special needs?

Question

i have just been asked a question in my coursework saying 'how to include a child with special needs. i work with kids but i have never had a child with special needs so please can someone give me an idea as to what to write????/

thank u so much

Answer 1

All children should be offered the same opportunties and experiences as each other & it is important to include children with specific educational needs within this also.

Children with visual problems should have access to books with large print and audio aids such as story tapes. They can also be provided with magnifying glasses for looking at things.

Deaf children should have lots of visual stimulation.

Push and pull toys and wheeled toys can be adapted so that children can ride in them as well as control them themselves.

Bricks can be adapted by fixing Velcro onto them to promote success and a sense of achievement.

Large paint brushes – for children to develop their grasp and arm movements. Children can paint a wall (a large area with sheets of plastic on) and can be encouraged to make different marks – such as wavy lines, vertical strokes from top to bottom.

Use large rollers instead of paint brushes.

Safety scissors (left and right handed) can be used to cut dough – will help children’s grasp and arm movements.

Large spades in the sand with adapted handles for easier grasping

Jumbo chalks to draw on a wall area

Practitioners may need to seek advice from other professionals with regards to specialist equipment that children with special needs may use: For example practitioners can seek advice from
- SEN workers (Special educational needs)
- Portage system workers
- physiotherapists

Answer 2

There are different ways to include a child with special needs. Keep a special needs child in class as much as you can. He/she is a child just like the others but it needs extra help. Sometimes it is not a mayor thing, like having hearing aid, the child needs to sit in front to have total attention from you. When a child is deaf then the student might have an aid in class to signlanguage for him/her, but they are still in class. They need love and attention. An understanding that you know what their special need is and that you have research what it is, so you can help the child as much as you can. In our school there are 2 students with a wheel chair and are physically handicapped. Those students are in the classroom with an aid. They do everything what the children in the class do but only instead of 20 math questions they only do 10. Also when they do language, she does the same as the class in class just with less expectations. Ofcourse not always they can be kept in class. Sometimes they need physio or something else where the class does not need to be there. Then the aid will take the student out of class. Basically inclusion means do as much as you can with the child who has special need in class.
I hope that this give you an idea to write something for your course.

Answer 3

A child who is "special needs" just needs to be welcomed into the group and included. Much will depend on the nature of the disability. For instance..a game of duck...duck...goose with a child in a wheelchair....someone will have to push her to chase the other child.

The biggest problem disabled kids have is that the general population is afriad of them and/or they don't have exposure to the kids. You might need to explain to the other children, how is is for the disabled child (blindness or deafness) and how they function despite the challenge they have.

With love and understanding, every child can and should be able to participate in all activities.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

It all depends on what the special needs child has, his ability. My son was very out-going, wanted to hug everyone, but his teachers taught him violence. If you want to include a special needs child, don't try to force him to do anything. Be gentle. Be kind. Treat that child with dignity and humanity. Treat the child as well as people treat their dogs, cats, and horses. Remember the "Horse Whisperer"?