Early Childhood Education: Special Needs Children Analysis and Plan

This assignment delves into the educational needs of special needs children in early childhood, emphasizing the roles of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs). It proposes goals for IEPs and IFSPs, suggesting activities like solving puzzles, toddler-play ...Read More

Special needs children in early childhood education
SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
Introduction:
Special needs children are the one who requires special attention due to their disabilities.
There are two bodies like IEP and IFSP for the development of a child (Janson, A. 2018). In
the center, there are no children with the disability, hence would recommend option B with
scenario3.
Solutions:
1.
The three goals which I would Like to incorporate in the child’s IEP or IFSP are:
a) IEP needs to take care of education and teach a child few American Sign Language.
It primarily includes the activities that could sharpen the mind of the child and would be
quite useful in enhancing his self-confidence.

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b) IFSP would have to provide relevant information to the parents and the child about the
challenges and situations the child might face.
The information could be like the struggles and hurdles a child may face, being a toddler
and what will be the consequences he would go through in his adolescence.
c) IEP would have to aid so that the child could take part in general curriculum.
The co-curricular activities are immensely essential for developing one’s mind. After 3
years these activities would help the child groom and encourage him to stand hand in hand
(Crossman, M. K.2015).
2.
The child could indulge in different activities. The two main activities are listed below:
a) Solving puzzles.
To develop the cognitive skills, the child could be taught to solve the puzzles, to make the
brain think and re-think. Hence, strengthening the process of thinking and problem solving,
which is indeed a prominent part of development.
b) Toddler-Play Scrabble.
It is the type of brainstorming activity which helps to build the sharpness of mind and
makes them aware of alphabets. This would help the child to learn.
c) Arts and Crafts
To make the child think out of the box, this activity plays a crucial role. It helps to bring
creativity in the thinking process.
3.
For a 25-old toddler there are certain activities that need to be modified is the play activity
a) Encouraging group activity instead of individuality: playing brick game together
It helps to boost the child by working in groups and getting aware of the new ways by
which the game could be played.
b) Games which portrays sharing
The good habits are infused from an early stage so that they can built those traits in
themselves like, sharing toys would make him more of a sharing person than self-centered.

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c) Motivational storytelling
The story should be more of good values and morale so that the it boosts the child.
4.
The play activities for the child that must be developed includes:
a) Listening rhymes
It will enhance the concentration and patience to listen and grasp the language. Thus,
making the it filled with both learning and leisure.
b) Music
The game which has a record of benefitting most of the children. while playing game, the
instructor can make them to initiate learning musical rhymes in tune
c) Hide and Seek
This could be played by hiding the toys of a child, while the other children finding it by
searching it at different places making them run and thus making them feel joyful. They
could learn being patient in finding things which seems to be lacked in many children. The
learning area will be patience and
d) Simple card games
For instance, wildlife card or fruits card, by which they could easily keep the name of
animals in mind and would gradually develop the thinking ability. A must activity to enhance
the skill of self-development. The child will be able to recognize the pictures.
5.
Child could be made independent by:
a) Understanding his needs and motivating.
Independency is the capability to be free handed. The caregiver can help in making the
child fly to his dream by understanding his aspirations and showing him the path of being
boosted always. The child has to be ensured that he follows good values and puts his things in
an orderly manner. For instance, one will ensure the child places his books and pen in a
proper place after studying.
b) Setting the stage for the child

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It relates to setting the child free and let him taste the failure so that he could think of
turning his in capabilities into victory. if a child is hand handled, he might not feel
independent.
c) Building self-assurance
It could be achieved by boosting the confidence, correcting his mistakes by explaining
with reason. As if the negative things are exemplified, they have a good chance of
understandability.
d) Initiating skills
It could be encouraged by boosting the child to start anything related to studies, poetry,
drama, singing, dancing, sports rather than to wait for someone else to start.
6.
One can convince the child to be a part of the Centre by adopting the below ways:
a) Studying the child’s psychology
It is the way by which one can know about what the child is thinking and about his thought
process.
b) Social Site visits
So that the family gets convinced that the child will develop his abilities by the help of
professional trainer.
c) Assurance to develop his brain
The simple way is by giving demonstration of how the center works and the activities
involved in it the brain works in more proactive manner.
d) Provide comfort to the child
This includes keeping the child motivated and comfortable for the future progression. It
has everything to do with the wellbeing of a child.
7.
As such no special accommodation is required for this child. However, he would be
shuffled every day and made to sleep at different places (Younggren, N. O. 2005). There
would not be any fixed place of sitting or sleeping for him. The changes and the reasons for
the same are listed below:
a) Shuffled eating place

