The mother of a young child with cognitive impairment asks for suggestions about how to teach her child to use a spoon for eating.The nurse should make which recommendation?
A) Do a task analysis first.
B) Do not expect this task to be learned.
C) Continue to spoon feed the child until the child tries to do it alone.
D) Offer only finger foods so spoon feeding is unnecessary.

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Successful teaching begins with a task analysis.The endpoint (self-feeding,toilet training,and so on)is broken down into the component steps.The child is then guided to master the individual steps in sequence.Depending on the child's functional level,using a spoon for eating should be an achievable goal.The child requires demonstration and then guided training for each component of the self-feeding.Feeding finger foods so spoon feeding is unnecessary eliminates some of the intermediate steps that are necessary to using a fork and spoon.For socialization purposes,it is desirable that a child use feeding implements.

The Mother of a Young Child with Cognitive Impairment Asks