Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Individualizing: A Plan for Success
Module 3
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Individualizing Every Day--An Ongoing Dynamic Process
Handout 21: Is This Individualizing?--Possible Responses
No, of course this is not individualizing! Here are some of the reasons why not:
- One staff member does all the diapering for the week. Diapering is considered to be a chore rather than an opportunity to interact with each baby. Staff can get to know babies and meet their individual needs more effectively when each adult serves as the primary teacher for a few babies.
- Staff repeatedly interrupt the children. Ms. L. removes them from what they are doing to participate in the planned activity. She takes the paper towels away before they are finished exploring their use. Ms. L. ends the activity because the schedule says it is time, rather than because the children are finished.
- The children must participate in the activity because their names are on the schedule; they have no choice.
- The handwashing routine is not tailored to match children's skills and is not sanitary because there is no running water. Only one child wipes her own hands. Also, because all three children can walk, they might be ready to stand at the child-sized sink and learn to wash their hands.
- The staff do not talk to the children during activities or routines, such as feeding or diapering. Instead, they talk to each other.
- The activity is exactly the same for each child. There is no variation in response to individual characteristics.
- Ms. L. ignores the children while they use the Play-Doh. She provides no utensils, encouragement, or modeling.
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