Technology for Young Children with Special Needs

2011 ◽  
pp. 222-240
Author(s):  
Sara C. Bicard ◽  
David F. Bicard
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Exceptional Children ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Specialized Education

Children come to early childhood programs with a wide range of learning abilities, languages, cultural backgrounds, and educational experiences. Most classrooms also include children with special needs or exceptional children, who differ from these typically developing children to such a degree that an individualized program of adapted, specialized education is required to meet their needs (Heward, 2009). This chapter provides a framework for the use of technology to assist these exceptional children in early childhood and primary level classrooms.

scholarly journals Technology-enhanced and game based learning for children with special needs: a systematic mapping study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose A. Gallud ◽  
Monica Carreño ◽  
Ricardo Tesoriero ◽  
Andrés Sandoval ◽  
María D. Lozano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Research Questions

AbstractTechnology-based education of children with special needs has become the focus of many research works in recent years. The wide range of different disabilities that are encompassed by the term “special needs”, together with the educational requirements of the children affected, represent an enormous multidisciplinary challenge for the research community. In this article, we present a systematic literature review of technology-enhanced and game-based learning systems and methods applied on children with special needs. The article analyzes the state-of-the-art of the research in this field by selecting a group of primary studies and answering a set of research questions. Although there are some previous systematic reviews, it is still not clear what the best tools, games or academic subjects (with technology-enhanced, game-based learning) are, out of those that have obtained good results with children with special needs. The 18 articles selected (carefully filtered out of 614 contributions) have been used to reveal the most frequent disabilities, the different technologies used in the prototypes, the number of learning subjects, and the kind of learning games used. The article also summarizes research opportunities identified in the primary studies.

scholarly journals Bimbingan dan Konseling Bagi Orangtua Anak Usia Dini Berkebutuhan Khusus (ABK)

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Melda Rumia Rosmery Simorangkir
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Alternative Education ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Keywords Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
Education And Care

ABSTRACT A happiness when a woman in a family gives birth. Moreover, the baby who wasborn has been waiting long enough. However, sometimes what is expected byhumans is not always the same as what was presented by the creator. Thenwhat if it turns out that children who are present in the family are specialchildren? These children need special attention due to physical and mentaldisorders. Not a few parents must have children with special needs (ABK)confused, shocked or even blame each other. This is certainly not something thatis expected from children. ABK requires education, attention, assistance, speciallearning methods. Thus ABK parents must get special assistance so that theycan accept their child and educate the child with great attention and love. ABKparents must be assisted from early childhood, so that education and care aremore optimal. Counseling for ABK parents is done so parents do not feel alone,not ashamed, willing to accept and have a great readiness to accompany theirchildren in the future. The counselor is expected to be able to help ABK's parentsby providing counseling services specifically to guide parents. The guidance alsoserves to help parents provide alternative education and therapy that can begiven to children with special needs from an early age. Keywords: children with special needs, counselling, and guidance ABSTRAK Sebuah kebahagian ketika seorang perempuan dalam sebuah keluargamelahirkan. Apalagi buah hati yang dilahirkan telah ditunggu cukup lama.Namun, terkadang apa yang diharapkan manusia tidak selalu sama dengan apayang dihadirkan oleh pencipta. Lalu bagaimana apabila ternyata anak yang hadirdalam keluarga adalah anak yang special?. Anak tersebut memerlukan perhatiankhusus baik disebabkan kelainan fisik maupun mental. Tidak sedikit Orangtuaharus anak berkebutuhan khusus (ABK) mengalami kebingungan, kaget ataubahkan saling menyalahkan. Hal ini tentu bukan hal yang diharapkan dari anak.ABK memerlukan pendidikan, perhatian, bantuan, metode belajar khusus.Demikian orangtua ABK harus mendapatkan pendampingan khusus agarmereka bisa menerima anak mereka dan mendidik anak tersebut dengan penuhperhatian dan cinta yang besar. Orangtua ABK harus dibantu sejak anak usiadini, agar pendidikan dan pengasuhan lebih optimal. Konseling bagi orangtuaABK dilakukan agar orang tua tidak merasa sendiri, tidak malu, mau menerimadan memiliki kesiapan hati yang besar untuk mendampingi anak mereka dikemudian hari. Konselor di harapkan mampu menolong orang tua ABK denganmemberikan layanan-layan konseling khususnya membimbing orangtua.Bimbingan tersebut juga berfungsi untuk membantu orangtua memberikanalternatif pendidikan dan terapi yang dapat diberikan pada anak berkebutuhankhusus sejak usia dini. Kata kunci: anak berkebutuhan khusus konseling, dan bimbingan

scholarly journals EQUAL ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION THROUGH THE PRISM OF ORGANIZING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN HUB SCHOOLS

2018 ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
O. DENYSIUK ◽  
D. SULIMENKO ◽  
T. DRON
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
National Education ◽  
Wide Range

The process of reforming national education involves solving a number of overdue problems, among which an urgent issue of equal access to quality education still remains. Providing high-quality educational services to learners regardless of their social status, locality of residence, financial capacity, and other concomitant factors are a social and humanitarian task of the state.The introduction of the inclusive education system is an integral part of the functioning of the reference schools. The success of this process depends on the implementation of a number of systemic tasks, among which the following are the priorities: convenient location of the educational institution for the transportation of children from different settlements; provision of qualified pedagogical staff with appropriate training for working with children with special needs as well as staff units of correctional educators; presence of the modern level of material and technical support in accordance with the needs of children with special needs (meeting the requirements for the architectural accessibility of the premises of the educational institution); ensuring equal access to quality education for all persons, including those with special educational needs; creation of a single  information space  for the organization of distance learning for children with special needs; collection of reliable statistics to provide up-to-date information on reference schools and the organization of inclusive education for further analysis and adoption of sound management decisions based on it; bringing to a wide range of users of educational services, parents, communities of OTG, public organizations of positive experience of work of basic educational institutions; Disclosure of information about inclusive classes, forms and methods of training in them; monitoring of the functioning of the reference schools.

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