What specific strategies can early childhood professionals use to help make their classroom environments and teaching practices more inclusive for children with exceptional needs?
What will be an ideal response?
Consider physical barriers in the classroom that would hinder children with physical challenges and remove them as much as possible.
Work with special educators working in the same school to find ways to integrate classroom activities for children with exceptional needs in the general education classroom and/or with same-age peers in the general education classroom.
Use graphic/visual materials that include children with exceptional needs in everyday life/school.
Use people-first language when discussing people with exceptionalities. Avoid using terms such as handicapped and disabled.
Learn and stay informed about the special education process, IDEA, and other policies/procedures regarding special education.
Develop/apply specific accommodations for instruction of children with exceptional needs in the general education classroom.
Encourage families of children with exceptional needs to engage in children’s education and solicit their expertise on how to work with their children in the classroom.
Keep families of children with exceptional needs informed of their child’s progress.
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