Care for children with special needs

Care for children with special needs

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  Basic needs   Food and shelter Children cannot acquire their own food or sustain any reasonable shelter. The initial responsibility of their parents or carers is this to provide a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs.  Physical safety Children cannot protect themselves from aggressive adults (and other, stronger, children). They thus need others to provide physical safety, keeping them from harm and defending them when they are threatened or attacked.
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  Basic needs  Emotional security As their minds are developing, there is much that children do not understand and even the most innocent situations can be deeply distressing.
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  Developmental Needs  Socialskills  Children develop into people who must live and work with others. For this they need to learn the rules of society. They need to be able to communicate their ideas and desires. They need to persuade and change minds.  Career abilities To become functioning adults, children need to learn all kinds of things, both at school and outside -- many abilities that are useful in developing careers are not taught at school. This can be very much an exploratory activity as children discover their talents and the things that motivate them (unsurprisingly, these often overlap).
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  Developmental Needs   Spiritual Needs This is the quiet need inside that wants to know and believe in a higher spiritual power than ourselves. This need increases our awareness and sensitivity to the greater aspects of life.  Creative Needs This is the need to express yourself in any manner you desire. This can include the arts, dancing, acting, and writing - almost anything that allows you to feel imaginative and inspired.
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  Developmental Needs   internal skills Children also need to learn to be happy in themselves and to cope with the difficulties and traumas of life. They thus need to learn self-confidence and emotional maturity.
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  Abraham’s Maslow Hierarchyof Needs 
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  Children with Special Needs  Children with Special Needs require special care. However, that is putting the situation into very vague terms. Often, parents may find that their child is diagnosed with a condition that they have never even heard of. When that happens, they have to start at the very beginning of learning what the condition is and what they can expect from their child.
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  Children with Special Needs  Having the resources you need to understand your child’s special needs is one of the most valuable tools you can have. “Special needs” doesn’t have to mean the end of plans for the future. What it means is that you will have to make some adjustments to give the child the best possible outcome.