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SPECIAL NEEDS SERIES
SPECIAL NEEDS VIDEO SERIES IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE COVETED
CLIO AWARD FOR HIGHEST VIDEO EXCELLENCE
With the enactment of the Americans With Disabilities Act, child care professionals may be asked to
undertake the care and nurturing of children with special needs. This series provides
beginning level information on children who have special needs.
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COURSE # CEU121 |
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SPECIAL PEOPLE: SPECIAL NEEDS |
(1 CEU) |
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This is an introductory video for the child care professional with limited experience working with children who have special needs. The viewer will increase awareness of the nature of “special needs” with this informative, award winning video. Review the characteristics, capabilities and expectations for children with neurological and physical disabilities, mental retardation, sensory deficits, communication disorders and emotional/behavioral problems. Very special children, parents and child care professionals helped bring this video to life. |
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Course # CEU 121
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$50.00 (Includes written material and video rental)
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Required textbooks:
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A Place for Me
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$ 7.00
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Learning Disabilities
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3.00 |
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Required Activities:
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(The following are general descriptions. The specific activities are outlined in detail in the study material.)
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#1. Complete a written list and observation of materials in your early childhood environment that relate to disabilities.
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#2. Based on your findings from Activity I, develop an Action Plan to increase awareness of people with disabilities as “people first”.
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COURSE # CEU122 |
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SPECIAL NEEDS: PARENTS AS RESOURCES - 1
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(1 CEU) |
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Parents of children with special needs have often spent years learning the best ways of working with their child. What an excellent training resource for teachers and early childhood professionals! Using her experience as a registered nurse and mother of a nine year old, nonverbal, neurologically disabled child, Lisa shares her experiences and training with her daughter’s teachers and care providers. Observe Lisa and Jami using learning principles and techniques as they demonstrate feeding skills at home and at school. Principles are applicable to younger children as well. |
| COURSE # CEU 122 |
$50.00 (Includes written material and video rental)
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Required textbooks: |
A Place for Me |
$ 7.00 |
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Learning Disabilities |
$
3.00 |
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Required Activities:
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(The following are general descriptions. The specific activities are outlined in detail in the study material.)
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#1. Make a list of the typical daily activities in which children participate. What information would you need to
know from a parent of a child with disabilities before their child started in your program?
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#2. Plan to include children with disabilities and their parent / care provider in a friendship activity in your
class.
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COURSE # CEU123 |
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SPECIAL NEEDS: PARENTS AS RESOURCES - 2
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(1 CEU) |
| (Lisa and Jami / Activities of Daily Living) |
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Accomplishing the activities of daily living for a child with special needs may become a challenge for the teacher or the child care professional. Lisa, the mother of a nine year old neurologically disabled child, invites teachers and child care professionals into her home to see “what works there”. She visits her daughter’s classroom to show how strategies can be used at school. Techniques are applicable to younger children as well.
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COURSE # CEU 123
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$50.00 (Includes written material and video rental)
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Required textbooks:
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A Place for Me
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$ 7.00
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Learning Disabilities
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$
3.00
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Required Activities:
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(The following are general descriptions. The specific activities are outlined in detail in the study material.)
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#1. Review the materials the children play with daily. Select one which you can modify easily to accommodate
a child with a neurological disorder. Make the modification and take a picture of the final product.
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#2. In addition to the material you adapted in Activity I, what other materials can be easily modified / adapted
to accommodate a neurological disorder?
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