Relevant Experience Statement
Relevant Experience Statement
I love children. It’s amazing teaching them and working with them, but I have to say that the ages of 1-3 years old are my favorite range. Children with special needs are part of my daily life, as I have one, and that is what makes me want to work in early intervention. I have worked in a daycare setting with the babies and toddlers, and I love everything about it. Babies and toddlers learn through play. When you play with baby dolls, read books to them, play with simple puzzles and shape sorters, and identify simple things, you are teaching them communication skills. Building with blocks, counting, and practicing walking, teaches them fine and gross skills.
I am a mother two children with special needs. I work with my daughter on fine and gross motor skills, communication, and self-help skills. For example, I put stickers on her arms and legs so that she would use her pincer grasp and pull them off and put them on paper. I have collaborated with therapists, service coordinators, and doctors. “I” became “we,” because my children need more than just me. We have met often to discuss what is best for my children. When we entered into early intervention, we started with one therapist. Over time, we created an entire team of therapists -- physical, speech, and occupational. When getting involved in this world of doctors …show more content…
We need to discover our students’ strengths and weaknesses, and seek to support them as needed. The method should be holistic – reaching as much of the abilities of our students as we can in the time we have with them in the classroom and encourage them to use and expand those skills outside the school walls. After all, education is what prepares us all for life outside the classroom…in the world…because these young students grow up to become adults in our society. It all starts with a quality education, and I want to be a part of
I love children. It’s amazing teaching them and working with them, but I have to say that the ages of 1-3 years old are my favorite range. Children with special needs are part of my daily life, as I have one, and that is what makes me want to work in early intervention. I have worked in a daycare setting with the babies and toddlers, and I love everything about it. Babies and toddlers learn through play. When you play with baby dolls, read books to them, play with simple puzzles and shape sorters, and identify simple things, you are teaching them communication skills. Building with blocks, counting, and practicing walking, teaches them fine and gross skills.
I am a mother two children with special needs. I work with my daughter on fine and gross motor skills, communication, and self-help skills. For example, I put stickers on her arms and legs so that she would use her pincer grasp and pull them off and put them on paper. I have collaborated with therapists, service coordinators, and doctors. “I” became “we,” because my children need more than just me. We have met often to discuss what is best for my children. When we entered into early intervention, we started with one therapist. Over time, we created an entire team of therapists -- physical, speech, and occupational. When getting involved in this world of doctors …show more content…
We need to discover our students’ strengths and weaknesses, and seek to support them as needed. The method should be holistic – reaching as much of the abilities of our students as we can in the time we have with them in the classroom and encourage them to use and expand those skills outside the school walls. After all, education is what prepares us all for life outside the classroom…in the world…because these young students grow up to become adults in our society. It all starts with a quality education, and I want to be a part of