By Hannah McCormack

Alfie is a friendly, confident, outgoing three-year-old with an amazing smile and sense of humour. He has been attending Trenance Childcare, part of Newquay Children’s Centre, for just over a year, and recently made the transition into our pre-school room. It’s a daunting move for many three-year-olds, and for Alfie, it was an even bigger step.

Medically, Alfie is described as ‘having complex needs’, a broad term often used to identify children with two or more severe and/or longstanding needs. In Alfie’s case, he has spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy, which has resulted in visual impairment, feeding difficulties and seizures, both tonic-clonic and absence.

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