CLD 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cerebral Palsy, Birth Weight, Interpersonal Communication

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 241
• Professor: Elaine Frankel

Document Summary

Historical view that disabilities result from immortality or sin medical model: an approach to understanding disabilities the individualizes and pathologies a disability as a biological impairment, a de cit or a dysfunction residing within a person. Disability is de ned by the condition of the individual. Not the best way of looking at disability social model: an approach to understanding disabilities that identi es the barriers that prevent the social inclusion of people with disabilities accessibility: Risk factors included extreme poverty, child abuse, sense of adequate shelter and medical care teachers as learner: Knowledge parents as resources teacher as collaborator: Meeting resources before and after entrance in school. Communication with professionals and parents/ families participation teacher as international practitioner: We are forced by the system to label these children with disabilities think about special needs in one way. Allow families from low-incomes household to gain the support and services they need.