Learning Styles And Profession Guide

Different Learning Styles

1. There is a genuine need for the educators to focus more of their efforts when making solicitous curriculum decisions. It is one of the important pillars for establishing a good foundation to accommodate children with special or varied basic needs. An inclusive early child education and care center provides all children with an equal opportunity to take part in dynamic activities that occur in early childhood learning environment. They realize personal talents as suggested by (Brans(Branscombe, Nyla , Michael, Schmitt, & Richard, 2014).
2. Teachers and care providers are required by the law to go through experience training. This equips them with the skills and right attitude; they feel confident and comfortable of handling children with additional needs. Support of the administrator to the educators. It is fundamental in modelling positive attitude towards inclusion as implied by (Seligman, 2015)).
3. Most efficient methods of   communication used to relay and share information about the daily progress of children to their families include: telephone verbal communications, written messages, paralanguage communication, face-to-face communication, visual communication and audio-visual (Copple & Bredekamp, 2013).
4. The disbelief that may arise from both the educator and the parent on the child’s ability to succeed in learning fundamental skills, such as how to write their names or how to tally numbers up to twenty, is sometimes erroneous. Hence, they need to seek help from mental health professionals who are able to assess condition of the child, they also help to develop individual learning program for that specific child as indicated by (Mark, 2014).
5. Culture and diversity awareness is an indispensable training. It equips the educators with special skills on how to deal with children who have additional needs. The training helps the educators to develop impartial and robust professional experience so as to handle aboriginal students (Brown, 2016).
6. The benefit package that originates from partnering with parents, interventions and communities for purposes of supporting of children includes: the efficiency of obtaining information like background of the child, interest of the child, needs, goals and strengths of those children as established by (Bodfish, Symons, Parker, & Lewis, 2015).
7. Providing support to a child with extra needs requires one to adapt the child care setting. This allows them   to keep focus on the strengths and the abilities of these children rather than their disabilities. This support mechanism should be implemented (Phillips, Mekos, Scarr, McCartney, & Abbott–Shim, 2012)by making slight changes to the childcare setting and initially teaching the child specific words.
8. A child who experiences muscles coordination problem needs influential motivators to help improve their behaviors and participate in chasing games. They need to be praised using a calm and casual voice when they try to run or move their legs in such manner ((Brown, McAndrew, Wickham, & Huang, 2017). It is healthy to praise their efforts rather concentrating entirely on the result which initially may not be interesting. The praises are aimed at improving the child’s poise, buoyancy and cooperation in the game. It is important to take not to acclaim skills that the child learnt long ago in the past so that they don’t feel micromanaged.
9. a) Orientation for Children Policy. Help to foster strong relationships between educators and children in early child education and care centers.
10. b) Continuity for Education and Care Policy.
11. C) Enrollment Policy.
12. d) Relations with children Relationships Policy.
13. e) Child Protection Policy.

