Special early childhood education
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- Rantasalmi
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If a child needs special care and education due to a physical reason or factors related to knowledge, skills, emotional, or social development, the municipality strives to find a suitable place for the child.
Special early childhood education can be provided through differentiated small group activities or as part of regular daycare and early childhood education. A special needs early childhood e ...
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It is necessary to assess your child’s need for support when drafting a plan for early childhood education and care. In addition to you and the childhood staff, other professionals such as a psychologist, a speech therapist or an occupational therapist may participate in this work.
Background information
In early childhood education for children with special educational needs, children receive the support they personally need. The reason for the need for support may be either physical or related to knowledge, skills, emotional life or social development. In practice, a child’s support can consist of different functional solutions, individualised small group activities or be a part of other early education centre and early childhood education and care activities.
Children are supported through multidisciplinary cooperation involving, for example, a special educational needs teacher in early childhood education and care, a public-health nurse, a psychologist, a social worker, a music therapist, an occupational therapist, a speech therapist, a family counselling centre, child psychiatry and their school.
If a child needs support while in early childhood education and care, the municipality strives to either implement the support in their current place of early childhood education and care or find a place that is more suitable for the child.