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The Rights of Children
with Special Needs
Within the first 6 years
of a child's development, the brain becomes very sensitive
to various stimuli. This is when the holistic growth of
the child occurs. During this stage, the child displays
the following:
1. Physical skills, like
running, walking, and learning to pick up objects or hold
a toy using his fingers.
2. Cognitive skills, like
processing thoughts, learning, communication, and language
capability.
3. Social skills, like emotional
aptitude, interpersonal abilities, intrapersonal competence,
and self-esteem.
The Child's Crucial Years
Since birth, environmental
factors through experiences and stimulation play a vital
role in the development of brain cells of the child. These
factors help in enriching the communication skills of
the child.
With the help of instinctive
development, the thinking and learning skills of the child
improve because of these factors.
Unfortunately, children
with special needs require overcoming the challenges that
they face as negative behavior sets in coping with their
incapacity.
Nevertheless, specialists
stress out that during these crucial, developmental years,
all children, regardless of condition, are in the optimum
period to learn more.
If parents do not take advantage
of this learning opportunity, chances are that children
will learn poorly. Moreover, this may even affect their
behavior and learning skills as they grow.
What to Do In the Early
Years
History and research in
early childhood development show that early intervention
is important during the formative years of the child.
This even serves as groundwork for the child's emotional,
social, and intellectual competence.
According to experts of
early childhood development, early intervention helps
in decreasing the negative effects that disability may
bring.
Child development experts
and psychologists made further studies that indicate how
early intervention can even affect the future development
of children with special needs.
With the help of early intercession,
children with special needs have high chances to mature
socially, like ordinary children, and develop selective
skills, like learning the language functions, expressive
language, receptive language, and compliance.
Surprisingly, experts suggest
that early intervention may even prevent the occurrence
or worsening of the child's disability.
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