1. When both parents of the child are of the same gender (two fathers) then it is advisable for the educator to seek the parent’s opinion concerning the emotional care for the child in relation to the activity of painting hearts for the mothers. This should be done prior to the actual when the children are   supposed to paint heart and give to their mother as a sign of celebrating mother’s day(Spera, 2015). This will provide the educator and the parents with an opportunity to discuss on how handle the situation before the actual day of painting   hearts.
2. Educators play a critical role in providing support to the children as they strive to establish a liaison with their families and community; as well as develop awareness about their social culture. Educators promote this process of learning in children   by creating harmonious physical and emotional environment for learning. Everyone is respected and treated with kindness. They also encourage for   dialogue between children and their parents(Arehart & Yoshinaga-Itano, 2016). Creating community sagacity within the classroom where every individual is valued as a unique person. Encouraging children to explore their notions through play. And also help children develop relationship with each other in their small world.
3. National quality Framework and Early Years Learning Framework can be accessed through the legislators; that protect people with disability (including children) that relate to inclusion, equity and diversity (Kelley & Hurst, 2016).
4. Equitable and effective ways to give children equal opportunity to achieve include: adapting environment for the child care for the disabled children, supporting children with special needs, sharing information about children with special needs and communicating to the parents on the daily progress of the child according to (Krementz, 2012).
5. A child who has Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) can be made to fill comfortable by reducing the background noise. This can be done by either choosing a quite environment to hold the service or by reducing music in the background. Pillows, drapes and soft materials also can be used to absorb excess sound around the child with hearing problem(Paul, 2016). Use normal voice while talking. Encourage the child to focus on the visual cues while you are talking and use pictures and labels to enhance communication.
6. It is wise to avoid focusing on the negativity of the male child of fairy wings meant for the female but rather identify the child’s need and use appraisal to help him learning while making him to feel comfortable ad capable(Weber, 2013).
7. It is important to help and provide children with physical disability to do things on their own within their ability. This helps the child to feel respected and capable of overcoming the situation. It is important to encourage the child to hold the pen on his own and fall for the temptation of doing everything for the child (Kelley & Hurst, 2016).
8. Yes because they are like any other children. Children with additional needs in life need assistance so that they can freely and wholly participate in the learning process during early childhood development and care setting. These children   have specific additional needs that need to be met with a lot of caution for them to grow and reach personal goals with confidence while appreciating diversity in the community(Adab, Jacoby, Smith, & Chadwick, 2011).
9. Inclusivity provides to children the opportunity to learn at their own swiftness in a supportive environment. Children in an inclusive environment are privileged to learn and accept each other’s uniqueness. Both the normal child and the disabled child have equal chance to practice social skills in a real world model(Pecora, et al., 2017).
10. Engaging disability support agencies to provide training services so as to improve their condition. Using appraisal to encourage and maintain their self-belief of leading positive life. Find non- verbal ways of communicating to improve their confidence and make them willing to learn and improve on their condition(Tracy & Robins, 2017).
11. The following are some of the barriers children face while learning: disability challenges, low self-esteem and poor learning environment. Educators need to ensure that the learning conditions are supportive for learning(Odom & Diamond, 2016). Also the administrators need to ensure the educators have undergone relevant trainings to equip them with skills to handle a wide range of children with different needs.
12. It is particularly important to share concerns about a child with others .This helps with ensuring   that quality service and care is provided to the child.  Accurate and useful information for decision making when deciding on the nature of education development program and care for the child (Besharov, 2016). The process of   exchanging   information with others, usually provide insightful routine; and way of life that ensure overall health and safety requirements of the child are met.
13. It is advisable to seek help from specialists. They play fundamental role in planning process for inclusion. These specialists include: dentist, who will help with the information on how regular are the dental checkups and if at all there is a unique   dental operation need for the   child. Psychologist and occupational therapists who are responsible for assessing and learning strategies for the child(Walther-Thomas, Bryant, & Land, 2013).
14. Educators successfully create effective play environments for the children through: teaching them specific words that will enable them to acquire playmates (learning to use polite language). Educators can help children learn how to play by being their player partners themselves. Educators can identify children with additional needs who feel timid and be their playmates(Van Ments, 2016). They also encourage the children to respect and appreciate each other’s uniqueness while playing.
15.  Children who are allied to the Chinese culture should take part in the Chinese cooking lessons, practice Tai Chi, play Chinese board games, visit Chinese hot springs and watch Chinese movies(Chinese Culture Connection, 2014). This will help them to get more insight to their origin and better understand their social culture.

(Reid, 2011)

1. Physical activities for learning include using art materials for demonstration of different shapes and colors of an object, use toys to show similarity between objects and paintings to illustrate differences(Bodfish, Symons, Parker, & Lewis, 2015).

1. When planning for the inclusion of a two year old deaf child, and who has learning problem. It is necessary to seek help of healthcare professionals and therapist on how to accommodate the child. A good strategy for developing the inclusion plan will include setting up a meeting with all the staff expected to take care of the child and the family of the child in the presence of the healthcare professionals (Bower, et al., 2016)All important notes on the needs of the child are to be recorded. This will help with developing efficient and progressive daily routine and program for the two year old child.
2. Additional resources should be employed to modify toys, equipment and generally to adjust the child care equipment to be more comfortable for the child (Goldstein, 2012).
3. Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) require diagnosis and support from their family. The family’s members should be aware of the matter and try to act normally and not focus so much on the negative side(Rappley, 2017). Educators should give simple instructions to children with this condition. They should be allowed to seek medication, behavioral therapy and controlling.
4. The children at a service provider are able to demonstrate inclusivity by developing healthy relationship with others from different cultural backgrounds. Normal children are expected to show respect and love to those who need special attention(Seligman, 2015). Disabled children are expected to be able to play with normal children. The educators should be able to see both the normal child and the disabled child as a child first. They should take responsibility of the children without caring whether they have additional needs or not.
5. Communication methods that early child education and care providers can use to share about the progress of the child include: choosing a lonely time and place that favors them to talk with the parents of the child, the educators need to remain supportive, respectful and caring for the child this acts as an encouragement to the parents of the children. Beginning by saying a positive thing about the progress of the child (Jablin & Putnam, 2015)
6. Monitoring and evaluating plans and strategies are important since they help with successful implementation of the program plan. It helps with improving and ensuring structures adopted meet specific need. Monitoring provides a systematic model to collect, analyze and interpret information for purposes of sound decision making. It a requirement that monitoring be done after the launch of the program plan so as to achieve positive results.(Casley & Kumar, 2010)

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