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17/01/2015

Disability awareness

Index for Education 2 Disorder
       
Education to Disorders
Education to Disorders

Autism
Ø  How can manage a classroom by a teacher                                                                     NEXT

Learning Disabilities
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ADD/ADHD

Multiple Disabilities

Mental Illness

Loco Motor Disability

Disability

Index for Education 2 Disorder

Education to Disorders
Education to Disorders
      
Special Child
Ø  Reason for disability before birth,birth and after birth                                                      NEXT

Visual Impairment

Mental Retardation                                                                                                                
Ø  Definition of Mental Retardation                                                                               

Hearing Impairment

15/01/2015

Important step for writing

Important step for writing

For communication, it is necessary to have a process to give & take any information through any medium. In the same way, it is necessary to a good coordination in between eye & hand. If special children have a right physically condition and having a little knowledge, can learn writing easily. In short, we can say that if child have fine motor skills, he can learn writing. We have a sequence of step to learn writing:-

steps of writing for special children
step of writing for special children

ü  Tracing: - paper and pencil is important for tracing. In it, we write-down any word and children over-write the same word again and again. We use blackboard and slate for this. For example, if we write-down “HOME” so all children over-write the same word again and again.

ü  See & write: - In this step, we give a written material to child and say to write-down the same by speaking every things/words. If the child unable to speak or pronounce, it is our responsibility to give him a supports.

ü  Write-down form memory: - it is final step to write-down from memory. But it is necessary to speak or pronounce every word and also make a meaningful sequence. 

Problem face by Special children in writing

Problem face by Special children in writing

Writing is a good way to represent any things or view. It is also a primary step. It is not necessary to understand writing after learning, but we also understand writing before learning.

If we understand both the thing together, it’s really a good thing. It also helps us to understand the different meaning of sign board, writing different shape, different way to represent or communication system.

It is necessary to understand the fine motor skills of a child before writing. For example like how to sit, use of pen or coordination between eyes and hand. We have some sequence of problem related with fine motor skills like:-

problem for special children in writing
problem in writing for special children

ü  Firstly, we discuss about the fine loco motor skills. In it, we include concentration, sitting position, coordination, between hand & eyes etc.

ü  If a child have a visual problem

ü  How to grip the pen or pencil is also a basic problem if a child unable to make a coordination, he face problem in writing or any other handicapped problem

ü  Moment of hand is also a factor like if the moment is not in sequence from left to right in writing

ü  If a child unable to understand the different sign board

ü  If a child having a high level of emotional, he is also unable to learn writing

ü  If a child not interested for writing



12/01/2015

Writing activity for Special Children

Writing activity for Special Children
                                                           
Writing is a good way to represent any things or view. It is also a primary step. It is not necessary to understand writing after learning, but we also understand writing before learning.

If we understand both the thing together, it really a good things. It also helps us to understand the different meaning of sign board, writing different shape, different way to represent or communication system, but it is necessary to understand the fine motor skills of a child before writing. For example like how to sit, use of pen or coordination between eyes and hand.

writing skills for special children
writing skills for special children
  We have some step for writing like scrubbing, scribbling and tracing.

ü  Scrubbing: - It is a basic concept of writing. In it we include the basic activity of hand when a child moves it hands freely. For example – when child put liquid color down and try to moves hands in it or like other thing drop down in floor and use his hand.

ü  Scribbling: - In this step, we include pen, pencil or mom-color & write down with free hand. The main motive only to make a grip on these things and try to write down in any shape with having a positive approach.

ü  Tracing: - it is an exercise of writing skills. In it, we include writing activity to a meaning full representation. It is a chain system of different exercise, with the help of this, we avoid these thing like – mistake, low speed for writing or poor representation skills

08/01/2015

Importance of Reading for Special Children

Importance of Reading for Special Children

Reading is an important part of our life. It is primary component of our life. It creates a base for a life and we become able to understand the outer would. When normal child start reading, a child start learning lot of things. So in other words, we can say that it is a first step of our life.
                                            But when we discuss reading for a special child, it become more difficult for parents and teacher. It is not an easy task to make him understand. We follow a process to teach them and make them understand. Special children take much time to start reading. We have some step for this:-

Importance of Reading for Special Children
Importance of Reading for Special Children

ü  Pre-primary _ (Chronological Age =0-6years, Mental Age =2.6-3years):- In this age, we include name of fruits, vegetables, birds, animals, transport vehicles, parts of body and size of any things etc.

ü  Primary_ (CA=6-9years, MA=3-5.6years):- we include activity like self name, father and family names, phone number, house number. Also we include sleeping, wake-up, singing, time like past present or future, day in a week with names etc.

ü  Secondary_ (CA=9-12, MA=5.6-7years):- In this creative education, we include basic education skills like – counting (number, money matters), importance of different sign board and their value – police, hospitals, school, roads crossing, different light – red or yellow or green and how to perform other activity etc.

