I have a question for Early Childhood Educators. If a classroom has a child with a Special Need, and that child disrupts the classroom to the extent that it takes the teacher away from the other students. Is that classroom considered inclusive?
The child with the special need might be getting what she or he needs, but the other students are not getting what they need.
Let me know your thoughts.
Until next time,
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I try to strike a balance to accommodate all learners. I keep an eye out to the learner with Special Needs by giving them that which attracts them for their learning, I capitalize on that for their learning then focus on the planned activities for the lesson with the rest fo the learners. I However ensure the other learners understand that the special need child learning is different to theirs. The are good and and, bad days.. When the special needs child is too disruptive, I separate in my case is, a boy child for cool off time away from the rest, and have him on a monitored play by the support staff from the school.
So you are saying your class is inclusive, and you work hard at it. But what about the class in the scenario, would you consider it inclusive?
We absolutely need one on one support for children who exhibit behaviors like this. It may only be necessary for a transition period and then have that person fade their support. But it better to come in with strong support than to wait until the child is failing in their setting (which is the current model).
All true, but do you think it makes the classroom inclusive?
I don’t think so because it is taking instruction away from the rest of the class and it is not including the rest of the class in any learning.
Edgar, I agree with you