Planning the Inclusive Environment - Curriculum Modifications and Adaptations

These flashcards cover key concepts and details from the lecture on planning inclusive environments and curriculum modifications.

Children with disabilities often exhibit __ characteristics.

General characteristics, such as difficulty with communication and challenges in social interactions.

A developmental __ is a delay in meeting typical developmental milestones, whereas a developmental disorder is a more persistent issue that impacts functioning.

Delay

The 'Red Flags for Early Years Professionals' provides guidance on __ for early childhood educators.

Identifying potential developmental concerns in children.

During the reflection on the spelling test, one should consider how they __ during the activity.

Felt

Disability simulations can have mixed __ regarding their effectiveness and ethical implications.

Reactions

Experiencing a disability once is not the same as __ with it on a daily basis.

Living

The Building Blocks Framework promotes __ instructional strategies and embedded learning opportunities.

Child-focused

According to Sandall and Schwartz (2008), curriculum modification is a change to ongoing activities to maximize a child's __ in routines.

Participation

Environmental support involves altering the __, social and temporal environment to promote learning.

Physical

Activity simplification means breaking a task into smaller __ or reducing the number of steps involved.

Parts

Children's __ can be utilized to integrate their interests in learning activities.

Preferences

Using special equipment may increase a child's level of __ in classroom activities.

Participation

Curriculum modifications should be easy to __ and thought out.

Implement

Peer __ involves utilizing peers to help children learn important goals or outcomes.

Support

The extent to which a child is actively involved in a task can be __ to engage them better in learning.

Adapted

Different instruction and materials can be provided to meet individual goals in the __ curriculum.

Substitute

Adaptive equipment helps children gain more __ in their activities.

Independence

Evaluating curriculum adaptations can ensure the needs of every child are __ in the classroom setting.

Met