Approaches to children with Disabilities

It is one of the most effective teaching strategies for students with intellectual disabilities. It is when you bring children together in a group to teach various skills.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Chaining

• Group Learning

• Play - Based Learning

The following are the three broad approaches to the education of children with disabilities, EXCEPT;

• Segregation

• Inclusion

• Interpretation

• Integration

It is the special program of the United Nations (UN) devoted to aiding national efforts to improve the health, nutrition, education, and general welfare of children.

• UNESCO

• USECO

• UNICEF

• USSR

UNESCO means

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

• United Nations Elementary, Scientific and Cultural Organization

• Universal Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

• United Nations Educational, Secondary and Cultural Organization

It is used to reinforce the child positively every time he learns a new skill or performs or practices a known skill. It is a great way to motivate children with intellectual disabilities. Use reinforcements that are appropriate for the child.

• Baby Steps

• Positive Reinforcement

• Chaining

• Group Learning

It is when we use play activities to teach cognitive skills. For example, if a child is playing with cars, we sit with the child and start playing too. While playing we use statements like “ can I play with the red car? Can you give it to me?” In this way, we teach skills to the child while he or she is playing.

• Baby Steps

• Hands-on Learning

• Chaining

• Play- Based Learning

When we teach children with intellectual disabilities, we need to keep in mind several factors. First of all we need to set goals that are most important for the child. Learning the names of the planets may not be as important as learning about how plants grow. Next, we need to make materials and set up the environment so that it supports the child’s learning. Finally, we need to use some teaching strategies to teach and motivate.

• Hands-on Learning

• Chaining

• Play-Based Learning

• Baby Steps

Inclusion is a means of improving the quality of education for all learners In countries such as South Africa and Spain, inclusive education has been at the core of a wider reform to enhance the system’s effectiveness.

• True

• False

Children with intellectual disabilities need to learn through baby steps. Every task, skill or activity needs to be broken down into small baby steps. The child is taught one small step at a time. Slowly, he or she learns to combine these baby steps to learn a bigger concept.

• Baby Steps

• Play-Based Learning

• Hands-on Learning

• Chaining

It is the process of breaking a task into its small steps and teaching students in a sequential manner. It is usually used to teach daily living skills and life skills.

• Chaining

• Hands-on Learning

• Play-Based Learning

• Baby Steps