How to treat children equally in a nursery when ones disabled?

Question

if children were to use a climbing frame in the outdoor area of a nursery how could anti bias/anti discriminatory be used to treat a disabled person who wasnt able to use the equipment what could be used instead for the disabled person without them feeling left out in a group of 4-5year olds, thanks

Answer 1

get the children to create a bosun's chair and then winch the child up the climbing frame.

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Answer 2

It isn't that you have to treat them the same. That would mean making no accommodation. Provide activities for the child that allow her to exercise and have fun and that would entice other children to join. They make playground equipment that allows children in wheelchairs to be part of the play. Maybe you could involve the families in the program in a fundraiser if a wheelchair is involved.

Answer 3

the children are not equal if one is disabled - your job will be to make sure they accept him or her no matter what.  Find activities he can do and invite the other kids to play - stay with him if just needs to watch and then involve him in another activity he CAN do.  This will be a wonderful experience in acceptance and tolerance - something the whole world needs to learn more of.  this puts you in a very unique position - grasp it and teach!!

Answer 4

We used soft play blocks, these are large enough to give a challenge but safe enough for the child with special needs to use. Make sure the number is limited when blocks are being used to give the child a feeling of security.

Answer 5

The best thing to use is softplay and  remember to cover your numbers for safety.

Answer 6

One to one support for the child or as others say adapt the activity to include the child

Answer 7

Given that the child is never going to be able to climb on the climbing frame, it would be cruel to involve them with it when they can only fail. Anti-bias and anti-discriminatory practice isn't about including chilldren in every activity but ensuring that they have an activity which is within their capability but still challenging. It depends on the individual child, but you could make them an obstacle course for a wheelchair, or just a balancing track for a child with visual or hearing impairment.

Think what the other children are learning from their climbing frame and try and create those learning opportunities in another way. You have achieved a lot of anti-bias requirements just by recognising, understanding and wanting to treat the disabled child as an individual.

Hope this helps.