Birth Date: April 1999
Ethno-Cultural Background: First Nations
Birth Date: August 2000
Ethno-Cultural Background: First Nations
Meet the delightful duo of Regan and Robin! These two sisters are both learning to ride a 2-wheel bike, and they are into swimming and camping.
Regan is an active, curious and likeable little girl. She likes being read to, being at the playground, and doing arts and crafts. Regan is usually shy around adults - that is until she gets to know them! She also makes efforts to interact with other children, but Regan has difficulties with speech and language that limit her verbal contact.
The struggle over communicating her needs can lead Regan to feel frustrated. In the past this frustration was usually seen in the form of temper tantrums, but these have decreased significantly. Both school and home have made adaptations by giving Regan visual aids and strategies to cope with her frustration. She also takes medication to help her focus and stay on task. At school Regan has some one to one support from a teaching assistant and sees a speech and language pathologist. Overall Regan is a physically healthy child, but she does have some gross and fine motor skill delays. This year Regan participated in her school's sports day and really enjoyed it.
As for Robin…well she has been described as cheerful, lively and spunky. Robin is generally a friendly and outgoing child, yet sometimes she presents as shy and quiet. She has just started kindergarten, and before that she attended daycare where she enjoyed playing with other children and loved singing songs. Robin requires assistance with communicating because of developmental delays, particularly in speech and language. She has received speech and language therapy at the local Child Development Centre. Despite her communication difficulties, staff at her daycare state that Robin has good interpersonal and interaction skills, and tries hard to make herself understood.
Robin also has difficulties focusing and staying on task, and takes medication to help manage this. She also has some gross and fine motor skill delays, yet that doesn't stop her from loving physical activities.
Both girls were exposed prenatally to drugs and alcohol and they need a family that is accepting of their developmental delays. Robin and Regan's forever family should be knowledgeable or willing to learn about language delays and strategies to cope. A First Nations family who will help the girls participate in Cree cultural activities and who can update the girls' First Nations band about their progress would be best. Regan and Robin's forever family should be comfortable seeking out and working with various professionals. Additionally, Regan and Robin need a family that will support openness with their birth family and foster family.
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