Hello class, I hope you'll have been enjoying your
weekend. As I stated on my previous post the website that I decided to research
and study is http://www.dec-sped.org/.
This website grabbed my interest because I felt like it would give me a lot of
great information about the field of early childhood. This is yet another resource
that I can refer to for my job, it is not only a great website for teachers but
to me it is parent friendly also. The Division for Early
Childhood (DEC) promotes policies and advances evidence-based practices that
support families and enhance the optimal development of young children (0-8)
who have or are at risk for developmental delays and disabilities (http://www.dec-sped.org/). This is also an international
membership organization for people who work on behalf of children 0-8 with disabilities
(http://www.dec-sped.org/). The Division for Early Childhood was started in 1973 by a group
of volunteers who cared deeply about the development of young children with
special needs. DEC is one of 17 divisions of the Council for Exceptional
Children (CEC), the largest professional organization dedicated to improving
the educational success of individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and
talents (http://www.dec-sped.org/).
This organization is governed by an executive board who help to makes policies
for the early childhood field. They are always looking for volunteers to offer
the expertise in the early childhood field.
There is a link on the
website that allows you to go to two journals one is a journal for issues
dealing with exceptional children. When I clicked on the link for the journal
for exceptional children there were so many different journals to choose from. The one that caught my eye is entitled Engaging Children with Autism in Shared Book
Reading: Strategies for Parents. I
have had several children in my room with autism but this past year was one of
the roughest years. There are so many different symptoms of autisms, I honestly
feel that no case of autism is the same. Autism and ADHD are two things that I am
always trying to read up on and get information on. This journal express how
important it is for parents of children with Autism to engage them in literacy
and books in an early age. It gives parents great tips on how to engage them in
exploring and reading books. For instance one of the suggestions is that parents
create and appropriate reading environment and routine for children. It also
suggest things like choosing books on things that children are interested in
and to provide choices. These are things that can not only be done at home but
can be done at school. Overall this was a very great journal, this would be
good to put in my classroom since we promote literacy as a part of school
readiness. If you’ll would like to read the article here is the website that
should take you directly to it via pdf file http://yec.sagepub.com/content/18/1/3.2.full.pdf+html.
Also there were hundreds more of articles that give great information on
children with disabilities feel free to visit the website to view them.
Everything on this website in my opinion deals with diversity because when
working with children with special needs there are certain things that have to
be done in the classroom to meet their needs. What do you’ll think?
Reference
(fox13now.com)
(theautismblog.seattlechildrens)
I agree with you that diversity does encompass children with special needs. I loved the resource that you provided and will most certainly check it out for professional development and for personal reasons. I have also worked with children with autism in my classroom and understand the challenges that can be associated with this spectrum. I also have a son that has ASD and just working with him has taught me many things about needs of a exceptional child. I can see that you already understand the need for continually learning about autism and other disabilities that impact young children and families. As you mentioned, no one case is the same so as educators we have to learning a multitude of strategies to help these children develop and learn. Great post!
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