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The three-time meal must be eaten at different places with different individual so that the
child gels up easily with all kind of children living there.
b) Shuffled sleeping place
If the sleeping place would have been shuffled the children would have been more flexible
in new environment. They would not hesitate in conversing with people.
8.
The child with disabilities benefits from the child without any disability by following ways:
a) Proactive
The disabled child will learn to be active in curricular as well as non-curricular activity.
b) Problem Solving
Tact of listening to the problem, specifically the listening skills are improvised to an extent.
c) Grasping
It could be done by dealing with different children with unique caliber, the children
would grasp the things. But he needs to be taught how and what to grasp.
d) Responsive
Being responsive to the questions being asked makes them active and spontaneous. Also,
the child learns a lot by seeing the other one.
On the other hand, the child without any disability could benefit from the child with
disability:
One may or may not be benefited, completely depends upon what he thinks and what the
paraprofessionals made them to think.
9.
Working with paraprofessional would be a good idea indeed, as such professional plays a
vital role in uplifting the child as well as the trainer. The paraprofessional who specializes in
Human psychology is required so that he could understand the behavioral pattern of the
children and would guide them as needed to uplift their skills and ability to raise their
capabilities.

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In the community, a form needs to be filled as if what type of paraprofessional is required
and how can he help the children. After that, the professional with the legalized degree could
come to the Centre as sent by the department. Each process take place while requesting to the
center about the child’s problem.
10.
The parents would be involved in many ways:
1.Keeping in touch with the caregiver.
2.Daily visiting the center during the visiting hours.
3.Taking daily feedback from the child and the paraprofessional, so that the parents could get
a clear view of the task that’s happening around.
4.One-to one- meeting with the teacher to let know her the positive and negatives of the child.
Hence, these are the things which the parents could do. Also, the child who’s not able to
understand the vocabulary or say anything which the other child could easily pronounce and
say in good speed they could learn to improvise.
If the child works with paraprofessional, then he has more than 80 percent of chances to
get developed in skills and could learn good things. The program would work according to
the need of a child as the type of disorder he will be facing. For instance, if the child is facing
the issue in speaking long words then the caregiver would help him achieve the target and
feel more confident as compared to his personality before the change. The program is not
only responsible for the child’s development but also it is the responsibility of the parents to
keep a check on child’s weaknesses or the part at which he requires to improve immensely.
Child must be given the care and concern so that he could overcome his weakness and
anxiety. Moreover, be strong enough to conquer the fear which he could face, so that he
could grasp as many things as he could to step towards the positive environment and growth.
Also, the stage fear must be removed from the child’s insight to make him more self-
dependent. The process of self-assurance is one of the traits that must be developed with time
so that the child feels secure and safe. The most essential character is feeling optimistic about
oneself and ignore what the people say about him. The human tendency is often focusing on
the negative trait and the eve-teasing or back-bitching while, the concentration should be
mainly on the optimistic saying. Parent should make their children strong enough to fight
against the influential world. The child’s frustration could be a bigger concern in the view of
a parent and the Centre teacher, the same could be handled calmly by understanding the
situation and matter of concern. As, these things could not just be overlooked. Being
understanding the child and his needs, it is a definite to achieve the outcome which is more
positive and courageous.
IEP would be a great victory for any child, as this institution takes care of the education
form 3years onwards. Also, it provides information and possibilities of the child’s future.
Thus, making him completely independent and free from hustles of life. These children are
special and would also given IFSP which is only for toddlers below 3 years of age. It is the
best way to take care of the needs of family like what it requires for the child and how can
they help the child in attaining a good and hygienic upbringing. These two bodies have

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played a fantastic role from the birth to adolescent, to make them strong enough to stop the
winds that had the capacity to take them away in the destructive side. So, the efforts must be
on both the side, that must be equally made to help them keep going and attaining success.
Though parents would always be them, the caregiver too played a crucial role in the life of a
child. However, the bond of teachers, paraprofessional would help a lot to achieve the
success and honor. Thus, the child might receive enough help and support from these bodies
as these are the biggest shoulder to family as well as the child. The Centre serves the purpose
of grooming and upliftment, while making them self-actualization so that their condition is
achieved very well.

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