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Talking About Children with Special Needs - A Guide To Respectful Language
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Learn the correct and preferred terms to use when you are working with students and talking about students with special needs in this short guide to respectful language.
The language we use can help to alter attitudes and behaviour towards people with disabilities. Language use about disability should always be checked carefully to avoid negative connotations. The phrases found in this short guide identify the language which most people with disabilities want to have used about them currently.
A Guide To Respectful Language
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Crystal Drop Ball: Sensory Integration and Balance
Try sitting the child cross-legged on a ball. Hold their hips firmly, and slowly roll the ball from the center out in the forward directions on a gentle angle.
Watch to see how (and if) the child compensates for the new angle of their trunk. We want to see the chin tip back towards level with the floor. This signifies the understanding that "upright" is not always determined by the position of the hips relative to the floor, but rather is cued by the relation of the inner ears to the floor.
Prompt the child to "sit up straight" both with verbal and demonstrative cues. Once the rolling forward is mastered, work on backwards, side-to-side, and in a gentle circular motion. The see-through ball adds extra fun!