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Not sure if you've ever heard of Pyramid Model or SEFEL training. It's training that's supposed to help with Social/Emotional Development. I had my first of 6 3-hour classes last week.
They gave us a chart (or Pyramid) that:
- 80% of children (the "typical child) need "Nurturing and Responsive Relationships" and "High-Quality Supportive Environments" to thrive Social/Emotionally.
-Another 15% require "Targeted Social and Emotional Supports" and systematic approaches to teaching social skills, which can have a preventative and remedial affect.
-5% require "Intensive Intervention" and individualized behavior support plans.
So...my question to all of you is:
How do you see yourself in relation to these roles?
Do you feel that as childcare providers, we should be serving the 80%, the 95%, or all of these children?
Do you feel like we have the support to serve the 15%? The 5%?
Is it reasonable that we are expected to provide the type of care these kiddos need, at the prices we charge? Not trying to be money-hungry; but we are all doing this to make a living. In most areas, rates haven't gone up in many years.
At what point is this a "special need?" Not in the legal sense, but in the practical sense?
Many of us have had children with special needs. Autism, physical challenges, Down's syndrome. Do you see these 15% or 5% differently? (I realize that Autism may be included in the top 5%).
To me, the 15% the Pyramid refers to are those kids that we "see" here all the time. They are the 3 year olds that hit us, the 2 year olds that bite, the 4 year olds that throw temper tantrums frequently. They are the kids that all the other providers, when asked, say "term".
What do you think?
They gave us a chart (or Pyramid) that:
- 80% of children (the "typical child) need "Nurturing and Responsive Relationships" and "High-Quality Supportive Environments" to thrive Social/Emotionally.
-Another 15% require "Targeted Social and Emotional Supports" and systematic approaches to teaching social skills, which can have a preventative and remedial affect.
-5% require "Intensive Intervention" and individualized behavior support plans.
So...my question to all of you is:
How do you see yourself in relation to these roles?
Do you feel that as childcare providers, we should be serving the 80%, the 95%, or all of these children?
Do you feel like we have the support to serve the 15%? The 5%?
Is it reasonable that we are expected to provide the type of care these kiddos need, at the prices we charge? Not trying to be money-hungry; but we are all doing this to make a living. In most areas, rates haven't gone up in many years.
At what point is this a "special need?" Not in the legal sense, but in the practical sense?
Many of us have had children with special needs. Autism, physical challenges, Down's syndrome. Do you see these 15% or 5% differently? (I realize that Autism may be included in the top 5%).
To me, the 15% the Pyramid refers to are those kids that we "see" here all the time. They are the 3 year olds that hit us, the 2 year olds that bite, the 4 year olds that throw temper tantrums frequently. They are the kids that all the other providers, when asked, say "term".
What do you think?
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