DCF Special Needs Appropriate Practices (SNP)

DCF Special Needs Appropriate Practices (SNP) 6 domains of development that can be delayed • Physical Health/ Motor Development: involve physical growth and abilities. • Cognitive Development & General Knowledge: include thinking, planning, cheating, exploring and questioning. • Language & Communication: includes a child's ability to see, read and write. • Social & Emotional: is defined by forming relationship and attachments. • Approaches to learn: include thinking, planning, cheating, exploring and questioning. Developmental Disability A chronic condition that is diagnosed in childhood and substantially limits major life activities in adulthood to help support these children. Early Intervention Appropriate support in the first three years of life of a child with special needs. Autism A group of brain-based neurological disorders characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted and repetitive pattern of behavior. Down Syndrome A genetic disorder that results in a number of physical characteristics and intellectual impairments. Three types of positive behavior • prevention • redirection • positive reinforcement Describe Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) Are valuable general guidelines to support the learning of children. DAP is often referred to as Age of Stages. • Three main aspects of DAP: - general knowledge of child development, or what you know about how children develop and learn. - specific knowledge of particular child, or what you know about the strengths, needs and interests of individual children. - knowledge of social and cultural context contexts, or, what you know about the social and cultural contexts in which their children love. Adaption Any adjustments or modifications in the environment, instruction, or materials used for learning that enhance the child's performance or allows at least participation in an activity. Family Involvement • Family: are big, small, extended, nuclear and multigeneration. They have one parent, two parents, boyfriends, and girlfriends. They're cheated birth, adoption, marriage, remarriage, foster care or a desire for mutual support. • Family Culture: unto itself, with different, values and unique ways of realizing it's dreams. Together, family become the source of our rich cultural heritage and spiritual diversity. • Norms (cultural norms): a standard, model or pattern regarding a typical for a specific cultural, racial, ethnic, religious or social group. * First teachers in a child's life? Parents and Family members Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect • are child care workers consider mandatory reporter? Yes • mandatory reporters? Refers to people who, by the nature of their profession, are uniquely positioned to see child abuse and neglect when it occurs • what are you required to report? As a child care provider, it's your duty and your legal responsibility according to chapter 39 of Florida statues to report any suspected case of child abuse or neglect. • why would being different raise the probability that a child will be mistreated? Often, abusive people prey on people they: - consider weak - see as not really people - react with strong, negative emotion • why do you think the incidence of sexual abuse of both children and adults with disabilities is so high? - they're are often seen as easy target - they may experience sexual activity as pleasure