Case Study – 4-year-old Alex
‘Relocation Case Management’
The Story…
Alex had a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy. In his home country, he had a team of various teachers, medical and therapeutic professionals who intensively assisted his development. Moving to a new country meant replacing each input, with as little disruption as possible.
The outcome…
After a thorough case history and understanding the inputs and projection from current providers, the Singapore based side of the project began. Medical practitioners ( with specialist experience with Cerebral Palsy) were shortlisted. Local pathways for AAC speech assessment devices were conveyed to the parents and initial assessment appointments were set up. Various therapeutic professionals ( speech therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, feeding therapists etc) were profiled for suitable experience with Cerebral Palsy and shortlisted for parent consideration. Personal introductions were made so the parents could further speak with the therapist to help narrow down the right professional for Alex. We spoke to various pre-school, early intervention centres and schools for their specific experience and ability to cater for a child with Alex’s individual needs. All options were presented to the parents for their consideration. Various other specialist needs ( such as Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy) were also researched on the parent’s behalf.
“Being parents of a little boy with significant and complex additional needs, we were apprehensive about our international relocation to Singapore - finding a new team of medical professionals, in addition to the right therapeutic and educational support was daunting to say the least! Jacquie provided well researched, evidence based, professional advice on all aspects of the support we were looking for. She listened and fully understood our requirements, then sourced the right therapeutic and educational support to match our son’s unique set of needs. Jacquie made our move to Singapore so much easier than we could have imagined. Our son now has a strong team of therapists and educational support around him, for which we are hugely grateful.”
