OUTLINE RESPONSIBILITIES IN ASSISTING CLIENTS
Advocate – to support or speak in favour of somebody or somethingAll parents and guardians of children with exceptionalities have certain legal rights. This refers
to the power given to them by the law that entitles them to the support and services their children
need. As an early childhood worker, you have certain responsibilities to assist your clients to
realise their rights.
You can do this by:
• Familiarising yourself with legislation relating to persons with disabilities
• Learning as much as you can about support and services that can help parents and their exceptional child
• Ensuring that the child's education and environment meets his or her special needs Under the law, children with special needs are guaranteed rights to certain educational services. Parents should always advocate for their children. The process, however, can be confusing and intimidating for them. Early childhood educators should be aware that many parents are not fully aware of their rights and responsibilities. An important role of early childhood workers is to inform parents of their rights.
• Familiarising yourself with legislation relating to persons with disabilities
• Learning as much as you can about support and services that can help parents and their exceptional child
• Ensuring that the child's education and environment meets his or her special needs Under the law, children with special needs are guaranteed rights to certain educational services. Parents should always advocate for their children. The process, however, can be confusing and intimidating for them. Early childhood educators should be aware that many parents are not fully aware of their rights and responsibilities. An important role of early childhood workers is to inform parents of their rights.
Here are some guidelines for assisting parents to realise and protect their rights:
• Help parents to be proactive and to take necessary steps to make sure their children receive appropriate services
• Inform parents who they can appeal to if they have difficulty accessing community services
• Tell parents of their right to be informed about a complete evaluation that is carried out on their children. Parents must be informed as to what the evaluation will consist of and give their written consent before any testing can begin
• Tell parents about their right to obtain an outside evaluation by a private consultant if they are not satisfied with the evaluation provided by the school
• Tell parents about their right to participate in planning an individual programme for their children’s education
• Inform parents that they must agree with the plan by signing an agreement. They have the right to disagree with the programme offered by the school system and to appeal to another authority to serve as a mediator. Parents may challenge decisions relating to their children’s education through a due process hearing. You can help parents to access resources that would support the development of communication techniques that would help them be more assertive about their child's needs and getting their child's and their own needs met.
• Help parents to be proactive and to take necessary steps to make sure their children receive appropriate services
• Inform parents who they can appeal to if they have difficulty accessing community services
• Tell parents of their right to be informed about a complete evaluation that is carried out on their children. Parents must be informed as to what the evaluation will consist of and give their written consent before any testing can begin
• Tell parents about their right to obtain an outside evaluation by a private consultant if they are not satisfied with the evaluation provided by the school
• Tell parents about their right to participate in planning an individual programme for their children’s education
• Inform parents that they must agree with the plan by signing an agreement. They have the right to disagree with the programme offered by the school system and to appeal to another authority to serve as a mediator. Parents may challenge decisions relating to their children’s education through a due process hearing. You can help parents to access resources that would support the development of communication techniques that would help them be more assertive about their child's needs and getting their child's and their own needs met.
ACTIVITY
3 questions have been posted below by your instructor. Respond to each question accordingly. State your name before each response.
1. Why is it important to familiarise yourself with legislation relating to education and services for exceptional children?
ReplyDeleteIt is important to familiarise yourself with legislation relating to education and services for exceptional children so that you can be able relate to persons with disabilities
DeleteSharmin Benjamin As an early childhood worker, you have certain responsibilities to assist your clients to realise their rights.
Deletetherefore once you are familar with the legislation relating to education and services for exceptional children you will be able to assit them basic on their needs
Name Mellissa Bowes
Deleteyou need to have a wide understanding of how much care you need to handle a child with disabilities because it the only way you can know what the child is going thought, like his the child understanding the lesson that you are teaching today or do you need to teach something at his or her pace.
Why is it important to familiarise yourself with legislation relating to education and services for exceptional children? It is important because you can educate someone else about their rights and doing that will better help them to understand how to deal with certain situations. and being educated nobody cannot give you the run around because you know what you are talking about.
Delete2. How can you assist your clients to realise these rights?
ReplyDeleteYou can assist your clients to realise
Deletethe rights by the parents to be proactive and to take necessary steps to make sure their children receive appropriate services
Inform parents who they can appeal to if they have difficulty accessing community services
Tell parents of their right to be informed about a complete evaluation that is carried out on their children. Parents must be informed as to what the evaluation will consist of and give their written consent before any testing can begin
Tell parents about their right to participate in planning an individual programme for their children’s education.SM
Sharmin Benjamin.Tell parents about their right to obtain an outside evaluation by a private consultant if they are not satisfied with the evaluation provided by the school
Delete• Tell parents about their right to participate in planning an individual programme for their children’s education
Name Mellissa Bowes
DeleteMany parent do not know about they right it is our job as a early childhood education to help parent understand that they have all right by passing on information about what are they right and that there is a law that fright for there right as well.(they are not alone).
3. Why do you think it is important for parents to be involved in planning programmes for their children’s care and education?
ReplyDeleteIt is important for the parent to be involved in planning programme for their children’s care and education because parents should always advocate for their children.SM
Deletebecause the have rights to praticipate in activty that concerns there cildren they also have rights to agree an disagree
Deletesharmin benjamin
DeleteName Mellissa Bowes
ReplyDeleteit will give them the sense of what care and education that they children are getting ,it will help them to understand the level of education that the child are at.
R.C
ReplyDelete1. To gain knowledge of the rights of PWD's regarding education.
(B) To understand that PWD's learn differently and need extra care and attention.
R.C
ReplyDelete2. Providing them with ways to learn more about PWD's.
B) Ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge of services that can assist PWD's.
C)Tell parents about their right to obtain an outside evaluation by a private consultant if they are not satisfied with the evaluation provided by the school
D).Tell parents about their right to participate in planning an individual programme for their children’s education
R.C
ReplyDelete3.
Parents are among the first to notice changes in their children and also know what is best for them.having them participate in programme planning for their children gives parents a chance to impart their knowledge of their children into others as well as sharing ideas, thoughts and concerns with other parents. Also, it is important for parents to assist with planning because they can learn more than their children . additionaly, Those children will also feel more approval and confidence because their parents are closely involved in their lives.
Why do you think it is important for parents to be involved in planning programmes for their children’s care and education?
ReplyDeleteYou can help parents to access resources that would support the development of communication techniques that would help them be more assertive about their child's needs and getting their child's and their own needs met.