How to Be Inclusive in the Classroom

How to Be Inclusive in the Classroom

The children with special conditions refer to any child who

may need additional help due to medical, emotional, or learning issues.

 Children who have these conditions usually need medicines, therapy, extra help at school or things that other children do not usually need.

Children with special conditions have the same rights as any other child and they should be treated in the same way others are.

In some classrooms of the “American School” there are children with special conditions, some of these children may have autism or Down syndrome, but I’m going to explain Down syndrome now, so what is it? How is it produced?

Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21, science has said that treatment can help to this condition, but it does have any cure because it isn't an illness.

Some treatments for people with Down syndrome are:
Physiotherapy: including exercises that help develop motor skills.

Speech and language therapy: that helps improve their communication skills and, other therapies such as occupational therapy, emotional and behavioral therapies.

If you have seen any child with Down syndrome or with ay special condition, you should not look at them differently or try to change their ways, remember they are humans and the same as everyone else. So, they have the same rights as us and should be treated equally and with equity, they may have the same difficulties, but that’s when you can help them to get ahead and be their friends.

Think of what you would do if you had a special condition and the people didn’t pay attention to you or bully you, you need to step on their shoes and when you do that, you are going to understand how they feel when they are discriminated by their physical appearance of by their disability.

Don’t treat the people as you do not want to be treated, so think before acting and never give signs of looking at them differently, treat them like the rest and you never have to tell them that “they are special” because they are like you like me, and never forget to treat others like you want to be treated, respect diversity.

By: María José Durán, Step 8.