COURSE: 7112 Early Childhood Education II UNIT C Children and Child Care Issues
ESSENTIAL Apply procedures and strategies for working with special
5.00 C3 13% groups of children. STANDARD: Understand strategies for working with children with OBJECTIVE: 5.02 B2 7% special needs. Essential Question: What are some effective ways to respond to children with special needs? UNPACKED CONTENT Special needs are individual factors that cause a childs development---physically, cognitively, or behaviorally---to vary from the norm. Classroom strategies for working with children with special needs are accommodations. Early childhood professionals need to know how to identify and accommodate children with special needs. Hearing impairments Impact on language development and other areas of learning Degree of hearing loss Accommodations for children who have hearing impairments Vision impairments Impact on physical abilities Need for a consistent room layout Includes lazy eye, glaucoma, nearsightedness, farsightedness, color blindness, and blindness Accommodations for children who have vision impairments Physical and motor impairments Impact of limited range of motion on experiences Includes spina bifida and amputations with prostheses Accommodations for children who have physical and motor impairments Cognitive impairments Impact on attention spans and development of intellectual abilities Impact on motor skills and eye-hand coordination Impact on social skills and emotional control Basic categories of cognitive impairments--- mental retardation and learning disabilities Types of learning disabilities---speech and written language disorders, dyslexia, dyscalcula, reasoning and memory disorder, and attention deficit disorder (ADD) Accommodations for children who have cognitive impairments Giftedness Extraordinary talent in one or more areas---intellect, artistic expression, physical abilities, etc. Need for programs that challenge Accommodations for gifted children Behavioral and emotional disorders Impact on learning Two types--- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism Accommodations for children who have behavioral and emotional disorders Special health conditions Impact on participation in activities; medication requirements Includes allergies, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and hemophilia Accommodations for children with special health conditions