Child care providers often work with children who have identified special needs. Working with children who have special needs can be very rewarding if you understand the child and his special need and make appropriate accommodations to support his learning and development. The following articles will help child care providers support children with special needs in a group child care setting.
Children with disabilities benefit greatly from being with other children because they can hasen their calabilities and adopt the characteristic usually manifested by their peers and from receiving consistent care from a caring adult for they need the guidance and the a helping hand from people who can understand them well. Typically developing children benefit from having a classmate with a special need because they learn respect for a child whose abilities are different from theirs as well as how to respond appropriately and offer help to the child. Having a child with disability needs patience, and of course, the capability of the family to support the needs of the child along the way.