ECE 315: Week 5 - Inclusive Environments and Behaviour Strategies

Vocabulary flashcards covering strategies for inclusive early childhood education environments, transition supports, universal accommodations, problem-solving procedures, and behavior intervention steps from Week 5 of ECE 315.

Values (Oxford Dictionary)

Our beliefs about what is right and wrong and what is important in life.

Transition strategies

Techniques to support children during routine shifts, including consistent auditory signals (such as a tambourine, shaker, or bell) and visual transition pictures.

Exposure therapy

A strategy for children who cannot cope with more than two other children, involving placement in a quiet area with gradual increases in group size over the months.

Teaching philosophy of Ignacio Estrada

"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn."

Universal adaptations / Tools benefiting all children

Accommodations that assist specific needs while benefiting other children, such as speech-to-text, stools, curb cuts, and audiobooks.

Inclusive environment foundation

Creating an inclusive environment by establishing a direct connection with the child.

Connection-building time recommendation

Dedicating 10 to 15 minutes for each child every month to build a connection and conduct observations, particularly with a difficult child.

Inclusive environment: Routine and predictability supports

Tools used to structure classroom routines, specifically songs, timers, and schedules.

Inclusive environment: Emotional and self-regulation supports

Methods to aid regulation and expression, including songs, books, role play, sensory/self-regulation areas, and conversations.

Inclusive environment: Relational modeling

Fostering inclusion through empathy and by following the child's leads and modeling behaviors.

Inclusive environment: Peer supports

Collaborative structures such as lining up with a buddy and having older students assist younger ones.

Inclusive environment: Cooperative engagement

Organizing games and activities that necessitate assistance, cooperation, or interaction with others.

Problem-solving process

A multi-step method: naming the problem, generating a solution, evaluating whether it works or requires modification, considering outcomes of a revised solution, and having the child try again.

Steps for a child with a behaviour

1) Consider possible reasons and antecedents (what led to it, what happened before), 2) Determine 1 to 2 alternative strategies, 3) Determine a different way to respond when the behaviour occurs, and 4) Determine one skill to teach the child.