D6 Explain The Importance Of Valuing Children As An Individual

D6. The importance of valuing children as an individual is that everyone is different and we all have different needs. Being able to understand the child's needs can help us to understand them as an individual. You can find out a child's needs by observing or a practitioner giving information about the child's specific needs. From knowing about a child's individual needs can help ensure everyone in the group has an equal opportunity. For example if a child has a disability and the child is in a wheelchair, when planning activities you will need to make sure that everyone in the group can participate, it maybe that the classroom setting needs to be rearranged so the child could make full use of the setting and that the child could move around