CLD 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Capital, Medical Model, Racialization
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Early intervention: children with disabilities have additional risks to their development, and appropriate early intervention can prevent further delays and additional impairments as well as minimize barriers to a child"s learning and healthy development . Values children"s rights to be included: 3. Respect for family diversity and preferences: 4. Teaching approaches are based on children"s strengths and are embedded in learning experiences and daily routines. Models of disability: medical model: impairments should be fixed , not something that needs to be fixed, social model: barriers within the environment, criticisms, 1. Simplistic because it disregarding other factors such as race, gender, sexuality and age. Disability: disablement is often the result of interactions, individual characteristics, genetic, environmental, social experiences, poverty, racialization, community social capital, early intervention services, child care, culturally relevant supports. Interaction between the individual and their environment: a restriction of functioning, activities or participation due to environmental barriers or a lack of support that facilitates participation.