Special Needs Child Study
Introduction
The objective of the care of the special child assignment is to study a child with special needs in their typical everyday environment. I will study the child in the pre-school/ Montessori room. I will watch him working with the Special Needs Assistance* (SNA) and his interaction with the other children in the room.
In this assignment I particular looked at:
• The child’s use of space, environment and language.
• To observe the child’s motor movements, both fine and gross motor movement.
• To watch the child’s interaction with the other peers in the room. Also how he interacts with the SNA and the childcare worker.
• To see if the child’s needs and abilities were made.
The Participant
TC * is four and a half years old. He is the youngest of three children. He lives at home with his parents and three siblings. Both his mother and father work full time. They own their own business. His parents are often away on business meetings and are often out of the country. They have a nanny living with them 24/7. She has a special needs course complete and also works in the crèche when TC is there.
TC sometimes goes to the Montessori up stairs. The SNA informed me that he finds the materials and activities much harder. He dislikes a lot of the Montessori materials. He is used to the activities in the pre-school room.
TC’s mother has great expectations for TC. She is very interested in what he does each day at the crèche. She often gives in activities to the SNA that she can’t get TC to do at home. He does it with the SNA. She hopes that TC will attend the local primary school in September. She would like TC’s SNA to continue on with him through primary.
*TC is what I’ am calling the participant.
Down Syndrome
Down syndrome is not a disease. It is a result of a chromosomal disorder. There are about 5,000 people in Ireland with Down syndrome. It is the most common cause of learning disability, it is
The objective of the care of the special child assignment is to study a child with special needs in their typical everyday environment. I will study the child in the pre-school/ Montessori room. I will watch him working with the Special Needs Assistance* (SNA) and his interaction with the other children in the room.
In this assignment I particular looked at:
• The child’s use of space, environment and language.
• To observe the child’s motor movements, both fine and gross motor movement.
• To watch the child’s interaction with the other peers in the room. Also how he interacts with the SNA and the childcare worker.
• To see if the child’s needs and abilities were made.
The Participant
TC * is four and a half years old. He is the youngest of three children. He lives at home with his parents and three siblings. Both his mother and father work full time. They own their own business. His parents are often away on business meetings and are often out of the country. They have a nanny living with them 24/7. She has a special needs course complete and also works in the crèche when TC is there.
TC sometimes goes to the Montessori up stairs. The SNA informed me that he finds the materials and activities much harder. He dislikes a lot of the Montessori materials. He is used to the activities in the pre-school room.
TC’s mother has great expectations for TC. She is very interested in what he does each day at the crèche. She often gives in activities to the SNA that she can’t get TC to do at home. He does it with the SNA. She hopes that TC will attend the local primary school in September. She would like TC’s SNA to continue on with him through primary.
*TC is what I’ am calling the participant.
Down Syndrome
Down syndrome is not a disease. It is a result of a chromosomal disorder. There are about 5,000 people in Ireland with Down syndrome. It is the most common cause of learning disability, it is
References: and Bibliography Dare, A & O’Donovan, M (2009, 3rd Edition) Caring for Children with Special Needs. Cheltenham. UK Flood, E (2010) Assisting Children with Special Needs. Spain