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Getting students to accept differently abled children

Schools are the best place to learn and meet different kinds of people. We all tend to pick up a conversation with a regular child, but the moment we come across a differently abled child, we all tend to keep ourselves away from them. Parents and teachers need to equip the child to help him/her face the new child in the block, without any restrictions or blockage of mind. Children with special needs require a different approach of befriending them. It is therefore important that other children know about the child’s disability before taking a step to communicate with him/her. Here are some simple ways to create awareness about disabilities. There are many books available in the market which can help in putting across a difficult thought in a very easy way to children. Parents and teachers can read such … Continue reading

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Technology in the life of special kids

Every day we come across a child with a special need. It becomes important to identify the methods by which one can help the kids with special needs. Internet – a boon of technology provides great resources for children, parents and teachers to help understand and use different strategies to help the children. It is important that kids with special needs are not pushed aside and are given equal opportunity to learn and succeed. Individuals protected under the Disabilities Education Act helps to ensure that students with disabilities get access to general education. Computers: Computers and internet have a huge impact in helping children learn better. Similarly, computers can be used to teach kids with special needs. This will allow the children to work at their own individual pace. This will not pressurize the children to learn in tune with … Continue reading

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Inclusive education for special needs kids

Shalini was always a loner and being autistic would not interact with other children or adults. She often cries incessantly and breaks many things around her and gets highly agitated. Additional physical disabilities makes it even more difficult for her to adjust to being with others her age and tantrums are often the order of the day. Her mother, Mrinalini however has managed to create an interest in her to slowly communicate by repeatedly spending hours with her teaching her new words and actions to communicate. Now she points to her mouth when she is hungry and even brushes on her own and has begun to eat food more neatly. The reason why the mother and daughter have managed to communicate better is because of the inclusive education program which is helping them overcome their barriers one little step at … Continue reading

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Activities for special kids

Children with disabilities also need to be taught and have to learn the important skills to move out in the world on their own. Their learning is much slower and fraught with difficulties that come with their disability. The important thing to do is to provide adequate coaching to the kids. To plan activities for the kids who have special needs you have to be sensitive to their abilities and their limitation. Design some simple yet engaging work to follow such as: When you wish to make a child work on a certain piece of work, make sure you are discussing what it is about and communicate to the child using pictures and words repetitively until he or she understands the task. Demonstrate to the child the idea of coloring and ask them to express their own creativity. These children … Continue reading

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