Detect Children with Special Needs  322-127-FE

Description

In certain Native communities, educators in childcare services assume a major responsibility toward children with special needs.  Because they are remote, these communities are often confronted with a lack of qualified human resources.  This course will enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills they will need to detect children who have special needs.

Refer to your syllabus for more information.

Syllabus

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Classes

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Class 1 What is the course about

Topics

  • Presentation on the course
  • Course outline presentation

Readings

Please read the course Syllabus (outline) before the first class. It contains important information that we will discuss.

Reading for next class

Resources

Checkout Library subject guide on Indigenous Peoples – Childcare Development 

Notes

Class PPT – Child Development Roles
This PPT will download to your computer

Class 2 What do we mean by special needs

Topics

  • Defining special needs
  • Hearing difficulties: warning signs

 

Readings

Read for next class

First Nations Head Start STANDARDS GUIDE – Health Canada (PDF file) Developed by First Nations Head Start programming representatives, this reference guide provides a blueprint of options for First Nations to consider in developing their Head Start program standards.

Resources

Checkout Library subject guide on Indigenous Peoples – Indigenous Health

Vulnerable Populations and Aboriginal Health – Time for a Curriculum (Video) This third installment in our series on social paediatrics will take a more focused look at vulnerable populations, including inner city and aboriginal children and youth.

Class 3 Learning Difficulties and Children

Topics

  • How to detect hearing difficulties
  • Language: normal language development
  • Watch video posted in Resources section – Seed to Ceder

Resources

Watch this video we will discuss it in our next class.

From Seed to Cedar: Aboriginal ECDC in Our Communities

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Class 6

Class 7


Readings

There is no required textbook for this course. The instructor will assign various articles and readings to the students.

Evaluations

For more information please refer to your syllabus.

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