Early Intervention Daily Classroom Programme; An Insight

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by Elli Natassa Xanthopoulou, Lead Special Educator

The Classroom; 

• n= 6 children with Developmental Disorders & other Learning Impairments 

• Ages 4-5 year olds Hollistic Programme aiming at

• Cognitive Skills

• Language & Communication 

• Fine & Gross Motor

• Self-help Daily Life Activities

Differentiated Teaching

Morning Circle Time Area Structured Group Activities TEAACH

Implemention of Evidence Based Programmes

  •  ABBA TEACCH • MAKATON • PECS • ATTENTION AUTISM
  • Morning Circle Time Communication & Social Skills
  • Singing of “Morning” Song
  • Presences & Absences 
  • Weather
  • Making of Visual Daily Schedule
  • “News” Book 
  • Musical Instruments 
  • Psychokinetic Games
  • Individual Visual Daily Schedules
  • Toilet
  • Visual Aids
    • • Self-Help Daily Life Activities; Washing Hands, Toilet Training Toilet Independence; Knowing when to go, Pulling down pants & vice versa, Wiping, Flushing Toilet

    Eating-Feeding Time 

    • Visual Eating Time Rules

    • School Provides snaks –Parents can send snaks too

    • Taking my food, Setting my Plate, Eating, Cleaning Space

    • Communication & Social Skills

    Free Play Using Playground Equipment 

    • Social Skills

    Structured Group Activities 

    • Cognitive Skills

    • Communication & Social Skills

    • Following of Basic Instructions 

    • Visual-Motor Coordination

    • Joint Attention

    • Concentration

    • Turn Taking

    TEACCH Velcro Puzzles Playdough Mats Example of Teacch Board Tasks Other Fine Motor Tasks

    • Independent Closed-Type Activity Tasks

    • Child Responsible for Beginning & Completing Task 

    • No interaction

    • Targets; Span of Concentration, Cognition, Independence