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​Accommodating special needs children in after school programs.

5/20/2017

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children drawing at TSL Adventures after school program in Albany
There are certain desires and cues which every person desires despite being incapacitated or healthy. Children with special needs also deserve to enjoy life too as their normal friends. Accommodating special needs children in after school programs are one of the best moves the facilities are taking.

They increase the life purpose of these children and enable them to view the world in a more diverse perspective. Children with disabilities are the ones who require extra curriculum activities more than anyone else. This is because they need a special environment to do certain things which are considered obvious in a normal person.

These children may be incapacitated due to one of the following
  1. Mental retardation
  2. Speech and language impairment
  3. Physical disability
  4. Emotional disabilities
  5. Learning disabilities
  6. Vision disability
  7. Hearing disabilities

If these kids are well catered for they can achieve goals you never imagined they could. Disability is not inability with a proper support system.

Some of the ways in which these children can be accommodated are: 
  • Have professionals who know how to handle every child according to her/his special needs.
  • Have amplification and assistive devices for children with hearing disabilities. Have a sign interpreter in the institution so that he can offer help to those kids who cannot understand any audios despite the use of hearing aids.
  • Use different types of information presentation for example use of text readers, graphic organizers, and paraphrasing
  • Offering children with speech difficulties a chance either to participate in discussions through reports or any other convenient way to them.
  • Having facilities with pathways rather an all staircase set up for students who might be using wheelchairs
  • Breaking a long solution into small portions for those students who have learning disabilities,
  • Offering children with disabilities a longer time to complete timed tests,
  • Be as concrete as possible by providing students with a practical way of doing things rather than explaining verbally only.
  • Find out the child strength and interests and dwell so much on them
  • Modify the toys and playing equipment
  • Make small changes in the facility, for example, providing lamps for extra lighting, not having slippery floors and also
  • Have educational programs to educate other kids how to handle children with disabilities.
  • Teach them how to play with other kids by being a player partner.
  • Address students by name rather than saying ‘you.'
  • Avoid isolation by any means.

Accommodating special needs children in after school programs is such a big step forward in the right direction.
 


4 Comments
Sam, Karate After School Program link
7/11/2019 11:50:00 pm

I agree with you. After school programs are beneficial to kids. After a long tiring day at school, it is good to them to enjoy before the day ends. Thanks for the heads up.

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Karate after School Program link
7/17/2019 09:10:19 pm

The most important advantage of a good after school program is that it widens your child's area of interests. He or she is introduced to new things, sometimes interesting, sometimes challenging. Mastering a new art form or a new skill increases the child's self-esteem. It also allows you to introduce your child to new career options. A child attending a music class may decide that she likes it so much that she wants to make a career out of it in the long run.

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Ron Booker link
8/1/2019 02:07:37 pm

I like that you said that childcare programs can help you with your special needs child by developing ways to help him learn, such as modify toys and playing equipment. My aunt has a special needs child. And she wants to find a school where they can help her take care of his learning development. I'm going to share this information with her so that she can consider a school care program for her child.

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