Terminology
Hypersensitive
Hypersensitivity is a disorder that relates to having an extreme sensitivity to the stimulation of any of the five senses: touch, sight, hearing, taste, and smell.
What are the KDIs?
Developmental Indicators that describe a developmentally appropriate activity that an early childhood teacher would use to plan/ implement or facilitate lessons.
What are the five senses that relate to SI (Sensory Integration) Disorder?
•Sight: We see with our eyes.
•Smell: We smell with our noses.
•Hearing: We listen with our ears.
•Taste: We taste with our tongues.
•Touch: We touch with our body- fingers, arms, legs, etc
What is CAS- Childhood Apraxia of Speech?
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a rare speech disorder. Children with this disorder have trouble controlling their lips, jaws and tongues when speaking. In CAS , the brain has trouble planning for speech movement. The brain isn't able to properly direct the movements needed for speech.A
Hyposensitive
Hyposensitivity is a sensory issue that refers to a decreased response to sensory stimuli. It can affect different sensory systems, such as touch, sound, smell, taste, and visual input
How does Bloom's help teachers?
Bloom's help teachers create lesson objectives and higher level questioning.
Some early warning signs for an ASD include concerns about a child's social skills, communication, and restricted or repetitive patterns of behaviors, interests, activities, and emotional regulation
What is an example of behaviors one would observe if a child was Hypersensitive in the sense of hearing?
This may result in behaviors such as covering ears, screaming, running out of the room or refusal. a student who is sensitive to noise may make their own noises to block out the background noise e.g. humming, chatting, and singing. The student may also engage in repetitive behaviors to stay calm e.g. rocking, flapping hands, chewing sleeve of jumper.
When do mental health issues in young children become concerning?
Often recurring and last a long time
Present in more than one setting
Distressing symptoms and impair normal functioning
Gross Motor
Gross motor skills are the movements we make with large muscles, like those in your legs, arms and torso. “Gross,” in this case, means “large,” and “motor” means “movement.” Walking and waving your arm are examples of gross movements.
What is RTI/MTSS?
Response to Intervention (RTI) and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) are both frameworks used to support student success. Both frameworks use evidence-based practices to provide research-based interventions for struggling students.
What does Anxiety Disorders in Young Children look like? What are some indictors or attributes?
Fears or avoidance, withdrawal behaviors
Extreme worry (real or perceived), tense/difficulty relaxing, physical ailments
Displaying a behavior that they should have grown and matured out of
Continual obsessive behaviors
What is an example of behaviors one would observe if a child was hyposensitive in the sense of touch?
Someone with hyposensitivity may not experience feelings of being hot, cold, or in pain the same way.
What are the three categories of autism symptoms?
•Social impairment
•Language/communication impairment and
•Repetitive/restricted behaviors
Fine Motor
Fine motor skills are the tiny movements we make with our hands, fingers, feet and toes. They allow us to do countless everyday tasks.
What are some attributes of a Differentiation Curriculum/Classroom?
Differentiation: consider learning styles and individual strengths/weaknesses, children have choices, focus is on making meaning or understanding, offering multiple ways to receive and process information and express what they have learned. Methods, materials, media and assessment should be usable for all
What are the three key principles of Early childhood inclusion?
Access: “providing a wide range of activities and environments for every child by removing physical barriers and offering multiple ways to promote learning and development”
Participation: “using a range of instructional approaches to promote engagement in play and learning activities, and a sense of belonging for every child”
Supports: “broader aspects of the system such as professional development, incentives for inclusion, and opportunities for communication and collaboration among families and professionals to assure high quality inclusion
What is SI (Sensory Integration) Disorder?
The senses cannot work together
What is ODD?
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) includes a frequent and ongoing pattern of anger, irritability, arguing and defiance toward parents and other authority figures. ODD also includes being spiteful and seeking revenge, a behavior called vindictiveness.
"The science of neglect" refers to research that examines how a lack of responsive caregiving, or neglect, significantly impacts a young child's brain development, leading to potential long-term cognitive, emotional, and behavioral problems due to disruptions in the developing brain circuitry caused by chronic stress response activation.
What are the three component for early literacy?
Listening speaking, reading and writing
What are some Early literacy emphasizes?
language development, vocabulary, story reading and listening comprehension, phonological/phonemic awareness, early alphabet knowledge
A child who is hyposensitive to taste might exhibit behaviors such as .....
Eating very spicy or intensely flavored foods, putting non-food items in their mouth to experience sensation, constantly licking or chewing on objects, and showing a preference for strong flavors like vinegar or hot sauce; essentially, seeking out strong tastes to feel anything at all on their tongue.
What is Childhood disintegrative disorder?
Childhood disintegrative disorder is a condition in which children develop normally through about age 3. Then, over a few months, they lose language, motor, social, and other skills that they already learned.
Childhood disintegrative disorder is a part of the larger developmental disorder category of autism spectrum disorder.