ü  Pre-vocational_(CA=12-18years, MA=7-9years):- In this section, we mostly consider work skills and social relationship. When we make a program for this level, we must consider the capacity of a child and their interest as well as work planning, rules & regulation, good manner like how to sit, eat, music or other activity


                                   

06/01/2015

Functional Academics for Special Children

Functional Academics for children

In normal life, every child should learn lot of thing which is necessary in daily routine life. But when we discuss about special children, we surely take additional step to teach daily activity. These skills or activity include educational or non-educational skills. In non-educational skills, we include bathing, brushing, clothing or toileting etc. In educational skills, we include 3R like reading, writing or math.
Functional Academics for Special Children
Functional Academics for Special Children
          
                                          Here, we are discussing about educational program like reading, writing or math like:-
Ø  In reading, we include in it like self name, name of family member, address, house number, phone number etc. we divide it in like pre-primary, primary, secondary, pre-vocational etc. we also include other things like knowledge about the nearby environment – name of vegetables, fruits, birds. Other activity like dance, sleeping, playing etc
Ø  In math, we include knowledge of calculation (+, -, *, /) and their use in normal life, money matters, time or quantity etc. we divide in it like counting - cordial, ordinal, matching, grouping, classification, sequencing, patterns etc.
Ø   In writing, we include basic things to write down like name, address, phone number or family names etc. we divide in it like scrubbing, scribbling, tracing, copy etc. It also include having the knowledge about the fine motor activity of children and having  coordination in other activity like how to sit, eye contact, hand moments etc.




03/01/2015

Safety feature of life for Special Children

Safety feature of life for Special Children

Safety feature is an important part of our life. It becomes our responsibility in case of special children. Special children require more care in term of road safety, different equipments, behaviour or sign language etc. Here we discuss some points related with the road safety like

Road safety for Special Children
road safety for special children

Road safety:-
ü  cross any terminals very carefully, when you cross the road look both the side
ü  always follow the traffic rules like red or yellow or green etc
ü  remember our route bus number
ü  use seat belt
ü  always remember sign board or rule & regulation etc

Safety from home equipment:-
ü  Always try to make understand the special children requirement about how to use these type of articles like blade, chigger, knife, fire, electricity, water, acid etc

 Understand the sign language:-
ü  Transportation like – bus, auto or other facilities
ü  Understand different sign boards
ü  No smoking or other help line number like police, hospital, fire etc
ü  Sign of school or temple or agriculture etc
safety feature for special children
safety feature for special children
First – aid:-
ü  use of dettol, cotton, cizger or patti etc
ü  If anybody burn out then use of cold water & with barnol etc

Other social behaviour:-
ü  Well come your guest and ask where are you from and whom you want to meet
ü  If you visit any other person home, use door-bell, behave in a manner
ü  Always sit in a proper manner and not touch every things
ü  If you are invited for any social program so behave in a manner and dress up yourself according to function


Process (step) for Toileting Training

Process (step) for Toileting Training

Toileting training is continues process which a child learn with age factor in normal situation. It is a quit different in mental retardation (MR) condition. The mental retardation (MR) children take lot of time to learn these types of basic activity like toileting, clothing or food. We have a sequence of age factor in which a child learn different -2 activity related with toileting or other.
Here we mention some basic activity with age group which a child learn like
Process (step) for Toileting Training
Process (step) for Toileting Training  

ü   9 -12 months = concentrate on toileting
ü  12-18 months = tell after toileting
ü  18-24 months = tell before toileting
ü  24-30 months = use of toilet
ü  30-36 months = use toileting with regular time & wash also himself/herself
ü  36-48 months = use of toileting and make sure himself for individual


Norma steps for toileting training like
ü  Explain the importance of toileting
ü  Identification the location of toileting
ü  Firstly open the door
ü  Then after come inside and close the door
ü  Put down your clothes
ü  Sit on toilet seat
ü  Clean him-self & flush also
ü  Open door and come out
ü  Wash your hand with soap



  

01/01/2015

Toileting indication for Special Children

Toileting indication for Special Children

It is a daily normal activity for human being. We include normal or special children in it. It’s come in primary activity for children because it decreases the dependent of children on parents. If children have the toileting training, it also avoids changing their clothes again & again. It becomes a criteria for school that if a children able to handle their toileting training process, he is able to take admission.
Toileting indication for Special Children
Toileting indication for Special Children
But in special children (mental retardation) having a different situation. They take a long time to learn this process. Toileting training is little bit different from food or clothing related activity. Toileting is not such a activity which teach any time but it depend on the child when he require a toileting training.
Requirement of toileting training:-
ü  If a child did not have knowledge about toileting, he always stays with dirty clothes so it requires changing their clothes time 2 times.
ü  It also becomes a reason for infection.
ü  It becomes difficult to take admission in school.
ü  These types of children not able to become socialize.

ü  It is also important for privacy.  

Adaptation of environment for Special Children

Adaptation of environment for Special Children

Adaptation is a important part of our life when a person or child make a relationship with outside, we call it adaptation like – useful things in our life for daily use or natural resources or other articles etc.

When, we discuss about special child it become very important. There are lots of factors which influence it. So we try to make them according to the special child requirement. This is our main adaptation. Those equipment who help us to make the adjustment, we call them adaptation equipment. 


Adaptation of environment for Special Children
Adaptation of environment for Special Children

We have some example like –

ü  Establishment:- we make a adjustment with stairs, width of door, switch for electric equipment.

ü  Furniture:- we include movable things in it like tables, sofa or highs of beds etc

ü  Clothes:- use of clothes, t-shirts, who to wear different clothes and what way they open.

ü  Equipment for individual use:- use of brush for special children(special handle), cup with two handle or other useful equipment for special children.

ü  Useful equipment for home:- heavy based iron, remote control , having cleaning item for home.

ü  Use of paper for different way.

ü  It is a process to become a self independent person.

ü  For external environment, we try to control there(special children) external environment, we make sure he/she is not under the control with external environment.