L2 Early Childhood Development Module 3

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT LEVEL 2 MODULE 3 INCLUSION AND SPECIAL NEEDS MALUTI TVET, BETHLEHEM CAMPUS Downloaded from hlayiso.com M AVONTUUR

INCLUSION AND SPECIAL NEEDS  DEFINE INCLUSION  DISCUSS BARRIERS TO INCLUSION  EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR LEARNERS IN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS  EXPLAIN THE TERM ``SPECIAL NEEDS’’ WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF INCLUSIVE PRACTICE  PRINCIPLES TO BE KEPT IN MIND WHEN DEVELOPING AN INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM Downloaded from hlayiso.com

INCLUSION  Integrating learners with special needs or impairments, disabilities, barriers into the education system. WHITE PAPER 6 (inclusion)  The right to education for all means including all in education systems, irrespective of. gender, origin, economic status, language or disability.  The UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960) and other international human rights prohibit any “exclusion from, or limitation to, educational opportunities on the basis of socially-ascribed or perceived differences, such as by sex, ethnic/social origin, language, religion, nationality, economic condition, ability”. For decades the concept of inclusive education Downloaded was mostly understood from on as focusing narrowly hlayiso.com children with disabilities only.

BARRIERS TO INCLUSION  Teachers are not properly trained to assist children with special needs.  Often there are a stigma attached to children with special needs  Often the school is not properly equipped for children with special needs.  The child may find it difficult to get appropriate transport to the school (wheel chair).  Special needs children feel that they are different. Downloaded from hlayiso.com

EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS  Physically disabled learners such as the ones with poor muscle control, can use pencil grips to hold the pencil correctly.  Those learners who cannot write can use type writers and computers through the use of sticks to type with or.  Those who cannot use their hands can use head –activated mouse through head movements. Downloaded from hlayiso.com

SPECIAL NEEDS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF INCLUSIVE PRACTICE MAINSTREAM  A mainstream classroom is a general education classroom.  Mainstreaming means putting your child with special education needs in the general education classroom for some or most of the day.  Your child may also have some instruction in a special education classroom. SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN- Lo3 pg79  They’re children who have a disability or a combination of disabilities that makes learning or other activities difficult.  Special-needs children include those who have: Mental Retardation, which causes them to develop more slowly than other children.  Speech and Language Impairment, such as a problem expressing themselves or understanding others.  Physical Disability, such as vision problem, cerebral palsy, or other conditions. Downloaded from Learning Disabilities, which  distort hlayiso.com messages from their senses.  Emotional Disabilities, such as antisocial or other behavioural problems.

PRINCIPLES TO BE KEPT IN MIND WHEN DEVELOPING AN INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM  When Setting a content, set a suitable learning challenges for all children regardless of their ability.  Respond to the diverse needs of children.  Adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of all the children through oral assessments in order to overcome barriers to learning. Downloaded from hlayiso.com

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