supporting children with disabilities teaching research assistance to childcare providers

Supporting Children with Disabilities Teaching Research Assistance to Childcare

Providers

People First Terminology"We are tired of being seen first as handicapped, or retarded, or developmentally disabled. We want to be seen as people first."

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Training Schedule

Disabilities Unit Outcome

Early childhood educators will be able to meet the diverse educational needs

of children with disabilities.

Objectives for Training Have knowledge of including children with disabilities in

early childhood programs.

Have knowledge of disability awareness techniques to use with children in a preschool setting.

Understand strategies for inclusion of children with speech and language delays.

Understand strategies for including children with attention, distractibility, and/or impulse control difficulties.

TRAC 2004 Units

Learning Techniques

Philosophy/Theory

Strategies

Application

Feedback

Follow-up

Levels of Decision Making

Unconsciously Incompetent

Consciously

Incompetent

Unconsciously

Competent

Consciously

Competent

Automaticity