Using the DAP guidelines, explain how early primary classrooms can be designed for the inclusion of children with delays or disabilities. Specifically, give an example of how you would use these guidelines to create a classroom environment for a child with a visual impairment.
What will be an ideal response?
There are eight guidelines established by DAP for designing the early primary classroom. These include: (1) arrange tables or desks in such a way to allow children to work alone or in small groups; (2) provide a safe environment and age-appropriate supervision where children are gradually given more responsibility; (3) allow children to take risks, while preventing situations where children may get hurt; (4) provide learning opportunities in exploration, initiation, and positive peer interactions; (5) vary the spaces for activities such as quiet reading, group reading, writing, math, language, and other projects; (6) provide an organized daily schedule that alternates activity and quiet time; (7) plan transitions and give children advance notice; and (8) curriculum should encourage children's active involvement with peers, adults, and other materials. Student’s answers will vary on the second half of this question. Examples might include arranging tables or desks in each activity area in an easily recognizable pattern so that the child who is visually impaired can more readily recognize and find his or her desk(s) in the different activity areas. Other important actions might be to build in patterned transition practices such as having all children line up in a row and touch the child’s shoulder in front of them as children move from one location to the next. This could occur when children are lining up to go outside to play. Children can walk in a single-file line and hold on to the person in front of them. When all children perform this action, it does not single out the child with a visual impairment.
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