ED2095 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Direct Instruction, Physical Therapy, Social Stories
Inclusive Education - Lecture 4 - Week 4
Early Intervention
What is it?
- The provision of services to children at a young age who have a disability or who are at risk of having
problems with development
- Earlier the intervention the better
Why do we need early intervention?
- Chance for independence
Students with disabilities can learn to be dependant very easily
Person with disability needs to have a say in their life choices
Decisions and problem solving
- Helps to reduce isolation from peers due to delayed development
Communication with their peers
- To provide explicit structures for learning
- To avoid secondary disabilities (additional)
- Foundations set at an early age
- Prevents or arrests problems
Crime, unemployment, illiteracy, poor health
- Early experiences affect physical and social development, ability to learn and regulate emotion.
- Early Childhood settings are usually more accommodating than those at later ages
History
- Parallels to USA legislation
- Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)
- Family centred practice
- Natural environments
Early Years Learning Framework
Principles
- Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships
- Partnerships
- High expectations and equity
- Respect for diversity
- Ongoing learning and reflective practice
Practice
- Holistic approaches
- Responsiveness to children
- Learning through play
- Intentional teaching
- Learning environments
- Cultural competence
- Continuity of learning and transitions
- Assessment for learning
Terms
- Family Centred Practice
Complex systems
Greater knowledge of the student
Will be more committed to supporting the education of the student if they are able to make informed
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decisions
Build on strengths
Work in partnership
Build appropriate relationships with students
- Natural Environments
Same environments that are frequented by the student’s same age peers
“Normal” environments
Early Years Learning Framework
Who can access Early Intervention?
- Children experiencing difficulties with
Physical tasks
Speech and Language
Difficulties with socialisation and learning
Our learning is linked to language
Autism
Sensory Impairments
Intellectual Impairments
Developmental delay
- Families identified as having relationship difficulties (DCD)
Benefits
- Better to intervene and prevent than treat
- Social – higher employment, fewer programs required
- Economic – less services
- Health
- Education
- Staff are trained to focus on individual needs
- These settings are often very flexible
Disadvantages
- Labelling
It can be hard to lose a label once it is given to you
Leads to reluctancy within parents
If diagnosis is not recognised, child wont get finding
- Services provided according to the label
- All parties need to be dedicated to the program/intervention
Brain Development
- Early experiences are important to develop the brain (McCain & Mustard, 1999)
- Neural connections are grown, not innate
- Experience-expectant processes (language, sight)
- Experience-dependant processes (lifelong learning and brain growth)
Effectiveness
- Example: Perry Pre-School project
- 1960’s - Low –income – home visiting component
- 58 three to four year olds
- At 27 yrs old over half had better life outcomes
- Increases in IQ scores
- For every dollar spent taxpayers saved seven dollars
- Brooks-Gunn (2006) higher reading and maths scores and better behaviour. Low birth weight – 18 year
study
Different Forms of Early Intervention
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Document Summary
Inclusive education - lecture 4 - week 4. The provision of services to children at a young age who have a disability or who are at risk of having problems with development. Students with disabilities can learn to be dependant very easily. Person with disability needs to have a say in their life choices. Helps to reduce isolation from peers due to delayed development. Early experiences affect physical and social development, ability to learn and regulate emotion. Early childhood settings are usually more accommodating than those at later ages. Will be more committed to supporting the education of the student if they are able to make informed decisions. Same environments that are frequented by the student"s same age peers. Families identified as having relationship difficulties (dcd) Better to intervene and prevent than treat. Social higher employment, fewer programs required. Staff are trained to focus on individual needs.
