Working with special needs children to challenge disability through early learning

Anyone working with special needs children knows of the additional barriers that are very often placed in front of these youngsters.  People can become identified as having impairments and it instantly has consequences, from early learning through to adulthood.  This part of your distance learning degree looks at what terms like special needs actually mean.

Early learning obstacles to child development

From an early learning age many children are identified as having special needs or a disability.  This has far-reaching implications for the child and their future development.  Such identifications, as anyone working with a special needs child will tell you, can lead to unhelpful and discriminatory stigmatisation of the individual.

This part of your distance learning degree encourages students to question what these labels actually mean.  They will also examine how these labels can prevent a child from fulfilling thier potential from an early learning age.  This is important for anyone working with special needs children as it allows them to understand effective methods of removing barriers to participation in society.

Working with special needs children to help them maximise potential

Those working with special needs children know that many of the restrictions they face are not because of impairment, but because of society's attitude to them.  You will study social oppression theory and how, from an early learning age, individuals perceived to have a "disability" are very often denied opportunities.