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kyola leith Post 1

• 20 April 2021, 9:28 PM

Staff attitude

I have had the pleasure of working with a down syndrome child sometime ago. It was not a challenging experience as all teachers were engaged in the planning and learning  of new ways to facilitate learning and teaching of this special child. it was more of a learning experience at our school as this was the first and only down syndrome child that we have interacted with at the centre. We have encountered children with minor special needs but we adapted to their style of learning and planned for them daily.  The attitude of the teachers was never one that could damage a child's ability to learn and develop. They were treated just as any ordinary child with no disabilities. 

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Eudeane Stewart-Sealey Post 2 in reply to 1

• 21 April 2021, 3:36 AM

My experience was completely the opposite. The teachers threw their hands in the air and kept pointing out what they couldn't do instead of looking for ways to help. He spent about a month at our Centre and most of the time the little boy was in my class as I was very accepting of him as a person and tried to show my students the same thing. We treated him like "an ordinary child" and he was starting to open up with the other students. was sad when he had to move.