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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)

Educator's Role:

  • Try not to treat the student differently than the others
  • Try not to give the student with JRA special treatment
  • Encourage child to participate with other children
  • Follow any healthcare instructions including medication schedules
  • Stay in touch with parents to better understand the student's situation

Real Life Example:

Role of family:

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  • Explain to the child that JRA is not their fault
  • Closely follow the doctor's instructions
  • Join a support group to meet others going through the same thing.
  • Person 1, 2, and 3 : Healthy
  • Person 4: pain and swelling of joints in the hands (cannot use hands)
  • Person 5: JRA symptoms that come and go, your eyes are swollen today (cannot open eyes)
  • Person 6: Has lost complete motion in legs (must use wheelie desk for mobility)

Role of School:

Emotional:

  • Be handicap accessible
  • Offer counseling for the child
  • Be supportive and treat JRA students equally with other students.

Role of Community:

  • Offer ways to keep the child involved
  • Depression
  • Feeling different than others
  • Lack of self-esteem

Ending Information:

Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)

Social:

  • It is still unknown what causes JRA, but we do know it is an autoimmune disorder, which simply means your immune system attacks your body tissue instead of fighting your infection
  • There is no cure to JRA. All treatments are to relieve pain and inflammation. Usually treated by medication and physical therapy.
  • Occurs in children of 16 years or younger
  • Causes joint pain, swelling, stiffness, and sometimes loss of motion.
  • Can affect any joint in the human body (Humans hold a total of 230 joints)
  • Rare cases affect internal organs
  • Bullying
  • Feeling isolated

Further Resources

My Thoughts:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/juvenilerheumatoidarthritis.html

  • Teacher passes papers out
  • Teacher assigns partners for students with disabilities. This way if there is ever a problem, another student is always there to help.

http://www.kidsgetarthritistoo.org/

  • Writing/Drawing
  • Playing at recess
  • Putting chairs up
  • Passing out items
  • Gym class
  • Carrying lunch tray
  • Going to the bathroom

What are a few ways we can prevent this problem in our classrooms?

By: Megan Seeds

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