Reaching toward individualization in planning for children with special needs
Integrating young children with special needs into programs for typically developing children is a current trend. Yet, integration may threaten a teacher's ability to meet the needs of an individual child. The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the teachers’ orientation in early...
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Stockholm University Press
2009-07-01
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| Series: | Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research |
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| author | Päivi Selina Kovanen |
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| description | Integrating young children with special needs into programs for typically developing children is a current trend. Yet, integration may threaten a teacher's ability to meet the needs of an individual child. The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the teachers’ orientation in early intervention/early childhood special education. Data from thirteen early childhood generic educators/early childhood special educators were collected to provide a qualitative description of their assessment and planning practices. Findings indicated that generic early childhood/early childhood special educators’ assessment, planning, and programming for meeting the needs of individual children were not clearly established. There was incongruence between the teachers’ actual practice and the positively -valued guideline of child-centeredness, social aspects of learning and naturalistic teaching strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d43b42cda5c440fd8a156fe698748c772023-09-02T11:55:16ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Disability Research1501-74191745-30112009-07-014219020210.1080/15017410209510791131Reaching toward individualization in planning for children with special needsPäivi Selina Kovanen0University of Jyväskylä, Department of Special EducationIntegrating young children with special needs into programs for typically developing children is a current trend. Yet, integration may threaten a teacher's ability to meet the needs of an individual child. The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the teachers’ orientation in early intervention/early childhood special education. Data from thirteen early childhood generic educators/early childhood special educators were collected to provide a qualitative description of their assessment and planning practices. Findings indicated that generic early childhood/early childhood special educators’ assessment, planning, and programming for meeting the needs of individual children were not clearly established. There was incongruence between the teachers’ actual practice and the positively -valued guideline of child-centeredness, social aspects of learning and naturalistic teaching strategies.https://www.sjdr.se/articles/200 |
| spellingShingle | Päivi Selina Kovanen Reaching toward individualization in planning for children with special needs Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research |
| title | Reaching toward individualization in planning for children with special needs |
| title_full | Reaching toward individualization in planning for children with special needs |
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