DCF SPECIAL NEEDS APPROPRIATE PRACTICES

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DCF SPECIAL NEEDS APPROPRIATE PRACTICES

(SNP) EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100%

CORRECT) GRADED A

Developmental Disability - ANSWER>>A chronic condition that is diagnosed in childhood and substantially limits major life activities in adulthood to help support these children.

Early Intervention - ANSWER>>Appropriate support in the first three years of life of a child with special needs.

Autism - ANSWER>>A group of brain-based neurological disorders characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted and repetitive pattern of behavior.

Down Syndrome - ANSWER>>A genetic disorder that results in a number of physical characteristics and intellectual impairments.

Three types of positive behavior - ANSWER>>• prevention • redirection • positive reinforcement

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2 Describe Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) - ANSWER>>Are valuable general guidelines to support the learning of children. DAP is often referred to as Age of Stages.

• Three main aspects of DAP:

• general knowledge of child development, or what you know about how children develop and

learn.

• specific knowledge of particular child, or what you know about the strengths, needs and

interests of individual children.

• knowledge of social and cultural context contexts, or, what you know about the social and

cultural contexts in which their children love.

Adaption - ANSWER>>Any adjustments or modifications in the environment, instruction, or materials used for learning that enhance the child's performance or allows at least participation in an activity.

Family Involvement - ANSWER>>• Family: are big, small, extended, nuclear and multigeneration. They have one parent, two parents, boyfriends, and girlfriends. They're cheated birth, adoption, marriage, remarriage, foster care or a desire for mutual support.• Family Culture: unto itself, with different, values and unique ways of realizing it's dreams.Together, family become the source of our rich cultural heritage and spiritual diversity.• Norms (cultural norms): a standard, model or pattern regarding a typical for a specific cultural, racial, ethnic, religious or social group.

• First teachers in a child's life? Parents and Family members
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