General Questions
What is the law that requires that education be provided for children with disabilities?
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
One of the most common congenital disabilities.
What are hearing impairments?
This is perfect vision.
20/20
The most common health problem in young children
What are allergies?
A convulsion disorder caused by damage to the brain
What is epilepsy?
The muppet on Sesame Street with Autism.
Who is Julia?
Two ways to identify a hearing impairment in a child.
What are a lack of vocabulary and overall delays in speech and grammar?
Two things one may notice with a child with a vision impairment
Excessive rubbing of eyes, clumisness, trouble moving around the classroom, adjusting head in an awkward position to viewmaterials, moving materials closer, squiting eyes
Two possible accomodations you may implement for a child with asthma.
What are modify the activity level, remove all allergens, be aware of field trips that may aggrevate the situation, provide access to water; develop emergency plans, provide rest periods
Two ways you can help a child with Cystic Fibrosis avoid lung infections
What is encourage all students & staff to wash their hands frequently with soap and water; keep sick kids away from the child with CF
The concept of accepting and welcoming all children.
What is inclusion?
These are several suggestions for working with a child with a hearing impairment.
•Get the child’s attention before speaking; Speak in a normal volume and speed
•Use the same sentence structure as you would for all students; Pause and wait for a response after you speak
•If the child does not understand, repeat, rephrase or demonstrate,Use gestures and facial expressions
Three suggestions for working with an individual with visual impairments
Provide auditor and tactile cues, use different colored markers, use auditory cues for transition, avoid leaving doors and drwaers ajar, avoid saying "over there", Make context big and bold, regulate light, have children describe things with their other senses
The four categoreis of allergenic substances
inhalants (airborne); Contactants (tactile), Ingestants (food); injectants
Three considerations for working with a child with diabetes
What are 1) talk with parents; 2) Schedule snack and lunch at the same time everyday, 3) Make sure children follow their eating, medication, and activity plans; keep sugar sources on hand incase of an emergency; call 911 if the child is unconscious
This will set your classrooms tone regarding accepting a child.
What is your attitude towards the child?
Adapting the curriculum is another strategy preschool teachers or therapists can do to help the child with a hearing impairment. Tell us two suggestions.
Bring materials in whenever possible. If you are talking about pumpkins, have a real pumpkin. Label classroom furniture and materials.Teach daily routines and transitions using visual clues. Flipping light switch.
These consonants are the most difficult to pronounce
•Cr, bl, sh, ch, th, j, r, l, and z are the most difficult sounds for a child to pronounce
A neurological disorder that results from damage to the brain
What is cerebral palsy?
Two things you should definitely find out from parents if a child has hemophilia.
What are 1) Which equipment is not safe for the child to use; 2) What to do if the child is injured
The needs of a preschool child who is gifted may be met through either one of these methods.
What is acceleration or enrichment?
As a teacher/therapist it is important that you do not cover your face when speaking and that you do not chew gum. Why?
This could be difficult for a child who reads lips.
Three suggestions for working with a child with articulation problems.
•If you need to ask a student to repeat if you can’t understand, have them show you what they want to talk about.•Model the correct pronunciation without correcting.•Non-verbal cue for a consistent sound error.•Highlight words in their own writing or in classroom worksheets that contain sounds that the child is misarticulating.Encourage the child to talk, always react positively,
A congenital disability in which the bones of the spine fail to grow together
What is Spina Bifida?
Two things to keep in mind working with a child with Rheumatoid arthritis.
What are 1) they may require more time to perform tasks or to move from place to place; 2) May have difficulty remaining in one position for a long time, 3) May have difficulty with fine motor tasks, Generally they have more acute symptoms in the morning