SIP
The Children’s Developmental Centre (CDC) has come up with an additional social inclusion programme, to be offered to families once registered with our services. This will enable us to provide a comprehensive programme for the children, giving them a wonderful opportunity to be socially included by the centre.
Through this programme children will be able to develop and pick up appropriate social skills. Some Schools has been identified as an excellent educational facility, which is already providing Montessori education to children from the pre-school to primary school age. The school is easily accessible as it is in the Surulere area. The School shares both the principles and philosophy of the CDC. The two services can synergise, creating a comprehensive Social Inclusion Programme (SIP) for pre-school children who require support in a mainstream school. The programme will be aimed at ensuring that young children who require extra support have fair and equal access to resources, services and facilities in a regular setting. This programme would be in line with the UNESCO policy of the provisions of early intervention programmes for children with special needs who will require extra support in a mainstream setting. The SIP will be set on trust and mutual understanding.
Our Criteria
SIP will cover all children with delayed developmental milestones with the following diagnosis and more:
- Children with autism
- Children with behavioural challenges.
- Children with learning difficulties including children with Downs syndrome.
However, the severity of some challenges may be taken into consideration, as to whether the child can appropriately receive services.
For the other children, SIP is an opportunity to learn about respect for difference and to develop new forms of communication, empathy, and friendship. It is also a chance for children to ask questions, explore differences and establish similarities.
Typically developing children can learn to respond to others’ needs and take on a teaching or helping role.
Below is the list of benefits participating children will experience:
- Meaningful friendships
- Increased appreciation and acceptance of individual differences
- Increased understanding and acceptance of diversity
- Respect for all people
- Preparatipn for adult life
- Development of language and academic skills
- Increasing coping capacity, communication and social skills
- The principle of inclusion incorporates values like participation, friendship, and respect for diversity
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