120+-+Introduction+to+Early+Childhood

=CHD 120= =Assignment One=

=== CHD 120 Implementation Checklist - Faculty: click on link to fill out checklist online at end of semester. ===


 * == Activity 1-A: ==

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==Resource: Watch Connect Video: //  Foundations of Inclusion Birth to Five //==

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1. Ask learners to watch the video or read the transcript for the Foundation of Inclusion Birth to Five video. 2. Have student complete the following questions: > a. How would you feel if you had been “in the shoes” of Jay’s parents and your son had been excluded from attending school? > > b. Explain the desired results of early childhood inclusion (definition key components/slides 15-21). What is meant by access? participation?supports? (defining features of inclusion/slides 18-21) > > c. How do you react to the finding that children with disabilities make adequate progress in language and cognitive development in inclusive settings compared to self-contained settings? What benefits do you think typical children gain from inclusive settings? > > d. How would you explain the definition of inclusion to a friend? ||


 * =Activity 1- B:=

The guided viewing questions are:

 * === What vision of inclusion is illustrated in the video? ===
 * === What do families and EC/Sped.Ed. professionals say about their experiences? ===

Reflect on the two videos viewed (//Foundations of Inclusion Birth to Five// and //Creating Bright Futures//), then answer the question:

 * ===__Video #1 ad__dressed “the letter of the law” and __Video #2__ addressed “the spirit of the law”.===
 * === Which do you think is more important and why? ===
 * === Write a persuasive argument to explain your answer === ||
 * === Write a persuasive argument to explain your answer === ||
 * === Write a persuasive argument to explain your answer === ||

Resource: An article by Kathy Snow about the importance of using person 1st language.
===The Link to the website: Disability is http://natural.com is included below. This linked page contains the "People First Language Article". You have permission to download the pdf and share with students for educational purposes as long as there are no changes made to the article and copyright credit is provided===

=** Discussion: **=
 * 1) Why is it important to identify a person by who they are rather than the disability they may have?
 * 2) **What 'disability' might you or someone you know have that you have never recognized as a disability?**
 * 3) **Ms. Snow shares in her article that 'disability is not the problem'. What you think she means by this?**
 * 4) **What are the 'real problems' of disabilities in our culture as stated in this article? Do you agree?**
 * 5) **Have you seen or experienced negative attitudes and/or barriers towards people who think, talk, walk or look differently than others? How did that make you feel?**
 * 6) **Provide 3 phrases that will help you to‘re-frame’ the way you describe people, using person-first language. (ex. “My brother, who is in the autism spectrum”, rather than: “My autistic brother.”** ||