Summary
Contents
Just the Same on the Inside: Understanding Diversity and Supporting Inclusion in Circle Time, with Juan Bornman's series of stories about children with disabilities, presents explanations of the nature and causes of their difficulties to help children improve understanding and relationships with their peers.
This resource also provides information for adults about the disability or difference, and Circle Time activities for young people aged 6 to 8 and 8 to 11.
This book can provide a term's work on inclusion or one story and set of activities can be selected to prepare a class or group for the inclusion of a new member who has a difficulty. The program also encourages reflection on difference and individuality.
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Information
The following story is about a boy who has cerebral palsy (CP). It is thought that about one in 400 people has this condition and nowadays fit well into mainstream schooling. It is important to help children to be aware of the difficulties of CP sufferers, to feel empathy for them and to understand ways they can help. The suggested activities reflect this need for awareness and understanding.
Some people with CP are of higher than average intelligence; other people with CP have moderate or severe learning difficulties. Most, like the majority of people without C P, are of average intelligence.
Cerebral palsy is a physical impairment that affects movement. It is not a disease or illness. Some movement problems are hardly ...