Special Needs Appropriate Practices
1. Special Needs Learning to see the whole child and what they
can do, as well as concentrating on their family's
needs, will help you provide excellent care to a
child with special needs.
2. What Is Inclusive Child Care? Inclusive child care is an approach to child care
that ensures every child has his or her unique
needs met, and that every child in the program
can participate in every offering.
3. Children with Special Needs A developmental delay or disability affects a per-
son's ability to function in a way that is commonly
expected for their age, resulting in special needs.
Being gifted or talented may impact a child's at-
tention and behavior in a classroom of peers who
are developing typically. Early intervention refers
to services that mitigate a delay or disability.
4. Developmentally Appropriate Practice involves knowing child development in general,
along with each child's cultural and individual
needs.
5. Support Services can improve the quality of life for a child with
a delay or disability. If you suspect a child may
have a delay or disability, refer the parents to the
Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System.
6. The Americans with Disabilities Act Making a reasonable effort to accept a child with
(ADA) special needs means you are complying with
7. Inclusion: The idea that activities and environments should
be made accessible for all children .
, Special Needs Appropriate Practices
8. Delay: Usually overcome by adulthood, especially with
early intervention.
9. Gifted: Cognitively or developmentally advanced.
10. Early Intervention: Refers to services that mitigate a delay or disabil-
ity.
11. Talented: Having a special ability not typically seen in peers.
12. Natural Environment: A place where you would typically see children
living, playing, and learning.
13. Disability: Causes life-long impacts in major life activities.
14. People First Language To use People First Language, mention the per-
son before the condition and avoid using preju-
dicial language.
15. Handicapped Child Inappropriate
16. Crippled Child Inappropriate
17. Deaf Child Inappropriate
18. CP Victim Inappropriate
19. Confined to a Wheelchair Inappropriate
20. Suffers from Inappropriate
21. Child with a disability or a person with Appropriate
a special need
22. Child with a physical disability Appropriate
, Special Needs Appropriate Practices
23. Child who is hearing impaired or child Appropriate
with a hearing loss
24. Child with Cerebral Palsy Appropriate
25. Uses a wheelchair Appropriate
26. Has... Appropriate
27. The Role of Empathy and Sympathy for the children in your care, and for their families,
is a key part of providing quality inclusive child-
care and will help you remember to use People
First Language.
28. Attitudes and Behaviors That Stereo- Since every child has unique needs that can vary
type Children from day to day and throughout each day, it is im-
portant that child care professionals strive to know
and meet the changing needs of all individuals in
their care.
29. Changing Prejudicial Attitudes and Be- Ignoring, infantilizing, and objectifying are all
haviors ways of showing prejudice toward children with
special needs. Childcare professionals must be
models of acceptance and tolerance.
30. Empowering Children helps them cope with the stereotypical attitudes
and behaviors of other people.
31. Keeping Up with the Joneses Meeting special needs can be particularly de-
manding on a family, and people handle these
challenges differently.
32. Knowledge Conquers Anxiety To provide developmentally appropriate, individ-
ualized care for any child, know the typical pat-
1. Special Needs Learning to see the whole child and what they
can do, as well as concentrating on their family's
needs, will help you provide excellent care to a
child with special needs.
2. What Is Inclusive Child Care? Inclusive child care is an approach to child care
that ensures every child has his or her unique
needs met, and that every child in the program
can participate in every offering.
3. Children with Special Needs A developmental delay or disability affects a per-
son's ability to function in a way that is commonly
expected for their age, resulting in special needs.
Being gifted or talented may impact a child's at-
tention and behavior in a classroom of peers who
are developing typically. Early intervention refers
to services that mitigate a delay or disability.
4. Developmentally Appropriate Practice involves knowing child development in general,
along with each child's cultural and individual
needs.
5. Support Services can improve the quality of life for a child with
a delay or disability. If you suspect a child may
have a delay or disability, refer the parents to the
Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System.
6. The Americans with Disabilities Act Making a reasonable effort to accept a child with
(ADA) special needs means you are complying with
7. Inclusion: The idea that activities and environments should
be made accessible for all children .
, Special Needs Appropriate Practices
8. Delay: Usually overcome by adulthood, especially with
early intervention.
9. Gifted: Cognitively or developmentally advanced.
10. Early Intervention: Refers to services that mitigate a delay or disabil-
ity.
11. Talented: Having a special ability not typically seen in peers.
12. Natural Environment: A place where you would typically see children
living, playing, and learning.
13. Disability: Causes life-long impacts in major life activities.
14. People First Language To use People First Language, mention the per-
son before the condition and avoid using preju-
dicial language.
15. Handicapped Child Inappropriate
16. Crippled Child Inappropriate
17. Deaf Child Inappropriate
18. CP Victim Inappropriate
19. Confined to a Wheelchair Inappropriate
20. Suffers from Inappropriate
21. Child with a disability or a person with Appropriate
a special need
22. Child with a physical disability Appropriate
, Special Needs Appropriate Practices
23. Child who is hearing impaired or child Appropriate
with a hearing loss
24. Child with Cerebral Palsy Appropriate
25. Uses a wheelchair Appropriate
26. Has... Appropriate
27. The Role of Empathy and Sympathy for the children in your care, and for their families,
is a key part of providing quality inclusive child-
care and will help you remember to use People
First Language.
28. Attitudes and Behaviors That Stereo- Since every child has unique needs that can vary
type Children from day to day and throughout each day, it is im-
portant that child care professionals strive to know
and meet the changing needs of all individuals in
their care.
29. Changing Prejudicial Attitudes and Be- Ignoring, infantilizing, and objectifying are all
haviors ways of showing prejudice toward children with
special needs. Childcare professionals must be
models of acceptance and tolerance.
30. Empowering Children helps them cope with the stereotypical attitudes
and behaviors of other people.
31. Keeping Up with the Joneses Meeting special needs can be particularly de-
manding on a family, and people handle these
challenges differently.
32. Knowledge Conquers Anxiety To provide developmentally appropriate, individ-
ualized care for any child, know the typical pat-
