Early Intervention and Inclusion Handout: ELCC 222 Assignment 2

This assignment is an educational handout focusing on early identification, early intervention, and inclusion in special education. It defines these terms and highlights their importance for children and families. The handout details the benefits of early identification and intervention, such as improved speech, behavior, and relationships, as well as the advantages of inclusive classrooms, including increased community integration and peer interaction. The assignment also outlines the characteristics of an inclusive preschool program, emphasizing visual learning tools, individualized assessments, accessible teachers, differentiated activities, group work, and student involvement. References to scholarly articles support the information provided. This assignment provides a comprehensive overview of these crucial aspects of special education, offering valuable insights for educators and parents alike.

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 Early identification, Early
intervention and Inclusion are terms used in
special education.
Early identification refers to the evaluation and medication given to families as
well as their kids who are under three years old who have, or are exposed to the
risk of having, a disability or a delay in hearing, language or speech (Boyatt &
Sinclair, 2017).
Early intervention focuses on identifying and offering efficient early support to
kids as well as young individuals who stands a risk of deprived outcomes (Boyatt
& Sinclair, 2017).
Inclusion is a term used in special education and discusses a model whereby
students with special needs spend all or most of their time with students who
don’t have any special needs (Boyatt & Sinclair, 2017).
 It is worth noting that early identification assumes a crucial role when it comes to
meeting the needs of a child (Amprey and Walter, 2015).
 The following are the benefits of early identification:
 Helps children in developing their speech
 Helps children to overcome their hearing problems
 Helps parents assist their children in interacting effectively with others
 Helps parents to treat hearing and speech problems earlier before they become chronic

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 Helps in addressing neurological defects
 Helps in addressing genetic defects such as down syndrome
Importance of early intervention:
 Helps parents to acquire the necessary resources to help their children
 Helps in ensuring that a problem is addressed earlier before it gets serious
 Improves behavior
 Improves relationships
 Promote success at schools in future
 Makes learning to be fun
 The following are the benefits of inclusion (Amprey and Walter, 2015):
 Integrates the family more to the community

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 Increases the participation of parents
 Creates higher expectations
 Increases collaboration of school staff
 Creates more interaction opportunities
 Enhances acquisition and generalization of skills
 Creates more access to overall curriculum
 Promotes friendship
 Increases relationships, networks and social initiations
 Creates peer role models for behavior, social and academic skills
 Increases achievement of IEP goals
Inclusive Classroom
The following make my school preschool program inclusive and effective in meeting the care
and education needs of children with exceptionalities:

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 Has creative visual learning tools and aids applied in meeting all the needs of the learners
 All the individual learning needs, preferences, and goals of the learners are assessed
 Every teacher is accessible and approachable to make the learners feel comfortable
 Activities are differentiated to suit all needs and abilities of the learners
 Provides group work opportunities to ensure that the students mix and interact positively
 Provides an environment that is accessible to all
 The students are involved in the classroom activities through eye contact, asking
individual questions, and using first name.
 A wide range of learning, assessment and teaching approached are used, based on the
needs of the learners

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References
Amprey, Walter G. (2015). Addressing the Special Education Crisis. AASA Journal of
Scholarship & Practice, v2 n2 p30-33.
Boyatt, R., & Sinclair, J. (2017). Meeting learners' needs inside the educational cloud.
International Journal Of Learning Technology, 8(1), 61. doi: 10.1504/ijlt.2013.052827